Reading Comprehension #14017

Practice Exercise 18 A, B

Haikus

  1. Use the reading process to guide you in your reading the following haiku.

    • Skim the title and poem quickly.
    • Predict what the poem is about.
    • Think of questions to answer while you read.
    • Read the poem twice aloud without stopping.
    • Read the poem again carefully.
    • Answer the questions.

      An unhappy boy
      held out his black little hand
      until it whitened.


              Claude MacKay


  2. Answer the questions.

    1. Describe the tone or feeling of the poem.

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    2. What does the poem mean to you?

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