Guided Reading Questions for My Mother Pieced Quilts Read the poem aloud together.

. Share ideas from the SOAPSTone charts you completed for home or!. "iscuss the #uestions in your small group. $%se a dictionary if necessary.& Record the group's responses on one sheet. (e prepared to share ans ers in large group. 1. Stan)a *What are quilts usually used for? What consonant sounds are repeated in these lines? How does the word just in the first line set up the rest of the poem? 2. Stan)a +Quote the words the spea er uses to ma e the quilts seem li e they!re ali"e? #. $earch the hole poem. %ist all the fa&rics the spea er!s mother used to piece quilts. Where did these fa&rics come from? '. Stan)a ,%ist the "er&s. What feelin()s* or idea)s* do these "er&s su((est when you consider them all to(ether? +. Stan)a -How is the mother!s quilt,ma in( compared to the way she cared for her children at ni(ht? -. Stan)a .What words does the spea er use to compare her mother to a painter? Why do you thin she ma es this comparison? .. Stan)a .What time in the mother!s life mi(ht the line corpus /hristi noon when my father held your hand refer to? 0. Stan)a /What are testimonies? How are the quilt pieces separate testimonies? 1. Stan)as 0 and 12n your own words3 what is the spea er e4pressin(5sayin( in the last two stan6as of the poem? What is the tone? 17. /onsider the hole poem. How are the seasons &rou(ht into the poem? What is the purpose or effect?