The Poppy Lady Worksheets

by Barbara Elizabeth Walsh

Lexile 850L · ATOS 5.9

In 1885, fifteen-year-old Moina Belle Michael finds that the children of Good Hope, Georgia, have no teacher, so she sets up a school in an old log cabin. Years later, when America goes to war, she vows to do everything she can for the soldiers, and when she is told she is too old to go overseas, she sets up a desk to help them in New York instead. Then a poem about the poppies of Flanders Fields gives her an idea. This is the true story of the teacher who made the red poppy a way to remember soldiers and help veterans.

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The Poppy Lady vocabulary words and comprehension questions

12 vocabulary words and 8 comprehension questions across 3 sections: Beginning · Middle · End.

Vocabulary words include drought, determined, motto, vowed, remembrance, canteen, gloomy, tribute, artificial, veteran, persistence, donated.

Sample questions

What does Moina do when the children in Good Hope have no teacher?
What does Moina vow to do once America is going to war?
Why can't Moina go overseas to help the soldiers?

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