1. Love That Boy by Walter Dean Myers
K.7 (A) respond to rhythm and rhyme in poetry through identifying a regular beat and similarities in word sounds.
1.8(A) respond to and use rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration in poetry.
2.7(A) describe how rhyme, rhythm, and repetition interact to create images in poetry.
3.6(A) describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse).
4.4(A) explain how the structural elements of poetry (e.g., rhyme, meter, stanzas, line breaks) relate to form (e.g., lyrical poetry, free verse).
5.4(A) analyze how poets use sound effects (e.g., alliteration, internal rhyme, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme) to reinforce meaning in poems.

2. Love That Boy by Walter Dean Myers
Love that boy, like a rabbit loves to run I said I love that boy like a rabbit loves to run 5 Love to call him in the morning love to call him "Hey there, son!" He walk like his Grandpa, Grins like his Uncle Ben. 10 I said he walk like his Grandpa, And grins like his Uncle Ben Grins when he’s happy, When he sad, he grins again.
His mama like to hold him, 15 Like to feed him cherry pie I said his mama like to hold him Like to feed him that cherry pie She can have him now, I’ll get him by and by He got long roads to walk down Before the setting sun I said he got a long, long road to walk down Before the setting sun He’ll be a long stride walker, 25 And a good man before he done..

3. This poem is an example of a narrative poem because
Love That Boy by Walter Dean Myers
Love that boy, like a rabbit loves to run I said I love that boy like a rabbit loves to run 5 Love to call him in the morning love to call him "Hey there, son!" He walk like his Grandpa, Grins like his Uncle Ben. 10 I said he walk like his Grandpa, And grins like his Uncle Ben Grins when he’s happy, When he sad, he grins again.
This poem is an example of a narrative poem because
A) it tells a funny story B) it uses rhyme
C) it uses imagery
D) it tells a story about a father who loves his son

4. Who is the speaker talking about in this poem?
Love That Boy by Walter Dean Myers
Love that boy, like a rabbit loves to run I said I love that boy like a rabbit loves to run 5 Love to call him in the morning love to call him "Hey there, son!" He walk like his Grandpa, Grins like his Uncle Ben. 10 I said he walk like his Grandpa, And grins like his Uncle Ben Grins when he’s happy, When he sad, he grins again.
Who is the speaker talking about in this poem?
A) the speaker is talking about a rabbit
B) the speaker is talking about a Grandpa
C) the speaker is talking about how a father loves his son
D) the speaker is talking about an uncle

5. In line 12 the word grins means A) laughs B) smiles C) frowns
Love That Boy by Walter Dean Myers
Love that boy, like a rabbit loves to run I said I love that boy like a rabbit loves to run 5 Love to call him in the morning love to call him "Hey there, son!" He walk like his Grandpa, Grins like his Uncle Ben. 10 I said he walk like his Grandpa, And grins like his Uncle Ben Grins when he’s happy, When he sad, he grins again.
In line 12 the word grins means
A) laughs
B) smiles
C) frowns
D) grimaces

6. The poet has the speaker repeats lines because
A) he wants the reader to hear the the real way the speaker talks
B) he wants to describe how the speaker feels
C) he wants to rhyme
D) he wants to describe a picture or scene
His mama like to hold him, 15 Like to feed him cherry pie I said his mama like to hold him Like to feed him that cherry pie She can have him now, I’ll get him by and by He got long roads to walk down Before the setting sun I said he got a long, long road to walk down Before the setting sun He’ll be a long stride walker, 25 And a good man before he done..