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4. Describe the woodpecker that the poet wants to be.
5. What does the poet wish to do as a woodpecker?

C. Refl ect and answer.

1. Why do you think the poet wants to be something else rather than herself?

2. Do you think living like an owl and a woodpecker would be interesting?
Explain your answer.

Sounds and Pronunciation

Look at the following pairs of words from the poem. Notice the sounds the highlighted
letters make.

owl yellow
downy hollow

The sound produced by the letter combination ow in owl and downy is not the same as in

yellow and hollow. The letter combination ow has two sounds.
Read these words aloud that have the sound // as in owl.

brown down owl frown
town crown clown crowd

Now, read the following words that have the sound // as in low.

glow owe slow grow
blow crow throw snow

Find out fi ve more words that belong to each category and list them in your
notebook.

Activity

Who would you rather be if you were not you? Try to rewrite any one stanza of the

poem subs tu ng the animal in it with something that you want to be.

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