1. Dragonwings
Chapter 3

2. Mrs. Tharpe
BE RESPECTFUL
BE RESPONSIBLE
BE RESOURCEFUL

3. Today you will… Generate questions Summarize Make Predictions
Analyze characters

4. Strategies Before: Think-Write-Pair-Share/Foldable
During: Reciprocal Teaching
After: RAFT Writing

5. Before: Character Foldable Think-Write-Pair-Share
Think about the characters you met yesterday in Dragonwings.
Write down what you remember about each character’s appearance, personality, and distinguishing traits.
Share with your partner.
Be ready to share with the class.

6. During: Reciprocal Teaching
Each person in your group will have a job to perform before, during, or after the reading:
Questioner: Generates and answers questions relating to the story.
Clarifier: Identifies and clarifies anything that might not make sense (vocabulary, phrases, etc.) and tries to answer posed questions.
Summarizer: Writes a short summary of the reading. NO more than 2-3 sentences.
Predictor: Predicts what might happen next in the story.

7. Chunk 1 (I Do)-Teacher Reads p.21-top of p.24
Questioner:
Clarifier:
Summarizer:
Predictor:

8. Chunk 2 (We Do)-Cloze Procedure p.24-to of p.27

9. Chunk 3 (Y’all Do-Partner Read) p.27-bottom of p.29

10. Chunk 4 (You Do) Read Silently pp.29-31

11. After: RAFT Role: You are Moon Shadow
Audience: You are writing to your Mother
Format: You are writing a letter
Topic: You are writing a letter to your Mother describing America and your Father