Vocabulary Table based on the poem The News:

Answer the following questions

1. What are the two incredible things mentioned in the poem?

2. What happens to the shoes when it rains?

3. How do the shoes behave in the snow?

4. What happens to the shoes in the foggy weather?

5. What is the sad thing that happens to the shoes at the end of the poem?

6. Why is the news funny ?

7. What is the headline of the news?
8. What happens to the shoes when it snow?
9. How are the shoes in a drizzle?
10. What happens to the shoes in a breeze?
11. When do the shoes get warm?
12. What happens to the shoes in a mist?
13. When do the shoes go soggy?
14. When did the shoes get lost?
15. What is the theme of the poem?
16. What elements of satire do you find in the poem ?
17. What does the poet want to say through the poem ?
18. How does the poem attract the attention of the readers ?

Answer

1. The two incredible things are the two magic shoes. The whole poem is about them.
2. When it rains, the shoes walk down the drains.
3. In the snow, the shoes glow and shine.
4. In foggy weather, the shoes go soggy and wet.
5. The sad thing is that the shoes get lost in a terrible frost.
6. The news is funny because the shoes act like people. They sneeze and get grumpy.
7. The headline is “Two incredible shoes.”
8. When it snows, the shoes glow.
9. In a drizzle, the shoes grizzle, which means they get grumpy.
10. In a breeze, the shoes sneeze.
11. The shoes get warm in a storm.
12. In a mist, the shoes make a hissing sound.
13. The shoes go soggy when the weather is foggy.
14. The shoes got lost when a terrible frost came.
15. The theme is about the funny adventures of two magic shoes. It shows that ordinary things can be fun.
16. The poem is silly because it makes a funny news story about shoes. It jokes about how news can be about small things.
17. The poet wants to say that we can use our imagination to make stories from anything. It tells us that even simple things can be fun.
18. The poem uses a funny and repeating headline like a news report. The silly actions of the shoes, like sneezing, attract the readers.

More Questions: 

1. Question: What is the main subject of this news report?
Answer: The main subject is two incredible, magic shoes. The report tells us all about their adventures.

2. Question: Do the shoes act like they are alive?
Answer: Yes, they act like they are alive. They can walk, sneeze, and get grumpy just like a person.

3. Question: What does it mean that the shoes “grizzle in a drizzle”?
Answer: It means they get grumpy and complain when it is drizzling rain.

4. Question: How is the poem like a song?
Answer: It is like a song because it uses rhymes and repeats lines. The line “Two incredible shoes” is repeated like a chorus.

5. Question: Why do you think the poet chose shoes for this poem?
Answer: I think the poet chose shoes because everyone has them, but they made them magical to be funny.

6. Question: What is the mood of the poem at the beginning?
Answer: At the beginning, the mood is happy and funny. We are curious about the shoes’ adventures.

7. Question: How does the mood change at the end of the poem?
Answer: The mood becomes sad at the end. This happens when the shoes get lost in the frost.

8. Question: Which weather condition is the most dangerous for the shoes?
Answer: The frost is the most dangerous weather for them. It is the reason they get lost.

9. Question: What is the funniest thing the shoes do?
Answer: The funniest thing is that they sneeze in a breeze. It is silly because shoes cannot really sneeze.

10. Question: If you had these shoes, what weather would you avoid?
Answer: I would avoid frosty weather. I would not want my magic shoes to get lost.

11. Question: How does the poet make the shoes seem special?
Answer: The poet makes them special by giving them magical powers. They can glow, hiss, and react to all types of weather.

12. Question: What is your favorite part of the poem and why?
Answer: My favorite part is when the shoes glow in the snow. I think it would be beautiful to see shoes shining like a light.