Drum Dream Girl Reading Check

What is the genre of Drum Dream Girl?

• fairy tale

• historical fiction

• biography

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What did the girl dream about?

• singing with a band

• playing with birds

• leaving the island

• playing the drums

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

What kept the girl from playing the drums?

• people believed that only boys could play the drums

• people believed that she was too young to play the drums

• people believed she was born to dance

• she did not have her own drums

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What could she hear at the outdoor cafes?

• bands playing the piano

• singers singing songs

• drums being played by men

• violins being played by birds

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

What did her sisters create?

• a play

• a new game

• an all girl band

• a choir

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

Everyone kept reminding her that girls on the island of music have never played drums. Reminding means:

• people screamed at her

• people told her again

• people joked about it

• people were mean to her

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

What did her father do to determine if her drums deserved to be heard?

• he found a drum player to decide

• he hired a music judge

• he made her play for a crowd

• he found a music teacher to decide

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

What change happened at the end of the poem?

• only boys could play the drums

• girls were allowed to play the drums

• girls could star in plays

• boys no longer could play the drums

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What type of poem was Drum Dream girl?

• shape poem

• couplet

• narrative

• lyric

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does a narrative poem do?

• play music

• tell a story

• rhyme

• make you laugh

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5