Drum Dream Girl

What is the tone of this poem?

• inspiring

• discouraging

• sad

• funny

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Who is the speaker of this poem?

• The father

• The drum girl

• Narrator

• The sister

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the effect of the rhyme scheme in this poem?

• all poems rhyme

• to create rhythm

• because the author wanted to

• to make it sound better

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the poem mostly about?

• a girl wanting to follow her dream of playing drums

• a father and daughter wanting to play drums together

• a girl playing drums and annoying her village

• a girl who played drums only in her dreams

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What lesson can we learn from the Drum Dream Girl?

• to have your dad support your dreams

• to make sure your dreams are reachable

• to play the drums all day

• To never give up on your dreams

At outdoor cafés that looked like gardens

she heard drums played by men

but when she closed her eyes

she could also hear

her own imaginary

music.

The imagery used in these lines allowed the reader to know

• she is outside on a beautiful day

• she hears music wherever she goes

• she likes to dance outside

• she like the sounds of nature

The father in the poem can be described as

• encouraging

• narrow minded

• uplifting

• irritable

At home, her fingertips

rolled out their own

dreamy drum rhythm

on tables and chairs...

These lines reveal that the speaker

• believes that she needs to work harder to achieve her goal

• is talented at making music with her drum

• understand she needs to hit her drum very hard

• cant control how fast her hands are moving

in stanza 18, why does the poet repeat the line "and she practiced"

• to show how board she was

• to emphasize how hard she worked

• to show how she was ready to play

• to demonstrate how mean the teacher way

in stanza 6 the word "whir" means

• a low, continuous, sound

• vibration

• a type of bird

• to stir