Responding to Literature: Grade 4
A worksheet for Grade 4 students to practice responding to literature by identifying themes, characters, and making connections.
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Responding to Literature: Grade 4
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Read the passage below carefully. Then, answer the questions that follow to show your understanding and response to the story. Remember to use details from the text to support your answers.
The Little Tree's Big Dream
Once, in a quiet forest, lived a little sapling named Pip. Pip was much smaller than the towering oak trees and the graceful birches around him. Every day, he watched the birds build nests in the tall branches and squirrels chase each other up the sturdy trunks. Pip dreamed of growing big and strong, tall enough to touch the clouds and provide shade for all the forest creatures. He knew it would take many years and much sunshine and rain, but he was determined. He stretched his tiny roots deep into the earth and reached his small leaves towards the sun, whispering, 'One day, I'll be a giant!'
1. What was Pip's biggest dream?
To be a home for squirrels
To grow big and tall
To talk to the birds
To move to another forest
2. Pip was a little living in a quiet .
3. Pip stretched his tiny deep into the earth and reached his small towards the sun.
4. What character traits describe Pip? Use evidence from the story to support your answer.
5. Pip was taller than the oak trees.
True
False
6. Imagine you are Pip. Write a short paragraph about what you see and feel as you grow taller each year. What new things do you experience?