Intro to Poetry: Mood

Ages 5–8 · 12 minutes · English

Sad? Happy? Angry? Identify the mood in poems!

In this lesson, students will practice identifying the mood of poems.

Part of

Poetry for Early Readers

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

Alabama

ELA21.1.15 — Identify and explain adjectives as descriptive words and phrases in all forms of texts, including poems.
ELA21.2.35 — Demonstrate listening skills and build background knowledge by asking and answering questions about texts read aloud.
ELA21.4.10a — Explain how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
ELA21.K.9b — Recognize alliterative spoken words.

Alaska

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories, plays, or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RL.2.4 — Identify words and phrases that supply rhythm or sensory images and meaning in a story, poem, or song (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) and describe how they make a reader feel or what a reader might see in his or her mind.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

Arizona

1.RL.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
2.RL.4 — Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
3.RL.7 — Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).

Arkansas

1.RC.2.RF — Answer questions about key details in a text.
1.RC.5.RF — Use background knowledge and details, including illustrations, charts, and graphs, to make predictions and inferences about what happens in a text.
2.RC.9.RL — Compare and contrast two versions of the same story (e.g., Three Little Pigs vs. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs).
1.RC.4.RF — Build general and academic vocabulary and background knowledge of age and grade-appropriate topics through discussion, reading, and writing.
K.RC.11.RL — Explain how visual images support understanding of a text.

California

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses. (See grade 1 Language standards 4–6 for additional expectations.)
CCRA.R.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

Colorado

RWC20-GR.1-S.2-GLE.1-EO.b.i — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RWC20-GR.2-S.2-GLE.1-EO.b.iv — Identify how word choice (for example: sensory details, figurative language) enhances meaning in poetry
RWC20-GR.2-S.2-GLE.3-EO.f — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (for example: When other kids are happy that makes me happy).
RWC20-GR.K-S.2-GLE.3-EO.f.i — Identify and produce groups of words that begin with the same sound (alliteration).

Connecticut

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

Delaware

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCRA.R.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

Florida

ELA.1.R.3.1 — Identify and explain descriptive words and phrases in text(s).
ELA.2.R.3.1 — Identify and explain similes, idioms, and alliteration in text(s).
ELA.K.R.3.1 — Identify and explain descriptive words in text(s).

Georgia

ELAGSE1RL4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
ELAGSE2RL4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
ELAGSE3L3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.*

Hawaii

1.RL.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
3.L.3a — Choose words and phrases for effect.
K-12.R.R.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
2.RL.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

Idaho

1.VD.WB.2d — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
2.RC.WB.2c — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., rhymes, alliteration) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
2.VD.AV.3. — Acquire and use general academic and content-specific words gained through conversations, and reading and listening to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe situations with specificity (e.g., When other kids are acting silly, that makes me feel giddy). Use these words in discussions and writing.

Illinois

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCRA.R.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

Indiana

1.RC.1 — Ask and answer questions about the main idea and key details to clarify and confirm understanding of a text. (E)
2.RC.1 — Ask and answer questions about the main idea and key details in a text to demonstrate comprehension. (E)

Iowa

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCR.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
L.1.5.d — Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs differing in manner (e.g., look, peek, glance, stare, glare, scowl) and adjectives differing in intensity (e.g., large, gigantic) by defining or choosing them or by acting out the meanings.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

Kansas

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
RL.1.13 — With prompting and support, read and comprehend high quality dramas, prose and poetry of appropriate quantitative and qualitative complexity for Grade 1.
W.3.10.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

Kentucky

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses in order to construct meaning.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases, including but not limited to regular beats, alliteration, rhymes and/ or repeated lines, supply rhythm and shape meaning in a story, poem or song.
RL.K.4 — With prompting and support, identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

Louisiana

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCRA.R.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrase supply rhythm and meaning in a poem or song; determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text.

Maine

R.7.1.a — Identify words and phrases in a text that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.
R.11.3.a — Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to the meaning of a text (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).

Maryland

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
L.2.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.1.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).

Massachusetts

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
RI.PK.7 — With prompting and support, describe important details from an illustration or photograph.

Michigan

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.2.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).

Minnesota

1.1.8.1 — Recognize how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem or song.

Mississippi

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

Missouri

1.R.2.B.a — use rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration through identifying a regular beat and similarities in word sounds
1.R.3.B.b — identify examples of sensory details
K.R.1.A.b — asking and responding to questions about texts read aloud

Montana

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
RL.3.7 — Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).

Nebraska

LA.K.V.2.d — With prompting and support, identify and explain descriptive words and phrases that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
LA.2.RP.6 — Ask and answer literal (e.g., recall/details) and simple inferential (e.g., why or how) questions about key details in a literary text.
LA.2.RP.3 — Determine and explain who is telling a story within and across literary texts.
LA.2.RP.5 — Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same literary text by different authors or from different cultures.

Nevada

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCRA.R.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

New Hampshire

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCRA.R.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.1.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).

New Jersey

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
NJSLSA.R.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

New Mexico

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCRA.R.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

New York

2R4 — Explain how words and phrases in a text suggest feelings and appeal to the senses. (RI&RL)
1R4 — Identify specific words that express feelings and senses. (RI&RL)
3L3a — Choose words and phrases for effect.
1R7 — Use illustrations and details in literary and informational texts to discuss story elements and/or topics. (RI&RL)

North Carolina

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RL.K.4 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about words in a text that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCR Anchor Standard RL.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

North Dakota

1.R.8a — Identify characters' feelings or traits in a story, poem,or nursery rhyme during or after a shared reading or other text-listening experience.
1.R.2 — Ask and answer questions about a variety of texts, genres, photographs, or illustrations before, during, and after shared reading or other text-listening experiences to compare, contrast, predict, or infer.
2.R.8a — Describe characters' feelings or traits during or after listening to a story.
2.R.8b — Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) or the same type of poem by different authors or from different cultures after listening to a story or poem.

Ohio

CCRA.R.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific language choices shape meaning, mood, or tone of the text.
RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

Oklahoma

K.8.R — Students will listen and respond to read-alouds, participate in shared reading, and interact independently with texts.
2.3.R.4 — Students will find examples of literary devices: • simile • alliteration • onomatopoeia

Oregon

1.RL.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
2.RL.4 — Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
1.RL.6 — Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

Pennsylvania

CC.1.3.1.F — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CC.1.3.2.F — Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
CC.1.4.1.E — Choose words and phrases for effect.

Rhode Island

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses. (See grade 1 Language standards 4–6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. (See grade 2 Language standards 4–6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

South Carolina

ELA.1.AOR.1.2 — Identify and explain the purpose of forms of figurative language to include alliteration and onomatopoeia, as well as descriptive phrases and words, and imagery.
ELA.K.AOR.8.1 — Determine the effectiveness of an author’s use of words and phrases in literary, informational, and multimedia texts: a. sort words and phrases into categories (e.g., apple, fruit and carrot, vegetable) to develop an understanding of word relationships; b. deepen understanding of words by relating words to their opposites; and c. identify and explain descriptive words and phrases that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
ELA.K.AOR.1.2 — Identify forms of figurative language to include alliteration and onomatopoeia, as well as descriptive words and rhyme in text.
ELA.K.AOR.5.1 — Identify and describe the basic characteristics of literary text to include narrative, drama, and poetry.

South Dakota

1.RL.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories, poems, or songs that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
2.RL.4 — Describe how words and phrases create rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
3.L.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.
R.CCRA.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

Tennessee

1.RL.CS.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories and poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
2.RL.CS.4 — Describe how words and phrases supply meaning in a story, poem, or song.
1.RL.IKI.7 — Either orally or in writing when appropriate, use illustrations and words in a text to describe its characters, setting, or events.
2.RL.IKI.9 — Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or different cultures.
1.RL.CS.6 — Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

Texas

1.10D — discuss how the author uses words that help the reader visualize; and
2.10D — discuss the use of descriptive, literal, and figurative language;
1.9B — discuss rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and alliteration in a variety of poems;

Utah

2.R.8 — Explain how specific words and phrases express emotion, appeal to the senses, or determine the meaning of contentspecific words within a text. (RL & RI)
1.R.8 — Identify specific words and phrases that express emotion, appeal to the senses, and/or determine the meaning of content-specific words within a text. (RL & RI)

Vermont

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

Virginia

1.RL.1.C — Ask and answer literal (who, what, when, where) or inferential (how, why) questions about what is read.
3.RL.2.C — Identify the narrator of a story and the speaker of a poem.
2.RV.1.F — Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs and adjectives.

Washington

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

Washington, D.C.

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
CCRA.R.4 — Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.

West Virginia

ELA.1.7 — In literary texts, identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
ELA.2.7 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, and repeated lines) in literary text supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
ELA.2.41 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, being read to, and responding to texts; use adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., when other kids are happy, that makes me happy).

Wisconsin

ELA.1.L.3.a — Identify words and phrases that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses (e.g., in stories, poems, or conversations).
ELA.1.R.4 — Identify specific words and phrases that express feeling, appeal to the senses, or content-specific words within a text. (RI&RL)
ELA.1.R.7 — Use illustrations and details in literary and informational texts to discuss story elements and/or topics. (RI&RL)
ELA.1.W.3.c — Word Choice (including domain specific): experiments with descriptive words to describe feelings, events and images.
ELA.K.R.4 — With prompting and support, identify specific words that express feelings or content- specific words within a text. (RI&RL)

Wyoming

RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
L.3.3.a — Choose words and phrases for effect.
RL.2.4 — Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
RL.3.7 — Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).