What name did windrider call the leader of the brotherhood. Windrider lives in san franciscos chinatown and works in a laundry. Where the red fern grows chapters 3 and 4 duration. Dragonwings by laurence yep, chapters 16 vocabulary list. His other books include dragonwings, dragons gate, shadow lord, child of the owl, the earth dragon awakes. Each question should be answered using 23 sentences. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Learn learning chapter 3 dragonwings with free interactive flashcards. May 03, 2012 in case anybody needs extra copies of the first four sets of dragonwings questions, i am providing a link to download them. Test and revisit what you remember of chapter 4 in dragonwings with this quiz and worksheet. 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. Terms in this set 16 a mythical bird, the only one of its kind, said to live 500 or 600 years, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise again from ashes fresh and beautiful. Dragonwings is a historical novel by author laurence yep who won the newberry award.
His first novel, sweetwater, was published in 1973. Dragonwings novel literature unit study and lap book. In this lesson, you will learn about the major events that take place in the tenth chapter of laurence yeps dragonwings. The questions relate to reading comprehension as well as inference, prediction, and connecting to text. 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. 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. In this novel, moon shadow comes to america to be with his father, windrider, from their home in the middle kingdom. You can imagine that it must be strange for a man to meet his child for the first time when. Sevenyearold moon shadow lee lives and works on his family farm in china in 1903. 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. Dragonwings is a childrens historical novel by chineseamerican author laurence yep, first. Who beat up moonshadow and stole the money he had collected. Dragonwings chapters 1 4 comprehension questions mr. He lives with his mother and grandmother in china, while his father works in the land of the demons, which is really the land of the americans.
Point out at this time that the main character in dragonwings will experience similar events or have similar qualities as yep. This comprehensive unit will help you teach thorough, handson lessons in literary analysis, including research, discussion, graphing, and writing, with the novel by laurence yep. Vocabulary chapter 4 dragonwings flashcards quizlet. It is a great resource for students to understand what is happening in every chapter. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
The story revolves around a young tang chinese boy named moon shadow. Choose from 500 different sets of reading vocabulary chapter 3 dragonwings flashcards on quizlet. The san francisco earthquake of 1906, and the dragons child. Learn reading vocabulary chapter 3 dragonwings with free interactive flashcards. The company said that they would all help to pay off the money, uncle bright star refused at first but relented and accepted their help.
Chapter 4 kicks off the rising action in the novel dragonwings by laurence yep. Dragonwings is about a young boy named moon shadow in china who travels with a man named hand clap to where his father moved to in america to work before moon shadow was born. Choose from 500 different sets of learning chapter 3 dragonwings flashcards on quizlet. I think moonshadow doesnt feel that comfortable around the american people because a lot of them call him names and bully him. For the next year, moon shadow helps his father pick up and deliver the laundry they clean. From april to may 1906, the novel follows the major changes after the. Why did moon shadow hurry away from the water pump. A vocabulary list featuring dragonwings by laurence yep, chapters 16.
Windrider speaks english the best among the men of the company and therefore he is asked to deal with the demons the most often. The rising action of a story is the buildup to the climaxits what gets you interested in the. Windrider told the story to moonshadow and it was about a dragon challenging windrider to do a race with his kite. What did black dog say was the only good thing he ever got out of this ugly life.
Have students read the interview questions that scholastic asked laurence yep. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. She thinks he is afraid of the water pump and tells him this is crazy. Dragonwings chapter 5 summary windriders claws feb 1904may 1905 uncle bright star was trying to figure out how they would repay black dogs debt. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Dragonwings chapter 10 and 11 by ms wilkens on prezi. She follows him around, but he is aloof and a little scared of her.
I think the most interesting part of chapter 1 4 was the dragon man part. The stars and moon cast the shadows of the window pane on our bedroom floor. Chapter 3 of dragonwings is the first scene in which moon shadow is alone with his father. Save valuable time and find already created activities, from the boardmaker community and premium activities, to meet all your students individual needs. In the early 1900s, a young boy leaves china to join his father in san francisco, where they work to build a flying machine. Dragonwings was censored because of profanity, violence and i found this book and decided to read it because it had an outstanding track record. I was awake but from charlies deep even breathing he was asleep. These reading questions were designed to be answered as you read the book together as a class, but students may also work on these as they read on their own. How does the friendship between moon shadow and robin grow in these chapters. How does moon shadow feel when he is riding on the cable car. He primarily writes fiction for young adults, but has also written and edited several works for adults. Be sure to point out that yep mentions his father was a kite maker, as this is another similarity to the hero of dragonwings. Charlie and i lay together in bed in my tiny flat in cardiff. It is free to do, but please note that it appears as if every fifth page or so has been removed in an effort to make you go out and actually purchase the novel, so youll get most of but not all of laurence yeps work.
I would highly recommend this book and i am sure every student will understand not just the book a lot better but how to really understand im supposed to me books they read based on the outline that dragonwings workbook gives them. Some characters help one another with dreams, like moon shadows devoted faith in his father, and some characters have dreams that conflict with one another, like how uncle bright stars priority is the company while windrider cares most for his destiny to fly. Elishas early home movie 1999, part 1, based on the book dragonwings. Dragonwings is bursting with the hopes that each of the characters hold.
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