Out of the Dust Day 4 (p.63-84)

Why do you think Billie Joe had the visions she had in her nightmare?

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What part of the nightmare was real?

• There was a flood

• She was running away

• She didn't have any food

• Her hands were burned

What happened to Billie Joe's mom?

• She left to go live in another place

• She got burned really bad in the accident

• She had her baby

• She hit her head in the accident

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

How is the title of the poem, ”A Tent of Pain,” literal in

its meaning?

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What does the poem, “Drinking,” reveal about Billie Jo’s dad’s

character?

• He decides to try a drink of something that makes him sick.

• He has a drinking problem

• He goes to get water for them

• He is helping her mom drink

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What terrible things happen in the poem, “Devoured”?

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4