“Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” Skills and Strategies.

“Where the Mountain Meets the Moon”

Skills and Strategies

Essential Question

What can you do to get the

information you need?

Turn and Talk…

Discuss a time when you were looking for

information. Where did you look to find the

answers you needed?

Discuss…Why should you have

reasonable expectations when

looking for information?

“A Modern Cinderella”

Reread paragraph 1 on page 109.

How is the setting of this story different from the traditional Cinderella

story?



What 3 things did the Prince do to try to find

the girl?


How did the Prince finally find Cinderella?

Compare this with the traditional

Cinderella story.


Reread paragraphs 1-3 on page 111.

What do you predict Cinderella will say to

the Prince?



What was Cinderella’s response to the Prince?

Was your prediction correct?


How did the Prince get the information he

needed? What things did he do?

Making Predictions• Use details in the text to make

predictions about later events.• After making a prediction, read to

determine if the prediction was accurate.

• Predictions can be revised based on evidence in the text.

Collaborate…Work together to review the

story and find a place where a reader might stop

and make a prediction while reading.

Compare and Contrast• Important events happen at the

beginning, middle, and end of a story.

• Comparing and contrasting events in a story can help you understand how the story develops and why events occur in a particular order.

Compare and Contrast

EventThe Prince dances with

a young woman.

OutcomeThe Prince falls in love

with her.

EventThe young woman

disappears at midnight.

OutcomeThe Prince decides to

find her.

Collaborate…Work together to record

events and outcomes from the middle and end of the

story “A Modern Cinderella.”

Fairy Tales• Usually take place in made-up or

magical settings• Often being with “Once upon a time…”• Include royalty or other magical

characters• Often present a problem

and solution• Have illustrations

Elements of a Fairy Tale 3:17

Collaborate…What details in “A Modern Cinderella” show the story

is a fairy tale? How has the story been updated?

Vocabulary Strategy: Simile and Metaphor

• simile: compares two things using the word like or asEg. Jeff’s hand felt like sandpaper in mine.• Jeff’s skin is compared to

sandpaper to show that it is dry and rough.

Vocabulary Strategy: Simile and Metaphor

•metaphor: compares two things but does not use the word like or asEg. Jeff’s hand was sandpaper in mine.

Collaborate…Identify the simile or

metaphor in the following sentences from the story.

Tell what is being compared and what it tells

you about the Prince.

Collaborate…1. The Prince was as joyous as a

gamer with the new high score. (p. 109)

2. His discouraged heart was a cell phone in need of recharging. (p. 110)

3. At every home the Prince visited, the purple sneaker seemed as big as a boat or as small as a seed. (p. 110)

“Where the Mountain Meets the Moon”

Reading Preview Activity

Use the following five (5) words to write 1-2 sentences telling what you think the story

will be about.

Ripped pageKing

DragonLion statue

String

“Where the MountainMeets the Moon”

This fairy tale is an excerpt of a longer story.

The beginning is a summary of events

leading up to where the story begins.


Review page 119.• Who is Minli looking for

and why?• What does Minli have to bring the Old Man of the

Moon?



Why is the piece of paper so special?


Fairy tales often include a lesson or message.

What sentence on page 121 shares a lesson or message?

What does it mean? How does this text stand out to

the reader?


Predict what you think the king will do with the page. Give text evidence to support

your prediction.


Complete the graphic organizer.

EventMinli asks the king for the “borrowed

line.”

OutcomeThe king tells Minli

about the torn page from the Book of

Fortune.

EventThe king reads the

line that appears on the page.

OutcomeThe words make the king consider giving the page to Minli.



Why does the king decide to give the paper to Minli?

Was your prediction correct?



Why do you think the king has a “serene

expression” on his face?


There is a shift in the story on page 124.

•What is the new setting?•What new characters are

introduced?



Why does the author use improper English in the

lion cub’s dialogue?



EventDragon approaches

the city gate because he is lonely.

OutcomeDragon sees the

guardian lion statues.

EventDragon thinks the lions are grinning and asks, “Am I so

funny?”

OutcomeDragon finds out the

stone lions can speak.



What caused the lions to become concerned?


Review pages 126-127.Identify the elements that suggest that this story is a fairy tale.



EventDragon realizes the lions are alive and

friendly.

OutcomeDragon tells the lions

about his journey with Minli.

EventThe lions learn Dragon once belonged to

Magistrate Tiger.

OutcomeThe lions explain

how the magistrate brought greed to the

city.


Notice the text is italicized on page 128.Why do you think the author used this text

feature?



Why did the lions never use the string?



Why does Dragon believe the string is the borrowed line?



EventThe lions ask the Old Man of the Moon for

help.

OutcomeThe Old Man of the

Moon gives the lions a string of destiny.

EventThe lions watched

the sphere to see if the crack would

grow.

OutcomeThe crack did not

grow, and the string went unused.



EventDragon realizes that

the lion has the borrowed line Minli

needs.

OutcomeThe lion gives the

string of destiny to Dragon.


Notice that the story shifts again on page

130.Identify the setting and

the main character.



How is the Imperial Garden different from the lifestyle Minli is used to living? Use

text evidence to support your answer.



Why doesn’t Minli stay to explore the

beautiful garden?



EventMinli leaves the city

and reunites with Dragon.

OutcomeMinli and Dragon tell each other how they found the borrowed

line.

EventMinli and Dragon

wonder which is the real borrowed line.

OutcomeMinli and Dragon

decide to ask the Old Man of the Moon.


So, what do you think is the borrowed line

—the paper or the

string?


Compare and contrast the

characters of the king and the male

lion.


Compare and Contrast Dragon’s encounter with the

lions and Minli’s visit with the king.


So, what do you think is the borrowed line

—the paper or the

string?

Interview with Grace Lin 4:36

“The Princess and the Pea”

Fairy tales often include a quest or

search. Identify the prince’s quest. What has been the result?



Does the advisor believe the girl is a real princess? How do you know? Why does he think this way?



How is the Queen’s reaction to the princess

different from the advisor’s?


What elements of this story make it a

fairy tale?


What information did the Queen need,

and how did she get it?


Compare and contrast the

Queen’s actions with Minli’s actions.

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