Language Arts 6 Name: __________________________

Reading Selection: John Henry Pages 404-409

#1 Sequence of events: Record at least 5 major events of this story

1. When John Henry was 3 days old, _________________________________

2. When he grew up, John Henry told the captain he’d rather _______________ ____________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________

6. ______________________________________________________________

#2 Eventually, I think that _______________________, won the race. The lines of the poem which support that conclusion are ____________________________________.

#3 John Henry showed that even as a baby he was a superhero by ___________________ ____________________________________________________________

#4 Polly Ann, John Henry’s wife, shows that she was a superhero as well by _________ ______________________________________________________________________.

#5 John Henry’s name is kept alive by __________________________________ ______________________________________________________________.

#6 The refrain used throughout the entire poem were the lines:

_________________________________________________

In each stanza, lines ___ and __ (numbers) are repeated, though the latter line adds “Lord, lord”

#7 I think that the tone of this poem is ____________. I think that because __________ ___________________________________________________________________