The Beatles Were Fab (And They Were Funny)

How do the illustrations on page 320 and 321 help you understand who John, Paul, George, and Ringo are as they are described in the text?

• It demonstrates how they grew up in Liverpool, England

• It has drawings of each of the band members and their instruments.

• The drawings depict the city and how it influenced them.

• The illustrations do not give any hint to as who the band members are.

Identify the text structure of paragraphs 10-13.

• Description

• Sequential

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and contrast

In paragraphs 17-18, what text evidence supports the idea that the Beatles were funny?

• Everyone laughed at them asking the audience to clap.

• The royalty in the audience laughed at them.

• Everyone giggled, including the Queen Mother

• When they asked the audience to clap along they also asked the royal family to rattle their jewelry. Everyone laughed including the royal family.

Why was the Ed Sullivan show appearance remarkable?

• It was their first appearance on TV.

• Thousands of people watched the show.

• It was the most watched TV show in history.

• It was their last appearance on TV.

How does the illustration on page 330-331 support the text?

• The Beatles traveled a lot in North America and the stickers on the case show the cities they traveled to across North America.

• The text was about their travels and the guitar shows the stickers of the place they traveled to.

• They rode a roller coaster on one of their trips.

• The guitar represents John Lennon.

The Beatles lives changed when-

• They became famous and performed for such huge crowds.

• The became famous and Beatlemania took over the world.

• When their music began to be played on the radio.

• When Beatlemania hit and spread across the world.