Stephen Collins Foster

During Reading Strategy
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Vocabulary from the Selection
vocab term

Guided Reading Question 1
What comes a-knockin’ at the door?
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1. The sun shines bright in my old Kentucky home
   ’tis summer, the folks there are gay.
   The corn top’s ripe and the meadow’s in the bloom,
   while the birds make music all the day.
   
   
2. The young folks roll on the little cabin floor,
   all merry, all happy and bright.
   By’n by, hard times come a-knockin’ at the door
   then, my old Kentucky home, good night.
   
   
   Refrain:
   Weep no more, my lady,
   oh, weep no more today.
   We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home,
   for the old Kentucky home far away.

3. They hunt no more for the ’possum and the ’coon
   On the meadow, the hill and the shore;
   They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon
   On the bench by that old cabin door.
   
   
4. The day goes by like a shadow o’er the heart,
   with sorrow where all was delight.
   The time has come when the old friends have to part,
   Then my old Kentucky home, good night.
   (To Refrain)

Guided Reading Question 2
What causes their delight to turn to sorrow?
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5. The head must bow and the back will have to bend
   Wherever the poor folks may go.
   A few more days, and the trouble all will end
   in the field where the sugar canes grow.
   
   
6. A few more days for to tote the weary load;
   No matter, ’twill never be light.
   A few more days ’till we totter on the road,
   then my old Kentucky home good night.
   (To Refrain)

Guided Reading Question 3
What will happen in a few more days?
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