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Morning Chai: A Poem for Two Voices

Partners read an original poem for two voices about making chai with a grandmother, practicing accuracy, pace and expression.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.4.4.b

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11 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students read their part of a poem for two voices accurately with a partner.
Students use stage directions, capital letters and punctuation to read poetry with expression.
Students match their pace to a partner and to the mood of each stanza on repeated readings.

How to use

Pair students and have them read the poem together at least twice, then switch parts. Talk about the lines marked Both before they answer the questions.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.4.4.b

Read grade-level prose and poetry aloud with accuracy, an appropriate pace, and expression on repeated readings.

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Morning Chai: A Poem for Two Voices

Read a poem with a partner, matching your pace and voice to each line.

Read the poem with a partner

First read how a poem for two voices works. Then read the poem aloud with a partner two times. The numbers beside the poem show its stanzas.

How to Read a Poem for Two Voices

A poem for two voices is written for two readers. One partner reads every line marked Nani, and the other partner reads every line marked Asha. Lines marked Both are read by the two partners together, at the same time. To sound like one voice, partners must listen to each other and keep the same pace. Words in parentheses, like (yawning), are not read aloud. They tell the reader how to sound. Practice your own part first, and then read the whole poem together.

Morning Chai

1Nani: Wake up, little one. The kitchen is waiting.
Asha (yawning): Five more minutes... maybe ten?
Nani: The pot is out. The spices are out.
Both: It's time for morning chai!

2Nani: I pour cold water into the pot.
Asha: I crush the cardamom pods.
Nani: I slice the ginger, thin as paper.
Asha: Crack! Crack! The little green pods split.
Both: The kitchen smells sweet and warm.

3Nani: The water bubbles,
Asha: bubbles,
Both: bubbles!
Nani: In go the tea leaves, one big spoonful.
Asha: The water turns from clear to gold to brown.

4Nani: Now the milk.
Asha: Now the milk!
Nani: Watch the pot, Asha. Watch it closely.
Asha: It's quiet... it's quiet... it's RISING!
Both: Turn it down! Turn it down!

5Nani (laughing): Just in time, my clever helper.
Asha (proudly): I saw it first, Nani!
Nani: One spoon of sugar for me.
Asha: Two spoons for me, please?
Nani: One and a half.
Both: Deal!

6Nani: I pour the chai through the strainer.
Asha: I hold the cups very still.
Both (softly): Steam curls up. We blow and sip,
Both: slowly, slowly, side by side.

7Nani: Every morning, the same old pot.
Asha: Every morning, the same two cups.
Nani: Someday, you will make the chai,
Asha: and you can watch the pot for me!
Both: Tomorrow, then. Same time.

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