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“Jabberwocky”
Interpretation
Answer the following in COMPLETE sentences.
1. What is the poet’s message in the poem? Can you understand the message?
2. Write what you know about the Jabberwocky poem.
3. Write a description of a nonsense creature using nonsense words. Include enough “real”
words to give a sense of whether the creature is kind, dangerous, helpful, cuddly, prickly,
etc.
4. Ask yourself how the poet feels about the jabberwocky. What words or phrases from the
poem are used to convey the poet’s feelings?
5. What feelings are created inside of YOU as you read the poem?
6. Identify 5 nonsense words. Label them with a part of speech using context clues.
7. Identify 5 real, strong words from the poem.
8. Take a nonsense word, identify its approximate meaning, and use it in a sentence!
9. In the space below, sketch the jabberwocky.