by Rebecca Kai Dotlich

from Lemonade Sun and Other Summer Poems

I'm dancing.

I'm leaping.

I'm skipping about.

I gallop.

I grin.

I giggle.

I shout.

I'm Earth's many colors.

I'm morning and night.

I'm honey on toast.

I'm funny.

I'm bright.

I'm swinging.

I'm singing.

I wiggle.

I run.

I'm a piece of the sky

in a circle of sun.

 Your Name

Assignment

Your Teacher Select your teacher kbarron@starw.org hyland@starw.org riggins@starw.org bcastaldi@starw.org jalden@starw.org lpente@starw.org dfleming@starw.org mbell@starw.org ocaldwell@starw.org csmith@starw.org cbrower@starw.org rclark@starw.org sloper@starw.org linferrera@starw.org awolinsky@starw.org starguest2@starw.org starguest3@starw.org

     Skim and scan the poem to find three action verbs that end in -ing.

2.  The poem also contains nouns.

     Find three nouns in the poem.

3.  Who do you think wrote the poem.  Describe that person.

4.  The author says "I'm honey on toast."  Is the author really honey?

     What do you think this sentence means?

5.  The author also says "I'm a piece of the sky..."

     Are YOU a piece of the sky?  Explain why or why not.