Printz award honoring literary excellence in young adult literature, the winner of the 2007 eisner award for best graphic album, and a 2007 bank street best childrens book of the year. His first novel, sweetwater, was published in 1973. Literary elements setting point of view character analysis conflict, climax, conclusion theme literary devices. Terms in this set 5 what similes were used to describe the houses on p. I can determine the meaning of figurative language. In your concrete evidence, quote and identify the lines in the poem that show the type of figurative language. Give some examples of the use of simile and metaphor from. When alfred awakes on the day of his first match, he. I can analyze how the words affect tone and meaning. Laurence yep invests moon shadow with a lot of heart in a book that also is historically aware and selfconscious. However, it is an important day, as moon shadow and windrider move to their new home. Suitable for teaching english at ks2, in england and wales and northern ireland.
I had mentioned that i was looking for more multicultural projects, both projects that had very much to do with cultural identity, and other projects that featured main characters of color, but. I can analyze how laurence yep develops moon shadows point of view of the land of the golden mountain and the demons. Can you think of any similes for our dragon toothless. Yep ends the book twice, really first in chapter 12 within the narrative of moon shadow, and second, from an outsidethestory level in the afterword. Personification news seems to move faster than small boys can scramble and dart to tell it, faster than women can call it over the fences. Most is fictional as very little is known about the real fung joe guey. Dragonwings is a historical novel by author laurence yep who won the newberry award. Lesson 8 finding evidence of laurence yeps perspective of the police in. Describe each of the characters and their relationship with one another. Dragonwings by laurence yep yep is the author for kids and the chineseamerican experience. Have students work in groups of four to complete the worksheet, answering question one as is, but changing question two by crossing out the phrase at the.
Sample a immigrants are people who a work on farms. Dragonwings the miracle worker teacherselected reading from literature book b. With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow your focus using our amazing set of criteria parameters. It inaugurated the golden mountain chronicles and it is the fifth chronicle in narrative sequence among ten published as of 2012. Here is a list of the best books for boys in families that were built through adoption from china. Dragonwings by laurence yep, chapters 16 vocabulary list. Have students work in groups of four to complete the worksheet, answering question one as is, but changing question two by crossing out the phrase at the end. Read chapter 3 of dragonwings by laurence yep, the dragon man p. Mar 02, 2020 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Record the page numbers and final sentence on the board for students to refer to.
However, if students need assistance, they should raise their hand to speak with a teacher. As students examined the examples for similes, they noticed that many similes contained other types of figurative langauge. What are the similes, metaphors and personifications in chapter 6. Chapter questions chapter 1 chapter 4 chapter 7 chapter 10 chapter 2 chapter 5 chapter 8 chapter 11 chapter 3 chapter 6 chapter 9 chapter 12 chapter one vocabulary asset 6 1. Exploring figurative language dragonwings objective. Ask students to share what they know about laurence yep and other books he has written. As moon shadow and his father struggle to survive in a hostile country, they somehow find time to focus on their dreams. Adam of the road is the story of a couple of years in the life of a young boy who is a minstrel in training in england in the late 1200s. He even survives the great earthquake by his fathers side. Chapter 6 is different from other chapters of dragonwings. Students form individual words of the simile by transferring letters from below the g.
They are thought of as inferior, have to endure many hardships, and become lonely due to the fact that they must leave the majority of their families in china. He primarily writes fiction for young adults, but has also written and edited several works for adults. Dragonwings by laurence yep, chapters 16 vocabulary. He specifies what he means by tang as the dynasty that ruled from 618 to 907 a. This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, especially during homeschooling.
What metaphors are used in dragonwings by laurence yep. Explain that one of the ways authors share the thoughts and actions of characters is through figurative language and that dragonwings has a lot of figurative language such as similes and metaphors. Each of these 10 quotefalls contains a simile from the summer of the swans. They are trying to build an airplane, which they name dragonwings. Epic similes in book 22 of the iliad by caroline treis on prezi. Daily life was very difficult for the tang people during the gold rush. In the early 1900s, a young boy leaves china to join his father in san francisco, where they work to build a flying machine.
Longterm targets addressed based on nysp12 ela ccls i can explain how an authors geographic location or culture affects his or her perspective. As students read the text, they will mark using sticky notes or a recording document the places where yep uses figurative language. I flew so high that the beach was a strip of blue paper set down beside a pane of green glass that was the sea. Fulfillment by amazon fba is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in amazons fulfillment centers, and we directly. Get an answer for give some examples of the use of simile and metaphor from chapters 4 to 9 of night by elie wiesel. For example, if your book has about 20 chapters, you can put.
Uncle bright star gave moon shadow a gift, it was a small wood craving of a monkey, it took a long time and effort to create and meant a great deal to moon shadow as it would have taken uncle a long time to make. Dragonwings was a runnerup for the newbery medal upon its release, as well as winning an international reading association childrens book award. Study guide questions are divided by chapters in the book and the questions are in order as students read the chapters. Comparing two unlike things in such a way as to enhance the overall. Chapter 12 of dragonwings picks up immediately where the 11th chapter ends. Rereading pages 4143 and 6061 of dragonwings for gist 10 minutes tell students they are going to reread pages 4143 and 6061 of dragonwings for the gist. All books vary on words, especially in a teens novel. Island of the blue dolphins by scott odell synopsis island of the blue dolphins is the classic novel based on a true story of the lone woman of san nicholas island. Newbery honor book dragonwings by lawrence yep takes readers on an adventurefilled journey across the world. The average words from 60,000 words to 200,000 or more words in a whole novel.
Selfselected monthly genre novels with bibliographic activity c. In the book, dragonwings, moonshadow metamorphoses from being attentive to being courageous. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Choose one of the following characters to write about. This worksheet has students identify similes in a poem. Yep suggests that tang might be more accurately written tang afterword. Chapter 9 of dragonwings intersects suddenly with one of the biggest disasters in american history.
Find out interesting facts about the famous playwright, william shakespeare. Laurence yep, the author of dragonwings, intervenes here to clarify some points. Chapter 6 is one of the shortest chapters in dragonwings, both in length and in the time period that it covers. A dance with dragons metaphors and similes gradesaver. Presenting laurence yep laurence yep is noted for creating vivid and complex characters based on his own experiences. Find 4 examples of similes or metaphors in chapter 6. Adam of the road by elizabeth janet gray goodreads.
Although that simile is as wholesome as aunt pearl, many of lipsytes similes are as rough as the boxing ring. Figurative language is what makes writing come alive. This problem occurs many times throughout dragonwings, a book by laurence yep. In this lesson, you will learn how windrider and moon shadow deal. Distribute the plot sheet and conflict list printable.
When villagers call cassia and her brother, foxfire, the serpents children, they mean it as an insult. Ever since i can remember, i had wanted to know about the land of the golden mountain, but my mother had never. Cline creations teaching resources teachers pay teachers. Moonshadow stayed back near his father for protection and was very cautious of every move.
The author shares that the book was based on accounts of a young chinese flier, fung joe guey. It has won several awards, including the newbery honor for 1976, the international reading associations childrens book award for 1976, and the american library associations. When, around page 100, they finally did, it was one dragon in a dream sequence and it didnt breath fire on any villages or gobble up any damsels or anything like that, and didnt appear for the rest of the book. In the book dragonwings, by laurence yep, one learns the importance of friendship when you are away from your family, when you have hard times, and when you need others to be there for you. A quarterly book subscription box for science fiction and fantasy book lovers, delivering a unique reading experience. These questions will help you promote critical thinking and strong comprehension. With the semisuccessful flight of dragonwings, windriders dream and moon shadows dream for his father of flying is quenched. These puzzles are challenging, so teachers may want to provide letter hints, allow extra time, or allow students to work in pairs.
It is a historical fiction, and based very loosely on the true life a chinese inventor and aviator who lived in san francisco in the early 1900s. I tugged again at my collar and dragged my feet in the dust, allowing it to sift back onto my socks and shoes like gritty red snow. Demonstrate an understanding of figurative language by interpreting figures of speech in context. Style enhances substance in the contender cliffsnotes. Before us the narrow, sunsplotched road wound like a lazy red serpent.
My student teacher spent time cutting the strips of examples. Laurence yep is the acclaimed author of more than sixty books for young people and a winner of the laura ingalls wilder award. What connotations feelings does the repeated sound give playful, gloomy, ominous, etc. Then toward the town with might and main he ran, magnificent, like. The san francisco earthquake of 1906, and the dragons child. Its not meant to be taken literally, but we understand what it means. Commonlit texts free reading passages and literacy. In the beginning, all is strangeness to moon shadow as he leaves the middle kingdom to join his father in the land of the golden mountain.
His other books include dragonwings, dragons gate, shadow lord, child of the owl, the earth dragon awakes. In this quote a demon boy starts making fun of moonshadow when father and moonshadow are going to chinatown. The twentyone balloons questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you. Moon shadow has never met his father, who left to work in america, and he constantly pesters mother to tell stories about his dad, the master kitemaker. Rufus the fox is up to something find out why hes acting so crazy in this clever simile story. Julia donnelly eggs my house my first night back in star lake, and thats how i know everyone still remembers everything. In addition to taking the notes, i had a collection of figurative language from laurence yeps novel, dragonwings. When his father sets out on a cattle drive toward kansas for the summer, fourteenyearold travis coates is left to take care of his family and their farm. Molly barlow is facing one long, hot summer99 dayswith the boy whose heart she broke and the boy she broke it for.
This study guide consists of approximately 25 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of dragonwings. Distribute the kwl chart printable to students or groups and ask students to list information about yep or dragonwings that they already know in the first column. The book is used in school classrooms and has been adapted as a play under its original title. Hector stands as the only trojan left outside troy, too ashamed to join the other trojans in their retreat becuase of his previous orders for them to camp outside eventhough priam besgs him to come inside. Pinned this last night and spent the afternoon making one with my 9 year old daughter. If your students participated in m2a, make a connection to the work they did with figurative language when reading bud, not buddy. Fans of kate dicamillo and linda urban will love the thing about georgie, a warm and humorous story starring an unforgettable young boy with dwarfism, from acclaimed author lisa graff as far as georgie is concerned, everyone has a thing. A vocabulary list featuring dragonwings by laurence yep, chapters 16.
American born chinese is a 2006 national book award honor book for young peoples literature, the 2007 winner of the michael l. For question three, add the phrase so far at the end. Dragonwings by laurence yep laurence yep dragonwings. It has two buttons, one for educators that takes you to the educator sign up page and one for students that takes you to another modal which allows you to enter your class code for your enrolled class. The book is filled with wonderful characters, dialog, and life lessons. A few vocab words from each chapter from the book dragonwings learn with flashcards, games, and more for free.
These are some of the easiest comparisons to spot, as you can look to. All of dragonwings, by laurence yep, takes place in a real period of american history, when many chinese immigrants were arriving in america. Karana, a 12 year old girl living on a small island off the coast of california is accidentally abandoned by the rest of her people when they leave the island following an aleut. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Read chapter 3 of dragonwings by laurence yep, the dragon. Sevenyearold moon shadow lee lives and works on his family farm in china in 1903.
Dragonwings has a lot of figurative language such as similes and metaphors. In his book, the chinese characters who immigrate to america face many challenges in their new lives. This book is about a boy, his father, and his uncles, who have immigrated to the united states. Dragonwings by laurence yep i read about fifty pages of this book waiting for the freaking dragons to show up. What is mss expectation of what the demoness will look like. Read the poem written on the board and identify the types of figurative language being used in the poem. His illustrious list of novels includes the newbery honor books dragonwings and dragons gate. The san francisco earthquake of 1906, a texas bluebonnet award nominee. Be sure you have tabbed your paragraph so it is indented. A story of angel island, which he cowrote with his. In this lesson, you will learn about the new places and people that moon shadow and.
Dragonwings is a wonderful book for teaching your students about different points of view, history and culture. Commonlit is a free collection of fiction and nonfiction for 3rd12th grade classrooms. At the beginning of the book moonshadow is attentive. A dance with dragons metaphors and similes these notes were contributed by members of the gradesaver community. Some similes have been so overused, however, that theyve become cliches or idioms. If you disagree with something, its easier to say you suck than to figure out and explain exactly what you disagree with. Adams father roger is a quite successful minstrel who has left i picked up adam of the road at a library sale several months ago for a dollar. But to cassia it is an honor, for legend says that once a serpent sets her mind on something, she never gives up. Unlike metaphors, they use like or as to do the comparing. In your own words and support with at least one quote from the book, write a 5 sentence paragraph describing the character. Dragonwings chapter 6 questions flashcards quizlet. Search and filter our collection by lexile, grade, theme, genre, literary device, or common core standard. In this novel, moon shadow comes to america to be with his father, windrider, from their home in the middle kingdom.
In 1995, it won the phoenix award from the childrens literature association, which recognized it as the best book published twenty years prior that hadnt won any major awards that year. Its the story of a chinese boy in the early 1900s who comes to america to live with his father. Dragonwings i can determine the meaning of literal and figurative language metaphors and similes in literary text. The students create similes and metaphors that deal with parts of the body head, torso, legs they then create this flip book. Dragonwings harper trophy editions, 1975 directions choose the word that means the same, or about the same, as the underlined word. Remind the class that because this is an assessment, it is to be completed independently. Then students identify mephors in descriptive sentences. A simile is a comparison that uses like or as to connect two different objects or ideas. A timeless american classic and one of the most beloved childrens books ever written, old yeller is a newbery honor book that explores the poignant and unforgettable bond between a boy and the stray dog who becomes his loyal friend. It is a simile, and we know this because he uses the.
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