Trombone Shorty

Trombone Shorty

Genre: Autobiography

• An autobiography is a type of narrative nonfiction

• An autobiography tells a true story about a person's life, written by that person

• It is written in first-person point of view

• The author includes facts and details about his or her own life

Multiple Choice

What genre is Trombone Shorty?

• biography

• historical fiction

• autobiography

• fiction

Multiple Choice

What's the difference between an autobiography and a biography.

• an autobiography is written by the same person the book is about but a biography is written by someone else

• an autobiography is made up and a biography is true

• an autobiography is only about a person a biography can be about anything

• nothing is different they're totally the same

Point-of-View

• 1st Person: The narrator is a character in the story (I, Me, My, We)

• 2nd Person: YOU are part of the story (You, Your, Yours)

• 3rd Person: The narrator is NOT a character in the story (He, She, Them, They, Their)

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Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written in third person point of view?

• I brought my brother breakfast this morning.
• You always wear your seatbelt.
• We didn't mean to hurt Jorge feelings.
• Cynthia and her brother walked home from school this afternoon.

Multiple Choice

I didn't like creeping down the wrong alley. From which point of view is this sentence written?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

• Third Person

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written is second person point of view?

• Erin did not want to go to the grocery store.
• You did not want to go to the grocery store.
• Mariah did not want to go to the grocery store.
• I did not want to go to the grocery store.

Multiple Choice

What point-of-view is the story Trombone Shorty told in?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

Open Ended

How is an autobiography different from realistic fiction?

Trombone Shorty Structure

The story is told in sequential order. This means that the events go in time order.

Multiple Choice

President Barack Obama was born in

Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He graduated

from high school in 1979. After attending

college at Harvard, he married Michelle Robinson

in 1992. Obama became an Illinois senator in

1997 and on January 20, 2009, he became the

44th president of the United States of America.

• compare and contrast

• description

• problem and solution

• sequence

Multiple Choice

I do my chores each Saturday.

First, I fold the laundry and put it away.

Then I sweep and mop the kitchen floor.

After that, I empty all the garbage cans and

the recycling. Finally, when all of my chores are

finished, I can go outside to play.

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• despriction

• sequence

Let's answer some questions!

Open Ended

What connections can you make between Trombone Shorty and your own life? Does it remind you of any other texts you've read?

Multiple Select

What does it tell you about Troy and his friends that they made their own instruments? (Choose 2)

• they were determined

• they were lazy

• they loved music

Open Ended

Why does Troy Andrews compare the music in Treme to gumbo?

Multiple Choice

When someone in New Orleans says, "Where Y'at?" what do they mean?

• They are asking for your location.

• They are asking for your name.

• They are demanding an answer.

• They are saying hello.

Multiple Choice

Where did Troy Andrews grow up?

• New York City

• Boston

• New Orleans

• Philadelphia

Multiple Choice

What is gumbo?

• a type of delicious food with sausage, crab, shrimp and whatever is in the kitchen.

• ground beef

• chicken

• vegetable

Multiple Choice

What was important to the narrator and his hometown?

• music

• trumpets

• violins

• bans

Multiple Choice

What was the author's purpose in writing this book?

• Trombone Shorty wrote this book to encourage others to follow their dreams.

• To give information on how to play the Trombone.

• To share with the readers what it was like growing up in New Orleans.

• Trombone Shorty wrote this book to persuade the reader to love jazz music.

Multiple Choice

How are music and gumbo alike according to Troy Andrews?

• they are both spicy

• it's a bunch of different things mixed together to make something great

• they both fill up your bellies

• None of these

Multiple Choice

What city did Troy Andrews grow up in that shaped his musical style?

• New York City

• Chicago

• Atlanta

• New Orleans

Multiple Choice

Jill was on her first hike in the mountains. She was excited but also a little nervous. She knew it was a difficult task, but she hoped she would be up to the challenge. She soon found out when she came to the base of a steep hill. Jill struggled for a while, but she made it to the top!

Which words from the paragraph help the reader understand the meaning of challenge?

• hike in the mountains

• was excited but also

• a difficult task

• she soon found out