
The Band
Authored by Karen Quesenberry
English
5th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If Mae had narrated the poem instead, what might we have known?
How Mae felt about the lead singer not wanting her there at first
Why the drummer wanted to include his cousin
How many people are in the band
How the bandleader's mother felt about the band
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CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these is the best theme for this poem?
Don't include others, they just get in the way
Adding something good to an already good situation can only make it better.
Don't start a band if you're not a great singer.
Mae is selfish; don't take other people's stuff!
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.4.9
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.5.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When the narrator says in stanza 3 that Mae "sang like a bird", what did that mean?
She was a bad singer and he didn't want to include her
She doesn't sing any words, just notes like a bird
She has a naturally good voice
Mae is mean to him and pecks at him like a bird would
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.5.5
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Select 2 examples of figurative language from the poem.
she sang like a bird
The band was all my idea
our voices twined like flowering branches
So I really was given no choice
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.5.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why, in stanza 5, did the narrator refuse to wish Mae good luck?
The narrator is jealous of Mae
The narrator is too nervous about being on stage to say anything
The narrator is busy setting up musical equipment
The narrator lost his voice
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.5.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these is NOT a reasonable setting for the poem?
at a concert
in a practice room
on a bus
at a baseball field
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.5.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Based on how it is used in the final stanza, what can you infer is the meaning of the word obstruct?
include
stop
clean
break
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
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