Rename the Noun
(Print out page and
complete. Return to teacher for
checking.)
1.
Highlight the noun in each poem.
2.
Above the highlighted noun, write another noun that could replace the
original noun.
#1 Up in the sky, the sky so
blue
Birds can be seen by me and by you.
#2 Deep in the murky waters, the lively croaking frogs bellow so
loud
Dainty water striders are swiftly retreating from
them and from others.
#3 I was standing on the
street when the rusty old black Cadillac grunted rack-a-bump-she-bang,
and heated up my cool spot of air, all over my
mustard-covered foot-long hot dog.