Bad Boy - Chapter 8

Who is telling the story?

• 1st person - the Author Walter Dean Myers

• 3rd person - a narrator

• 3rd Person omniscient - a narrator who knows the thoughts of all the characters

• 3rd person limited - a narrator who only knows the thoughts of the main character

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Where does this memoir take place?

• Brooklyn

• Harlem

• Queens

• Bronx

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Who is the author of "Bad Boy?"

• Mike Myers

• Walt Disney

• Walter Dean Myers

• Walter Jones Myers

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

A memoir is ____.

• a fiction narrative, or true story about an author's lifetime

• a nonfiction narrative, or true story about an author's lifetime

• a poem about about an author's experiences

• a story about an author's lifetime

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What was the purpose of the club the boys in Walter's class started?

• It was a reading club to discuss popular books.

• It was a club for the school jocks and popular kids.

• It was a club for the boys to be macho and feel special.

• It was a club to exclude girls and tease them.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Why isn't Walter allowed to attend Eddie's party?

• Walter wasn't invited.

• Eddie ran out of invitations.

• Walter lives too far away.

• Eddie is white and Walter is black.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

What was the worst thing that could be said about someone from Harlem?

• They had no life insurance and had to be buried in Potter's Field.

• They worked as elevator operators for over 20 years.

• They were poor and could not afford clothes for their kids.

• They could not read or write.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Five boys from the club decided to take a _____ for a spin around the garage roof.

• taxi cab

• police car

• bus

• train

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

_____ lived above Walter's family and was a part-time model and dancer.

• Mrs. Dodson

• Melba Valle

• Philip Randolph

• Geoffrey Holder

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

_____, an important figure in the civil rights movement, worked to make jobs better for Negroes.

• Philip Randolph

• Walter Dean Myers

• Geoffrey Holder

• Count Basie

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6