Barbed Wire Baseball Quick Check

What 2 characteristics tell you that Barbed Wire Baseball is a biography?

• Illustrations

• True Events and Details about a person

• The story is written about a real person's life

• There are headings

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Why did other people from the internment camp help Zeni make a baseball field?

• They helped Zeni because they were bored and did not have anything else to do

• They helped Zeni because they were scared that he would be mad if they did not help

• They helped Zeni because they were inspired by him and wanted to remember what their lives were like before living in the camp.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Why is it important that Zeni kept repeating the phrase “We’re not there yet.”?

• It is important because it shows us that Zeni did not know what he was doing.

• It is important because it shows us that he was very picky and rude to the other helpers.

• It is important because it shows us that Zeni was determined to make the baseball field great for his family and the other prisoners.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

This story is told in chronological order to help the reader understand--

• Why Zeni and his family had to go to a prison camp during the war

• How the events in Zeni’s life were related over time

• How Zeni fixed a problem

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5