Spelling List:

1. jumper

2. higher

3. better

4. dinner

5. never

6. silver

7. ever

8. her

9. sister

10. after

Comprehension Skill: Point of View

• The way the speaker in a poem feels about something is his or her point of view

• To understand the speaker's point of view, think about what the speaker is describing and how he or she describes it.

Vocabulary List:

1. create - something that is made or invented

2. dazzling - something that is very bright

3. imagination - visualizing ideas in the mind

4. seconds - units for measuring time; 1/60th of a minute

5. beats- the syllables that make rhythm in a line of poetry

6. message - an idea that a poet wants to share with the reader

7. metaphor - compares two unlike things but does not use the words "like" or "as"

8. repeated lines- including the same line at least twice in a poem

Genre: Poetry

• has words with the same sound at the end of some lines

• has regular, repeating rhythm

• tells a poet's thoughts or feelings

Vocabulary Strategy: Metaphors

• A metaphor compares two different things.

• It does not use the words like or as.

• Example: "A box of crayons is the sun on a dreary, rainy day."

Essential Question:

Where can your imagination take you?