Brothers at Bat

What is the story mostly about?

• the history of baseball

• how brothers grow closer over time

• a baseball team made up of brothers

• What people can learn from playing sports.

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What do readers mainly learn from the beginning of the story?

• how the Acerra sisters felt about sports

• what daily life was like for the Acerra family

• what the Acerras did during the winter months

• how the Acerras usually got along with their neighbors

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

How did Alfred’s brothers help him after he hurt his eye?

• They asked him to become their coach.

• They all took turns visiting him in the hospital.

• They allowed him to be the pitcher instead of the catcher.

• They played ball with him so he could get his skills and courage back.

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

Why did the team stop playing for a while during the 1940s?

• Six of the brothers went off to fight in the Second World War.

• The brothers wanted to spend time at the World’s Fair in New York.

• The brothers were not getting along, so they decided to take a break.

• Some of the brothers had gotten other jobs, so there were not

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Freddie Acerra said that the Baseball Hall of Fame “treated us like we were kings.” What does it mean to be treated like kings?

• to be shown honor and respect

• to be offered a castle and a crown

• to be remembered for many years

• to be given the power to make the rules

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The genre of this story is ______________.

• narrative nonfiction

• fantasy

• poem

• drama

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

Nonfiction means the text is about a _______ story .

• real

• fake

• poem

• drama

The author organizes the events of the story in _______________ order.

• sequential

• number

• the right

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which brother was known as the "Poser?"

• Anthony

• Charlie

• Jimmy

• Freddie

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Choose the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence:

The baseball ____________ through the air.

• soared

• generations

• disbanded

• littered

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4