Download The Drummer Boy of Shiloh

“The Drummer Boy of
Shiloh”
Background
Information
Background Information
• Battle of Shiloh was a
MAJOR battle in the
American Civil War
• Lasted only 2 days – April
6th and April 7th of 1862
• Took place in southwestern
Tennessee
Background Information
A “small, backwoods church
with the name of Shiloh . . .
. would give its name to the
battle that would swirl
around it.”
Background Information
• The Union (the North)
was led by General
Ulysses S.Grant
• The Confederacy (the
South) was led by
General Albert Sidney
Johnston
Background Information
• The Confederacy
decisively won the first
day of battle
• However, the tide
turned quickly and
ultimately Grant and
the Union won
Background Information
• Approximately 25,000
men were slaughtered
in two days
• Bloodiest battle in US
history at its time
Some vocabulary that might aid your
comprehension:
1. lunar –
2. solemn –
3. askew -
Some vocabulary that might aid your
comprehension:
1. lunar – of or pertaining to the moon
2. solemn –
3. askew -
Some vocabulary that might aid your
comprehension:
1. lunar – of or pertaining to the moon
2. solemn – gloomy or somber
3. askew -
Some vocabulary that might aid your
comprehension:
1. lunar – of or pertaining to the moon
2. solemn – gloomy or somber
3. askew - crooked
Some vocabulary that might aid your
comprehension:
4. basting –
5. benediction –
6. bindle(d) –
Some vocabulary that might aid your
comprehension:
4. basting – to pour liquid over meat
while cooking
5. benediction –
6. bindle(d) –
Some vocabulary that might aid your
comprehension:
4. basting – to pour liquid over meat
while cooking
5. benediction – a blessing, typically
given at the end of a
worship service
6. bindle(d) –
Some vocabulary that might aid your
comprehension:
4. basting – lkdaldkl
5. benediction - a blessing, typically
given at the end of a
worship service
6. bindle(d) – to tie together as with a
rope
Comprehension Check
What indications in the
story show that Joby is
afraid?
Comprehension Check
At the beginning of the
story, what is Joby’s
perspective or point of
view about his role in the
war? Compare his
perspective with the
general’s perspective.
Comprehension Check
What is significant about
how Joby joined the
army?
Comprehension Check
The general comforts
Joby by saying he also
cried (paragraph 32).
What is different about
why the two characters
cried?
Comprehension Check
Summarize the drummer
boy’s importance to the
army, according to the
general.
Comprehension Check
Notice how paragraph 46,
beginning, “So bring the right
. . . “ speeds up the pace of
the story. Examine the
paragraph and determine how
the author makes the reader
and Joby feel the excitement
of the general.