If I were... | Assessment Resource Banks

This task is about predicting what the poem could be about by making inferences.

You will read a poem in three parts, one part at a time.
After reading each part:

in the left hand boxes, write all the things you think the poem might be describing.
in the right hand boxes, explain how the evidence in the text supports your predictions.

Question 1Change answer

If I were a ____________________

If I were a _______________,

I would range over farms, plains,

houses, cities, and seas.

If I were a ____________________

If I were a _______________,

I would range over farms, plains,

houses, cities, and seas.

Part 1

I think this poem could be describing these things:	because:

If I were a ____________________

If I were a _______________,
I would range over farms, plains,
houses, cities, and seas.

I would beat against the window panes of houses

with warm fires inside.

I would whip the leaves off trees.

I would flood rivers while I could,

If I were a ____________________

If I were a _______________,
I would range over farms, plains,
houses, cities, and seas.

I would beat against the window panes of houses

with warm fires inside.

I would whip the leaves off trees.

I would flood rivers while I could,

Part 2

I think this poem could be describing these things:	because:

If I were a ____________________

If I were a _______________,
I would range over farms, plains,
houses, cities, and seas.

I would beat against the window panes of houses
with warm fires inside.
I would whip the leaves off trees.
I would flood rivers while I could,

for all too soon, the sun will peep out

from behind a cloud

and I must pick up my black billowing skirts and leave

to whine over the oceans and beyond.

If I were a ____________________

If I were a _______________,
I would range over farms, plains,
houses, cities, and seas.

I would beat against the window panes of houses
with warm fires inside.
I would whip the leaves off trees.
I would flood rivers while I could,

for all too soon, the sun will peep out

from behind a cloud

and I must pick up my black billowing skirts and leave

to whine over the oceans and beyond.

Part 3

Now I think this poem could be describing these things:	because: