Poetry Comprehension Exercises. One of her poems, 'A Bird Came Down the Walk' is a narrative poem, which is akin to a short story, comprising a setting, a plot and characters. In these reading comprehension worksheets, students are asked questions about the meaning, significance, intention, structure, inference, and vocabulary used in each passage.
Each worksheet has a poem with comprehension questions and close reading poetry tips. Poetry provides opportunities for children to engage with many different linguistic features , allowing you to teach wider literacy concepts whilst engaging your students with a comprehension exercise. One of her poems, 'A Bird Came Down the Walk' is a narrative poem, which is akin to a short story, comprising a setting, a plot and characters.
There is usually more figurative language used in poetry, which can make basic questions, such as 'what do you think is the poem about?', much more difficult to answer.
Evaluate the illustrations in the student's poetry portfolio to ensure reading comprehension.
Teaching Resource: A generic poetry comprehension worksheet. Prose poetry is a hybrid genre that contains both paragraphs and poetry. Pumpkins, Pumpkins Poem about a pumpkin patch.