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1. Write these words in your spelling booklet. Fiery Movement Fireworks Mysterious Magic Strange Metaphor Whirling Miracle
2. What is the connection between these two items? Fireworks Flowers
3. Fireworks by James Reeves
4. They rise like sudden fiery flowers That burst upon the night, Then fall to earth in burning showers Of crimson, blue and white. Like buds too wonderful to name, Each miracle unfolds And Catherine Wheels begin to flame Like whirling marigolds. Rockets and Roman Candles make An orchard of the sky, Where magic trees their petals shake Upon each gazing eye.
5. This poem uses lots of similes. similes What is a simile? simile
6. A simile compares one thing with something different. It uses the words: “like” or like “as …… as ……”. ……
7. This poem uses the “like ……” type of simile. She leapt over the fence like a frog hopping over a branch
8. In groups, find three similes used to compare the fireworks with flowers.
9. “They rise like sudden fiery flowers” “Like buds too wonderful to name” “Like whirling marigolds”
10. In groups, find what two things the fireworks are said to be in verse three. “An orchard in the sky” “Magic trees” These are NOT similes. similes Do you know what they are?
11. They are metaphors. metaphors We use a metaphor when we say one thing IS something that it is not.
12. The eagle soared through the sky, a missile ready to hit its target. “Missile” is a metaphor for the eagle.
13. “An orchard in “Magic trees” the sky” What do these metaphors tell us?
14. In groups, find two words that suggest there is something strange and mysterious about the fireworks? “Miracle” “Magic”
15. In groups, find a word in verse one that suggests the fireworks are only beautiful for a short time? “Burst”
16. In groups, find a word in verse two that describes the movement of the Catherine Wheel? “Whirling”
17. Task Use the quotations we have found to answer the questions about the poem.
18. Name Fireworks Date Form
19. Number your answers. Answer each question in a full sentence – do not begin sentences with “because”. Use quotations from the poem in each answer. Use “quotation marks” around words taken from the poem. Read the questions carefully. Some
20. Example 1. In verse one Reeves compares the fireworks to “…………”. In verse two he uses the similes “…………” and “…………”. In verse he uses the metaphors “…………” and “…………”. 1. The two words that suggest there is something strange and …………