1
If I had a Pony and Trot Along Pony

• Does the speaker in the first poem have a pony?
  How do you know?
• What is the pony doing in the second poem?
• Which poem did you find more interesting? Why?

2
Question of the Day

• Day 1 What do you think is an auctioneers
  favorite word?
• Day 2 Why is the weather important to a farmer?
• Day 3 What are some signs of hard times?

3
Question of the Day

• Day 4 Why is the setting of Leahs Pony so
  important to the story?
• Day 5 How do you think the memory of The Great
  Depression affected the people who lived through
  it?

4
Vocabulary

• glistened- glowed
• county- part of a state
• galloped- ran fast
• auctioneer- leader of the auction

5
Vocabulary

• clutched- grasped
• bid- offer to buy