Curated OER
Little Engine That Could Lesson Plan
Students retell the story The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper. For this early childhood lesson plan, students identify the various trains featured in the story, focusing on the descriptive words. Students then create their own...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Dragonwings" Study Guide [Pdf]
Explore Laurence Yep's "Dragonwings" with the help of pre-reading questions, vocabulary lists, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking writing prompts on character, plot, and theme. Students who have completed Yep's novel can...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
Moon Shadow is eight years old when he sails from the Middle Kingdom (China) to the land of the Golden Mountain (America) where he meets his father, Windrider, for the first time. In San Francisco, Moon Shadow and his father endure...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Dragonwngs
Published in 1975, this young adult fiction novel explores a chinese immigrant's life in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. Read about the other characters and important themes in this informative site.