Name: _________________________________
Date: __________________________________

Class: (circle one)   A    B   #:________

La Bamba Questions (Scaffolding)

1. Sequence of Events

  1. Manuel volunteers for the talent show.
  2. During rehearsal, he accidentally almost breaks the record
  3. ____________________________________________________
  4. ____________________________________________________
  5. ____________________________________________________
  6. ____________________________________________________
2. By remembering how Manuel had demonstrated how a flashlight works when he was younger, I can determine that his character trait is that he is _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

3. The simile which describes how the audience was watching Manuel was _____________________________________________________. Two other similes in the story were:
    ______________________________________________________________________ and

    _______________________________________________________________________.

4. Manuel's experience on-stage were different from what he imagined because ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

The audience would/would not agree with Manuel that his performance was a disaster because ___________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________.

5.  I think that Soto's descriptions of Manuel's experiences and of the talent show ARE / ARE NOT funny.  I think this because _____________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

6. I think that Manuel's experiences and feelings ARE / ARE NOT believable because ______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________.