What are "they"? | Assessment Resource Banks

This task is about predicting and making inferences.

Question 1Change answer

Read the first and second parts of the poem:

Perhaps

_______

may not seem to be

a nuisance

but they are to me.

Although I try

with all my might

I cannot

tell the left from right

Read the first and second parts of the poem:

Perhaps

_______

may not seem to be

a nuisance

but they are to me.

Although I try

with all my might

I cannot

tell the left from right

c) Name all the things you think "they" might be now:

d) Which words in these parts gave you the best clue for what "they" might be?

Question 1Change answer

Read the first, second, and third parts of the poem:

Perhaps

_______

may not seem to be

a nuisance

but they are to me.

Although I try

with all my might

I cannot

tell the left from right

and which

is hot

and which

is cold.

Read the first, second, and third parts of the poem:

Perhaps

_______

may not seem to be

a nuisance

but they are to me.

Although I try

with all my might

I cannot

tell the left from right

and which

is hot

and which

is cold.

e) Name what you think "they" might be now:

f) Which words in these parts gave you the best clue for what "they" might be?

Question 1Change answer

Read the first, second, third, and fourth parts of the poem:

Perhaps

_______

may not seem to be

a nuisance

but they are to me.

Although I try

with all my might

I cannot

tell the left from right

and which

is hot

and which

is cold.

But still

I'm only five years old

so when we're going any place

I let my mother

wash my face.

Read the first, second, third, and fourth parts of the poem:

Perhaps

_______

may not seem to be

a nuisance

but they are to me.

Although I try

with all my might

I cannot

tell the left from right

and which

is hot

and which

is cold.

But still

I'm only five years old

so when we're going any place

I let my mother

wash my face.

g) Choose the line from the fourth part of the poem that gives you the best clue:

But stillI'm only five years oldso when we're going any placeI let my motherwash my face

h) What do you think "they" might be:

i) How could "they" be a nuisance?