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The Rainy Day Theme Exit Sheet

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Theme Exit Ticket Reflect back on the poems we read last unit, LC Unit 4. Fill out the following graphic organizers about the poems. You may use bullet points in any answer that asks you to list; please use complete sentences in all other questions. As always, be sure to proofread your work before you turn it in! 1. Fill in the following chart about “The Rainy Day.” Poem Title What was the topic of the poem? What do you think was being stated about the topic? Quote #1 that shows theme Quote #2 that shows theme Write your theme statement. The Rainy Day The topic was about someone who is feeling sad. I think Henry was just trying to compare his feelings to when it’s rainy. “My life is as cold, and dark, and dreary” “My thought still cling to the moldering Past” “Be …show more content…

“Behind the clouds is the sun still shining” 2. Fill in the following chart about “We Real Cool.” Poem Title What was the topic of the poem? What do you think was being stated about the topic? Quote #1 that shows theme Quote #2 that shows theme Write your theme statement. We Real Cool The topic is about a couple troublesome kids making bad choices. Whatever choices you decide to make in life will reflect afterwards. “We real cool” “we left school” Gwendolyn Brooks tries showing his audience that bad choices and hanging with the wrong crowd can lead to serious consequences in the end. 3. Fill in the following chart about “The Mending Wall.” Poem Title What was the topic of the poem? What do you think was being stated about the topic? Quote #1 that shows theme Quote #2 that shows theme Write your theme statement. “The Mending Wall” The topic is about a neighbor who isn’t too happy about a wall. It seems like the wall is the problem, one of the neighbors thinks it’s unnecessary. “Something there is that doesn't love a wall” “There where it is we do not need the wall” In the end The author disagrees with the placement of the

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