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Food Fight

McFee Elementary

1. Which word best describes the feeling that the poet creates in this

poem?

A. Unhappiness

B. Chaotic

C. Inspirational

D. Enraged

2. Read the following lines from the poem:

The poet includes these lines most likely to show---

A. that the teachers and principal were mad

B. how the food fight started

C. who was involved in the food fight

D. the way the cafeteria looked during the food fight

The food was splattered everywhere-

the ceilings, walls, and doors.

A sloppy, gloppy mess was on

the tables and the floors.

I Think I'm Related to Bigfoot (from Walker Elementary)

A Funny Bigfoot Poem for Kids

I think I'm related to Bigfoot,

though nothing has ever been proved.

I sort of suspect he's a cousin,

just seven or eight times removed.

It's not that I'm apelike or hairy.

It isn't the size of my feet.

It's more on account of my family.

We're all fairly far from petite.

My sister is kind of a Bigmouth.

My brother could go by Bigsmelly.

My mother is known for her Bighair.

My father? You guessed it: Bigbelly.

And as for myself, I'm attractive.

You might even call me a cutie,

except for one obvious feature...

my family all call me Bigbootie.

--Kenn Nesbitt

1. Which word best describes the felling that the poet creates in this poem?

A Scared

B Amused

C Annoyed

D Confusion

2. Lines 9 through 12 are included in this poem because they-

A describe the speaker

B want to scare the reader

C explain what Bigfoot looks like

D list reasons why the speaker thinks he is related to Bigfoot

I'm Staying Home From School Today

by Ken Nesbitt

I'm staying home from school today. I'd rather be in bed

pretending that I have a pain that's pounding in my head.

I'll say I have a stomach ache.

I'll claim I've got the flu. I'll shiver like I'm cold

and hold my breath until I'm blue.

I'll fake a cough. I'll fake a sneeze. I'll say my throat is sore. If necessary I can throw a tantrum on the floor.

I'm sure I'll get away with it. Of that, there's little doubt.

But, even so, I really hope my students don't find out.

Fiest Elementary

March Madness Poetry

STAAR Questions for Poem: “Miss Veronica Blair”

1. The word tedious in the first stanza means—

A. exciting

B. quick

C. boring

D.simple

2. Read line #9 from the poem.

The poet includes this line most likely to show

that the hairspray—

A. did not hold her hair

B. made Veronica’s hair stiff

C. turned Veronica’s hair into a rock

D.is a brick

Well, that did the trick; it got hard like a brick.

The Armpit of Doom: A Stinky Brother Poem

1. What is the speaker doing in this poem?

2. Lines 1through 14 are included in the poem because they?

3. The Poet titled this poem The Armpit of Doom: A Stinky Brother Poem most

likely because?

4. The sister passed out because?

5. The word fumes in line 14 means?

6. What is the main message of the poem?

The Creature in the Classroom

Jack Prelutsky

It appeared inside our classroom

at a quarter after ten,

it gobbled up the blackboard,

three erasers and a pen.

It gobbled teacher’s apple

and it bopped her with the core.

“How dare you!” she responded.

“You must leave us . . . there’s the door.”

The Creature didn’t listen

but described an arabesque

as it gobbled all her pencils,

seven notebooks and her desk.

Teacher stated very calmly,

“Sir! You simply cannot stay,

I’ll report you to the principal

unless you go away!”

But the thing continued eating,

it ate paper, swallowed ink,

as it gobbled up our homework

I believe I saw it wink.

Teacher finally lost her temper.

“OUT!” she shouted at the creature.

The creature hopped beside her

and GLOPP . . . it gobbled teacher.

The Hard Way

I've got a rabbit's foot

and a four leaf clover.

A lucky penny

and a troll named Dover.

I've crossed my fingers,

I've wished on stars.

And for extra

safe measures,

I've wished on Mars.

I've avoided all ladders

and black cats as well.

Even went to a witch

for a fifty cent spell.

Now I'm armed

and I'm ready

to do my best.

Next time I'll just study

for my history test.

By: Arden Davis

Submitted by Hancock Elementary