English for Life Reader Grade 5 Home Language. Lynne Southey
inside my mirror
Robert D. Hoeft
I wonder what lives in the mirror
Besides that glass echo of me.
There might be forests of ladybugs
By the shore of a crystal sea.
There might be herds of dandelions
That growl with a silver roar
And tiny diamond houses
Each with a see-through door.
There might be mountains of butterflies
Piled mile high in the air
And ranging bands of dinosaurs
With long, white, feathery hair.
There might be giant shimmering bees
With wings of beaten gold
And little snowflakes flaming hot
And fire that’s always cold.
There might be gardens of happiness
Where flowers bloom into smiles
And all the rivers have emerald fish
And ruby crocodiles.
1. How many lines are there in a stanza? What is it called?
2. Name the three different insects and three precious stones that are mentioned in the poem.
3. Look at the collective nouns as they appear in the poem. Provide the correct collective noun for each one.
a) forests of ladybugs
b) herds of dandelions
c) mountains of butterflies
d) bands of dinosaurs
4. What is an echo (line2)?
5. In line 2, stanza 3 the word “mile” is used to describe distance. What is the word we use instead?
6. Can a roar be silver? What do you think the poet means?
7. Why do you think the speaker decided to say that the dandelions (line 5) roar and growl (line 6)?
Vocabulary
echo – the repetition of sound through sound waves
ladybug – a bug of reddish-brown colour and black spots, also known as a ladybird
crystal – clear, transparent mineral
dandelions – plants that bear large bright yellow flowers
Lunar light
Jeanne du Plessis
The saddest part of a summer’s day
is dusk, when the light leaks away,
the sun’s last rays eaten by the night
all colour fading out of sight
But the gloom is banished, it takes flight
the sky is ignited by moon and starlight
how lovely would it be, how terribly bright
if there was one star and a thousand moons
flooding the sky with radiant lunar light.
Vocabulary
lunar – of the moon
dusk – evening, sunset
gloom – darkness, sadness
banished – chased away
ignited – lit
radiant – sending out rays of light
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