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Ballad of Birmingham

Authored by Tracy-Ann Pantry

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Ballad of Birmingham
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What line from the poem best supports the central idea that the mother believes her daughter will be safe in a place of worship?

“No, baby, no, you may not go,

For the dogs are fierce and wild,"

“I fear those guns will fire. / But you may go to church instead,”

"And clubs and hoses, guns and jails

Aren’t good for a little child.”

"And sing in the children’s choir.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is ironic about the mother’s decision to send her child to sing in the church choir instead of to march on the streets?

The mother doesn't believe in actvisim

The mother believes protesting is not suitable for a child

The mother believes her daughter will be safer singing in the choir than protesting in the streets.

The mother believes children should never be alone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which line best shows WHY the mother doesn't want her child to go to the Freedom March

“No, baby, no, you may not go”

“But you may go to church instead”

“For the clubs and hoses, guns and jails aren’t good for a little child”

“For when she heard the explosion she raced through the streets”

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which line supports the inference that the mom believes the church is safe?

“For I fear the guns will fire”

“But that smile was the last smile to come upon her face”

“The mother smiled to know that her child was in the sacred place.”

“She raced through the streets of Birmingham calling for her child.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

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