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Before You ReadBefore You Read
Vocabulary Practice
A. Label each picture with the correct word.
gown flocks fragrant delight
1. 2. 4.
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B. Complete each sentence with the best word.
gown delight fragrant flocks
5. A girl would wear a ________________ to a party.
6. The ________________ smell from the bakery made Terry hungry.
7. ________________ of ducks swim in the pond at the park.
8. Cold ice cream cones on hot summer days ________________ the children.
C. Choose the correct word to answer each question.
flocks gown fragrant delight
9. Which word goes with “sweet smelling”? ________________
10. Which word goes with “groups of geese”? ________________
11. Which word goes with “great happiness”? ________________
12. Which word goes with “party dress”? ________________
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Before You Read
Connect to the Poem
Literary Element Point of View
Reading Strategy Analyze Sound Devices
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Content Vocabulary
flocks (floks) n. groups of animals or peopleThe sheep in the flocks stood close together to keep warm.
fragrant (fraʼ grənt) adj. having a sweet or pleasant smellJoe smelled the fragrant flowers.➤ Cognate (Spanish) fragante
gown (goun) n. a dress or a robeThe bride wore a pretty white wedding gown.
(di litʼ) n. great joyThe children clapped in delight at the clown’s tricks.➤ Cognate (Spanish) deleite
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➤ The shepherd asks his love to live with him in the woods.
➤ He will make a bed of flowers for her.
➤ He will make a hat, a dress, andshoes for her.
To Sum UpTo Sum Up
Comprehension Check
Literary Element
the boxed text in the middle and at the bottom of the page. Underline the things the shepherd will make for his lover.
f View What words show wthat the poem is told from the shepherd’s point of view?
me shepherds I
1. The author uses prove in this line to mean “experience” or “come into contact with.”
2. Madrigals are kinds of songs.3. A kirtle is a dress.
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Come live with me, and be my love,And we will all the pleasures prove1
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,Woods or steepy mountain yields.
And we will sit upon the rocks,Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,By shallow rivers to whose fallsMelodious birds sing madrigals.2
And I will make thee beds of roses,And a thousand fragrantg posies,A cap of flowers, and a kirtle3
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.
A gowng made of the finest wool,Which from our pretty lambs we pull,Fair lined slippers for the cold,With buckles of the purest gold.
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flocks (floks(( ) n. groups of animals or people
gown (goun) n. a dress or a robe
(fraʼ grənt(( )t adj. having a sweet or pleasant smell
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➤ The young shepherd will dance and sing for his love.
➤ If she likes what he says, she should go with him.
To Sum UpTo Sum Up
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Thy mind may move means “to win you over.”
4. Swains means “young people.”
Analyze Sound DevicesList some examples of alliteration used in the poem. How do these examples add to the poem’s rhythm or sound?
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Talk about your answer with a partner.
R E F L E C T
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A belt of straw and ivy buds,With coral clasps and amber studs.And if these pleasures may thee move,Come live with me and be my love.
The shepherd swains4 shall dance and singFor thy delight each May morning;If these delights thy mind may move,Then live with me and be my love.
delight (di litʼ) n. great joy
at the picture and read the definition. Write a sentence using the word.
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After You Read
Vocabulary Check
A./B. Circle the picture that best answers the question.
1. Which picture shows a gown? 3. Which picture shows something that is fragrant?
2. Which person feels delight?
C. Circle the letter of the answer that correctly shows what the word means.
4. flocks 5. fragrant a. a group of lambs a. a garden of flowers b. one lamb b. sour milk
Comprehension Check
A./B. Complete the sentences.
1. The speaker in the poem is ____________________________________________________________________ .
2. He is speaking to ____________________________________________________________________________ .
3. He asks her to _______________________________________________________________________________
4. He will give her ______________________________________________________________________________
C. Reread the poem aloud. Then answer the questions about the poem.
5. What two consonant sounds are repeated in line 6? ________________________________________________
6. What consonant sound is repeated in line 8? _____________________________________________________
7. What other examples of alliteration can you find in the poem? _______________________________________
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