The Drum Dream Girl

What is the tone of this poem?

• inspiring

• discouraging

• sad

• funny

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CCSS.RL.4.4

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Who is the speaker of this poem?

• The father

• The drum girl

• Narrator

• The sister

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What is the effect of the rhyme scheme in this poem?

• all poems rhyme

• to create rhythm

• because the author wanted to

• to make it sound better

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CCSS.RL.4.4

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What is the poem mostly about?

• a girl wanting to follow her dream of playing drums

• a father and daughter wanting to play drums together

• a girl playing drums and annoying her village

• a girl who played drums only in her dreams

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CCSS.RL.4.2

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What lesson can we learn from the Drum Dream Girl?

• to have your dad support your dreams

• to make sure you dreams are reachable

• to play the drums all day

• To never give up on your dreams

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CCSS.RL.4.2

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1) The imagery used in these lines allowed the reader to know

• she is outside on a beautiful day

• she hears music wherever she goes

• she likes to dance outside

• she like the sounds of nature

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CCSS.RL.4.4

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2) The father in the poem can be described as

• encouraging

• narrow minded

• uplifting

• irritable

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3) These lines reveal that the speaker

• believes that she needs to work harder to achieve her goal

• is talented at making music with her drum

• understand she needs to hit her drum very hard

• cant control how fast her hands are moving

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CCSS.RL.4.4

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4) in stanza 18, why does the poet repeat the line "and she practiced"

• to show how board she was

• to emphasize how hard she worked

• to show how she was ready to play

• to demonstrate how mean the teacher way

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5) in stanza 6 the word "whir" means

• a low, continuous, sound

• vibration

• a type of bird

• to stir

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