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Pea Pods on the Porch: A Poem and a Story

Read an original poem and a prose story about shelling peas with Grandpa, then compare them using verse, stanza, rhyme and rhythm.

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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

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What students practice

Students identify verse, stanzas, rhyme and rhythm in a poem.
Students explain how a poem and a prose story tell the same events in different ways.

How to use

Read the poem aloud twice so students hear its rhythm, then have them read the story and answer the questions on their own.

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Common Core standard covered

RL.4.5

Explain how poems, dramas, and prose differ, using terms like verse and rhythm for poems and cast of characters and stage directions for dramas.

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Pea Pods on the Porch: A Poem and a Story

Compare verse and prose about one summer evening.

Read the poem and the story

Read the poem aloud. Then read the story about the same evening.

Pea Pods on the Porch (a poem)

1When supper's done and dishes dry,
and swallows swoop across the sky,
my grandpa drags two chairs outside
and sets a basket by his side.

2He shows me how: "Hold firm, not tight,
then press the end and pull it right."
I try it once. I try it twice.
The third time, out spill peas! How nice!

3I run my thumbnail down the seam.
Pop! Out roll peas, a tiny stream.
They ping like raindrops in the pot.
I sneak a few. I sneak a lot!

4My grandpa winks and shakes his head.
"Save some for soup," is all he said.
I drop the next ones in, and then
I reach into the pile again.

5The fireflies blink. The sky turns blue.
The pot is full. Our job is through.
We rock and listen to the night,
our fingers green, our hearts both light.

Shelling Peas (a story)

1After supper, when the dishes were dry, Nora's grandpa carried two rocking chairs out to the porch. He set a basket of fresh pea pods between them and handed Nora an empty pot.

2At first, Nora squeezed the pods too hard, and the peas squished. Grandpa showed her how to hold a pod gently, press one end and pull the string down. On her third try, the pod opened perfectly.

3Nora ran her thumbnail along the seam of the next pod. It split with a soft pop, and five round peas rolled into the pot. She slipped one into her mouth. It tasted sweet and fresh, like summer itself.

4"Save some for soup," Grandpa said with a wink. Nora laughed and went back to work.

5By the time the fireflies came out, the pot was full and their fingers were stained green. They rocked slowly in the warm dark, listening to the crickets and feeling happy to be together.

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