His other books include dragonwings, dragon s gate, shadow lord, child of the owl, the earth dragon awakes. You can customize the printable with the options shown below, or you can just click the build printable button to create it now. The story revolves around a young tang chinese boy named moon shadow. Summary in this absolutely beautiful secondnovel by the wonderful janie. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. This work of historical fiction covers the chinese culture in san francisco at the turn of the century 1900s with remarkable detail and accuracy. The reader learns a lot about how things were and how chinese americans lived at that time, and about the challenges they faced.
Use this lesson plan to increase understanding of the novel dragonwings by laurence yep. Each animal represents certain characteristics such as intelligence, leadership, independence, and imagination. In this novel, moon shadow comes to america to be with his father. His other books include dragonwings, dragons gate, shadow lord, child of the owl, the earth dragon awakes.
He was flying for 4 minutes, uncle was very excited, but then people began when wonder how he would land, he had to land on the hilltop and hope that he didnt damage. However, it is an important day, as moon shadow and windrider move to their new home. Mar 02, 2020 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. He lives with his mother and grandmother in china, while his father works in the land of the demons, which is really the land of the americans. Arianus, the world of air, is composed entirely of porous floating islands, aligned in three basic altitudes. The later thcentury golden legend transferred the setting to libya. The first chapter of the awardwinning book dragonwings by laurence yep helps set the stage for the rest of the novel. Choose from 500 different sets of reading chapter 2 dragonwings flashcards on quizlet. Dragon wings stock photos download 5,981 royalty free photos. Dragonwings quiz chapter 5 what substance was black dog addicted to. Boris is a warthog that lives with his parents and finds adventure in everyday life. Sep 16, 2016 the story gives a fascinating look at the chinese culture both in the homeland of middle china, and the culture of families, groups, gangs and religion in chinatown. Download 5,981 dragon wings stock photos for free or amazingly low rates. A vocabulary list featuring dragonwings by laurence yep, chapters 16.
Make sure students spend a majority of time on the information about angel island. They complement and contrast other characters in this book. Charlie and i lay together in bed in my tiny flat in cardiff. Published november 27, 2012 updated august 9, 2014. Choose from over a million free vectors, clipart graphics, vector art images, design templates, and illustrations created by artists worldwide. The basic story represents the nature of life on arianus. St johns book of revelationgreek literature, not roman describes satan as. The san francisco earthquake of 1906, and the dragons child. Yep tries to phrase things in such a way that the reader sees and understands things through early 20th century chinese immigrant eyes. Dragon spring road is a book that mixes two genres that i love. Yep and dragonwings won the phoenix award from the childrens literature.
Dragons not only have air sacks similar to birds but they have bones with a honeycomb like hollow structure that both keep. In the early 1900s, a young boy leaves china to join his father in san francisco, where they work to build a flying machine. We readers follow the travels of moon shadow from his family farm in the middle kingdom to the companys building in the tang peoples village in san francisco and finally to miss whitlaws stable. Foer academic decathlon 2010, we had to read dragonwings by laurence yep. The dragonwings study guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of dragonwings by laurence yep.
Laurence yep is the acclaimed author of more than sixty books for young people and a winner of the laura ingalls wilder award. The dragon king takes off in flight, strutting his flying skills. It is free to do, but please note that it appears as if every fifth page or so has been removed in an effort to make you go out and actually purchase the novel, so youll get most of but not all. Aimed at newly independent readers ages 57, this book series is full of fun and adventure and will boost reader confidence and stamina with the pastpaced plot and highinterest content. The stars and moon cast the shadows of the window pane on our bedroom floor. His illustrious list of novels includes the newbery honor books dragonwings and dragon s gate. Debra hathaway and eric heath of dragon wings llc design and build costume accessories and fairytale dolls and marionettes from their home in easton, maryland. The dragon king has nearby soldiers affix wings onto windrider so he can see how awesome the dragon kingdom is. Learn dragon wings chapter 1 with free interactive flashcards. It was a true story that happened in the early 19 hundred. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of dragonwings by laurence yep. So dragons can fly though in some mythologies they can without wings and this is true.
The san francisco earthquake of 1906, a texas bluebonnet award nominee. What name did windrider call the leader of the brotherhood. It was first publised in 1990 contentsshow setting the book is set almost entirely in arianus, the realm of sky. The character development of this book is unrealistically advanced, to the point that you have several main characters. A story of angel island, which he cowrote with his. Moon shadow soon loves and respects this father, a man of genius, a man with a fabulous dream. In the beginning, all is strangeness to moon shadow as he leaves the middle kingdom to join his father in the land of the golden mountain.
Our storefront is currently closed, however, the turner family has generously offered to sell some dragonwings items on their beautiful, new online store. The san francisco earthquake of 1906, and the dragon s child. Main characters the main characters in dragonwings is moon shadow, his father windrider, uncle brightstar, the chef white deer, lefty the poet, and hand clap who was known as the exaggerator of their household. Who beat up moonshadow and stole the money he had collected. Dragon wings the dragons pearl book 1 by konstanz silverbow.
Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. I think the reason uncle had originally been so strict with. Inspired by the story of a chinese immigrant who created a flying machine in 1909. Chapter 6 is different from other chapters of dragonwings.
The story inspired by the twentyminute flight of chinese immigrant fung joe guey in oakland, california in 1909. It inaugurated the golden mountain chronicles and it is the fifth chronicle in narrative sequence among ten published as of 2012. This study guide consists of approximately 25 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of dragonwings. Study guide questions are divided by chapters in the book and the questions are in order as students read the chapters. This lesson provides a summary and analysis of how laurence yeps 1975 novel dragonwings, a work of historical fiction about a chineseamerican. In the low realm, the dwarves called gegs, an elven word for insects live on the continent drevlin and cheerfully serve the giant kickseywinsey, a citysized machine that is the source of all water in arianus. Someone born in the year of the dragon is said to be full of life, enthusiastic, and very popular. For example, the western years 2000 and 2012 are both the year of the dragon. Moon shadow lee is the young boy in laurence yeps book dragonwings. The setting begins in 1903 in china, and is told through the eyes of the eight year old moon shadow, as he relates scenes of his past and leads up to his arrival in san francisco. Friendship is the bigger dream that lifts moon shadow before dragonwings even moves a propeller. Here is a short little quiz to see how well you know the book. Students will use a text lesson to help summarize and analyze the plot and characters, discuss content and.
In the mid realm, elves and humans have warred for. European dragons are legendary creatures in folklore and mythology among the overlapping. Yep tells us that moon shadow lives with his mother in china in 1903, while his father. On a basic level, dragonwings is the story of moon shadows multiple moves. I liked my life by abby fabiaschi a court of wings and ruin by sarah j. This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, especially during homeschooling. The continental, like many other european dragons, has batlike wings. If dragons existed, would physics allow them to fly.
Moon shadow is eight when he sails from china to join his father, windrider, in america. Dragonwings is a startling and unusual childrens book, in both its subject matter and honesty. The book is used in school classrooms and has been adapted as a play under its original title. Choose from 294 different sets of dragon wings chapter 1 flashcards on quizlet. Only at the very beginning it is set in the nexus where the patryn plan to explore the worlds in order to overthrow them. The story gives a fascinating look at the chinese culture both in the homeland of middle china, and the culture of families, groups, gangs and religion in chinatown. The dragon king told him that he would be tested as a human, and how he performs on these tests determines whether or not he will be granted dragon form again. As a dragon fan, i would describe them as massive, unnaturally beautiful, with an almost translucent leathery material between the wingbones. Obliged to make a home away from home in america, moon shadows survival and adaptability depends not only on his father but on the friends that they make. Along the way, she has pushed the boundaries of both science and society, her. Quest, historical fiction, comingofage, childrens literature. Dragonwings follows the young moon shadow lee in his first years as a chinese immigrant in america in the first decade of the twentieth century. Dragonwings is a childrens historical novel by chineseamerican author laurence yep, first.
While one group is reading the first two chapters of dragonwings independently, have the other group explore the asian pacific american heritage student activity. Dragonwings study guide by cline creations teachers pay. In margaret weis and tracy hickmans book dragon wing, tosses you into a new fantasy world that is so unique and innovative, quite literally. His illustrious list of novels includes the newbery honor books dragonwings and dragons gate. Dragon wing is the first novel by maragert weis and tracey hickman in their death gate cycle series. Evaluate chapters 1012 lesson plan, students will work in groups to write pages from a 1906 newspaper. Which changed when he moved to america with his father, which is where the setting stays till the end of the book. Laurence yep closes the book with an afterword that speaks of the true story of fung joe guey on which dragonwings is based.
The first page will include information about the san francisco earthquake. Moon shadow has never met his father, who left to work in america, and he constantly pesters mother to tell stories about his dad, the master kitemaker. In this lesson, you will become familiar with the setting and characters. When i got this book from my teacher the cover was plain. Dragonwings by laurence yep, chapters 16 vocabulary.
Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. This book talks about an 8yearold boy named moon shadow. He has won numerous awards for his work including the newbery medal honor book, the boston globehorn book award, jane addams childrens book award. Sevenyearold moon shadow lee lives and works on his family farm in china in 1903. Dragon wings i read this book in the beginning of 2017. He and windrider race through the sky to windriders home. Dragonwings is a historical novel by author laurence yep who won the newberry award. I was awake but from charlies deep even breathing he was asleep. Learn reading chapter 2 dragonwings with free interactive flashcards. Newbery honor book dragonwings by lawrence yep takes readers on an adventurefilled journey across the world. Windrider remembers the dragon kings throne and how amazing it was, full of. Dragonwings began to roll down the hill, slowly and full of life, the suddenly the plane was up in the air and windrider was flying, everyone down below were delighted. Its a fun way to keep your child entertained and engaged while not in the classroom.