Imagine a dark sky lit up with fireflies. Robert Frost's "Fireflies in the Garden" instills a visual in the reader's mind of a star lit sky glowing with fireflies. After reading the poem, learners compare and contrast the image the poem paints with the reality of fireflies.

Concepts

poetry, reading comprehension, robert frost, compare and contrast

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Incorporate into a poetry study or with a story that focus skill is compare and contrast
• Instruct learners to highlight their answers within the poem to demonstrate understanding of the answers they chose
• Give as homework or use as an instructional tool

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes learners are familiar with comparing and contrasting

Pros

• Provides seven multiple choice questions and three short answer questions for individuals to respond 
• Designed for Common Core

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.4 RL.3.10