Questions For Poems.docx

What Is Red? By Mary O’ Neill 1. Suggest two things that are red from the poem. ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. What feeling does red express? ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. What happens when one is angry? ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. What happens when you cut your hand? ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why is red a ‘show-off’? ___________________________________________________________________________ 6. Name one red thing that is not mentioned in the poem. ____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Do you think colours should be celebrated? Why? ____________________________________________________________________________ 8. In your opinion, what can one do to minimise negativity in life? ____________________________________________________________________________ 9. State two messages you get from the poem. a) ___________________________________________________________________________ b) ___________________________________________________________________________ 10. What will happen if we only live in a world with black and white as colours? ___________________________________________________________________________

My Hero by Willis Hall 1. What kind of person is the persona’s dad? ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Name two things dad is not afraid of. ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. What does ‘telly’ refer to? ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. What will happen if a wolf-man come to get dad? ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is that one thing that dad is afraid of? ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Who helps dad when there is a spider in the bathroom? ____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Who is the persona? ____________________________________________________________________________ 8. What kind of person is Mom? ____________________________________________________________________________ 9. What kind of person is the persona? ____________________________________________________________________________ 10. Why do you think most kids see their parents as heroes? ____________________________________________________________________________ 11. Do you think the mom is be afraid of something too? Why? ____________________________________________________________________________

12. If you are the persona, what will you do when your dad see a spider? ___________________________________________________________________________ 13. Do you think dad will still be a good father? Why? ___________________________________________________________________________ 14. In your opinion, how is the relationship between the dad and the persona? ___________________________________________________________________________ 15. Which is it important for a family to help one another? ___________________________________________________________________________

Sad I Ams by Trevor Millum 1. What happens to the action man? ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the condition of the porridge pan? ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. What happens to the envelope? ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. What does the phrase ‘toothless stapler’ mean? ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. What happens to the liquid paper? ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why do you think the starter motor remains inert? ____________________________________________________________________________ 7. What happens if someone uses a tyre with thread that is worn? ____________________________________________________________________________ 8. Why do you think the garden is overgrown with weeds? ____________________________________________________________________________ 9. What would you do if you see a hungry stray on the street? ____________________________________________________________________________ 10. Less and less people like to go to the library these days. Why? ____________________________________________________________________________ 11. What is the mood of the persona? ____________________________________________________________________________

12. What does the person forget to send? ____________________________________________________________________________ 13. In your opinion, how can we make the chromium trim shine again? ____________________________________________________________________________ 14. Suggest two things that can cheer the person up. a) __________________________________________________________________________ b) __________________________________________________________________________ 15. If you could give an advice to your younger self, what would that be? ____________________________________________________________________________

News Break by Max Fatchen 1. From the line ‘your face is clean for once’, what can you say about ‘you’ ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. What do you think ‘you’ would normally do with his/her luncheon money? ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Who is ‘dear’? ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. What normally happens to the school books when the child comes home? ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. In your opinion, how would the child’s clothes look like after a normal school day? ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Who is the persona? ____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Why does the persona ask if the child is struck by lightning? ____________________________________________________________________________ 8. How do you think the persona feel when the child comes back home? ____________________________________________________________________________ 9. What might be the reason the child is acting nice that day? ____________________________________________________________________________ 10. Predict the child’s result. ___________________________________________________________________________ 11. If you were the child, would you have done the same thing? Why? ___________________________________________________________________________

12. Suggest two ways to make sure we do well in school. a) _________________________________________________________________________ b) _________________________________________________________________________ 13. Describe the relationships between the child and the parent. ____________________________________________________________________________