Brave Bessie Comprehension

The genre for Brave Bessie is

• fiction

• biography

• expository text

• narrative nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is a biography?

• a true story about a real person

• a made up story about a made up character

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Bessie daydreamed of becoming

• a famous singer

• someone special

• a school teacher

• an artist

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Why did Bessie have to leave college?

• her family needed her

• she could not afford it

• she graduated

• she was kicked out

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did Bessie become interested in flying?

• she learned about planes in college

• she met a lady pilot

• she heard John talk about lady pilots

• she liked to jump out of planes with a parachute

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Why could Bessie not find someone in the USA to teach her to fly?

• she was a woman

• she did not have enough money

• there were no pilot schools in the USA

• they would not teach a person with her skin color

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did Bessie have to do BEFORE she went to France?

• learn to fly a plane

• buy a home

• learn to speak French

• buy a plane

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

Bessie Coleman was determined to succeed at becoming a pilot is the theme of this story.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Bessie Coleman never achieved her dream of becoming someone special.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Why did the author write this selection?

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6