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STRATEGY PRACTICE
How did rereading help you better understand the passage?
 
SKILL PRACTICE
Read each question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1. The original cowboy poets based their poetry style 
on 
.
A 
country music songs
B 
traditional poetry
C 
experiences from city life
D 
art and music festivals
 2. From the passage, you can predict that in the 
future, 
.
A 
cowboy poetry will become as popular as it 
once was
B 
more people will choose to become cowboys
C 
National Poetry Month will exclude cowboy 
poetry
D 
people will continue to write and appreciate 
cowboy poetry
 3. Which of these was a typical topic of historical 
cowboy poetry?
A 
poetry festivals
B 
benefits of 
technology
C 
the Civil War
D 
the western landscape
 4. Cowboy poetry is most likely still being written 
today because 
.
A 
there are still many working cowboys in the 
United States
B 
country musicians need cowboy poems in order 
to write songs
C 
many 
people are working hard to promote 
cowboy poetry
D 
poets want to show off their lyrical skills
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Daily Reading Comprehension • EMC 3458 • © Evan-Moor Corp.
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WEEK
Make Connections
This strategy helps students put what they are reading into context
by helping them see the connections between the text and themselves,
the world around them, and other things they have read or seen.