The Band

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.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

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!

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

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

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

The main conflict in this poem was -

• the narrator wants to start a band

• Mae wants to take over the band

• The narrator doesn't want to share the spotlight with Mae

• The drummer wants his cousin to choose all the music

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Reread stanza 1. Which of the following words best describes the narrator's emotions at this point in the poem?

• self-centered and jealous

• happy and successful

• thoughtful and careful

• sad and hurt

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What do you predict will the narrator do before the next concert?

• Push Mae off the stage

• Sing all his songs alone

• Welcome Mae and wish her good luck

• Refuse to sing at all if he can't sing alone

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6