Unit 1: Students will begin reading Laurence Yep's Dragonwings (870L) a story of a young Chinese boy to emigrates to San Francisco, joining his father in the early 1900's. Students will pair this text with Yep's biography, The Lost Garden to determine how Yep drew on his personal experience to tell the story of Moon Shadow. To finalize this unit students will write a literary analysis explaining how being brought up in a Chinese family affected the author's perspective of Chinese immigrants living in San Fransisco, supported by evidence from the text.
Grade 6, Module 3a, Unit 1 Overview
Grade 6, Module 3a, Unit 1 Recommended Texts: These texts are provided as
recommended resources which relate to the theme of the unit. Lexile scores are
provided to provide appropriate independent reading for each student to build
content knowledge about the topic. Districts may substitute other books as
appropriate and available.
Grade 6, Module 3a, Unit 1 Lessons: There are 10 lessons that can be downloaded as a complete unit from EngageNY here or below as individual files. The handouts and resources needed for each Lesson are included.
Lesson One Lesson Seven
Lesson Two Lesson Eight
Lesson Three Lesson Nine
Lesson Four Lesson Ten
Lesson Five
Lesson Six
Grade 6, Module 1, Unit 1 Implementation Resources: These resources were developed by the IES Team and regional E2CCB teachers. Permission to use/adapt resources is by Creative Commons-Attribution-Share Alike license.