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Dragonwings: Explore Chapters 1-5

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If you are beginning Laurence Yep's Dragonwings, this will provide activities for the first five chapters. The objectives include making connections to oneself and the world, organizing information and events, vocabulary acquisition, research, and writing. A vocabulary list and related resources are included. This is a thorough lesson that could be adapted to other works.

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character analysis, characters, Vocabulary, graphs

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character analysis, plot analysis, vocabulary acquisition, dragonwings, laurence yep, setting analysis, english language arts
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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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