The Apple by S.C. Riggs (Pseudonym for Sharon Creech)

1. The ApplebyS.C. Riggs(Pseudonym for Sharon Creech) Readiness Standard3.8 Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Supportive Standard3.6 Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe the characteristics of various forms of poetry and how they create imagery (e.g., narrative poetry, lyrical poetry, humorous poetry, free verse).

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3. A concrete poem uses the shape of a topic to arrange the words to convey the meaning to the reader. It does not use the conventional elements of poetry such as rhythm and rhyme. S t e m apple appleappleapple apple yum apple yum apple yum apple juicy juicyjuicyjuicyjuicyjuicyjuicyjuicyjuicy crunchy crunchycrunchycrunchycrunchycrunchy red yellow green red yellow green red yellow green red apple appleappleappleappleappleappleappleappleapple apple appleappleappleappleappleappleappleappleapple apple appleappleappleappleappleappleappleappleapple yum delicious yum delicious yum delicious yum delicious yum yum yumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyum yum yumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumrurn yum yum yum yumyumyumyum wormy worm yuk yuk yum yumyumyumyum yum yumyum wormy worm yuk yuk yum yum yum delicious yum delicious yum delicious yum delicious apple appleappleappleappleappleappleappleapple apple appleappleappleappleappleappleapple apple appleappleappleappleappleapple red yellow green red yellow green red crunchy crunchycrunchycrunchy juicy juicyjuicyjuicy apple apple

4. What are some of the sensory words that help the reader feel, taste, hear, see, and smell the apple? S t e m apple appleappleapple apple yum apple yum apple yum apple juicy juicyjuicyjuicyjuicyjuicyjuicyjuicyjuicy crunchy crunchycrunchycrunchycrunchycrunchy red yellow green red yellow green red yellow green red apple appleappleappleappleappleappleappleappleapple apple appleappleappleappleappleappleappleappleapple apple appleappleappleappleappleappleappleappleapple yum delicious yum delicious yum delicious yum delicious yum yum yumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyum yum yumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumyumrurn yum yum yum yumyumyumyum wormy worm yuk yuk yum yumyumyumyum yum yumyum wormy worm yuk yuk yum yum yum delicious yum delicious yum delicious yum delicious apple appleappleappleappleappleappleappleapple apple appleappleappleappleappleappleapple apple appleappleappleappleappleapple red yellow green red yellow green red crunchy crunchycrunchycrunchy juicy juicyjuicyjuicy apple apple