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Describe how Ma and Ba are feeling and why.
Book: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin — Ch. 7–9
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Describe Fruitless Mountain and Minli's family.
Standards
RL.4.3
Describe why Minli and her family act in certain ways.
Describe why Minli acts in certain ways.
RL.4.3RL.4.4
2 days
Recognize and correct sentence fragments by identifying the subject and the predicate.
L.4.1.f
Use details from a text to describe a character.
W.4.1.aW.4.1.b
L.4.1.fRL.4.3RL.4.4
Describe how Dragon was born and why the author includes this story.
L.4.1.fRL.4.3SL.4.1SL.4.1.c
Analyze the Goldfish Man's perspective on fortune and if it is similar to Ma and Ba's.
L.4.1.fRL.4.3
Analyze the significance of "The Story of the Paper of Happiness."
L.4.1.fRL.4.2RL.4.3
Explain what the quote "I'll find a way" shows about Minli.
Describe how Minli is beginning to change.
Analyze how Minli's parents and Minli are starting to transform through their relationships with others.
Recognize and correct run-on sentences using a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
L.4.1.fL.4.2.c
Describe the king.
L.4.1.fL.4.2.cRL.4.2RL.4.3
Plan a paragraph that describes Minli.
W.4.1.bW.4.4
Complete a Single Paragraph Outline to plan a paragraph.
Summarize how Dragon ended up with the borrowed line.
L.4.1.aRL.4.2RL.4.3
Explain why Minli feels ashamed and how she is changing.
Summarize how the girl outsmarted the tiger.
L.4.1.fL.4.2.aL.4.2.cRL.4.2RL.4.3
Explain what Minli might learn from the twins and grandfather.
Describe the gift the people of Moon Rain give Minli and why it is an example of true generosity.
Describe what idea Minli puts into action to get the message to the Old Man of the Moon and where the idea came from.
Explain what lesson the Old Man of the Moon is trying to teach Wu Kang and how it connects to Minli's quest for fortune.
Explain how Ma changes.
Explain how Minli came to realize that she already had the best fortune.
Analyze how Minli knew that all of her questions had been answered.
W.4.1.bW.4.1.d
Debate two Essential Questions using evidence and arguments from the entire unit and personal experience.
SL.4.1SL.4.1.cSL.4.2
4 days
Write a persuasive letter from the perspective of one of the characters, asking the reader to agree with your point of view.
Use a single paragraph outline to brainstorm cohesive paragraphs.
W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.9
Begin persuasive writing by clearly stating the topic, opinion, and hooking the reader with a question. Use a plan to draft a paragraph.
W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.4
Elaborate on the reasons to show understanding of the text and topic.
L.4.1.fL.4.2.cW.4.4W.4.5
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Write a narrative story that recounts a moment on Minli's journey where things go wrong.
Brainstorm ideas for a story by rereading important or exciting moments in the text.
W.4.3.aW.4.5
Complete a Narrative Brainstorming Graphic Organizer to plan the characters, setting, and events of a story.
Orient and engage the reader at the beginning of the story by including descriptive details, sound effects, or questions.
L.4.3W.4.3.aW.4.3.d
Draft a story, using paragraphs to manage the sequence of events.
W.4.3.cW.4.3.d
Include character thoughts and feelings to develop a character and help the plot progress.
W.4.3.bW.4.5
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