Module 3A - Unit 1, Lesson 1:

Learning from the Narrators Point of View:

Introducing Dragonwings

What are our learning

targets for Lesson 1?
I can recognize Moon Shadows point of view
concerning demons in Chapter 1 of Dragonwings.
I can locate text evidence of Moon Shadows point
of view.
I can explain how Laurence Yep develops the point
of view of Moon Shadow.
I can follow Triad Talk Expectations when I
participate in a discussion.

Pay close
attention to the
board as you
travel in time to
meet the
narrator of our

Based on
the cover
and the
title, what
do you
think this
book will be
about?

Follow along in
your copy of the
text as I read the
first paragraph.

Think-Pair-Share
Is this first person,
third person, or
third person
omniscient? How do
you
know?
Think
Pair
Share

It is first person
because there
is a narrator
who speaks
from the
perspective of

Take a look at your

Basic Questions for
Moon Shadow
worksheet.
Independently read to
the bottom of page 4,
and answer the
questions the way Moon

Think-Pair-Share
Where do you think
the Land of the
Golden Mountain is?
Why do you think
that?
Think
Pair
Share

Think-Pair-Share

Who do you think

these people he
calls demons
are? Why?
Think

Pair

Share

You are going to

begin by focusing on
something Moon
Shadow brings up
right away and often:
the Land of the
Golden Mountain
and the demons.

Reread up to the end

of page 4 with the
following questions in
mind and then share
your claim with your
triad. Fill in the first
two columns of your
Point of View Anchor

1. What is Moon Shadows

point of view (perspective;
how he views/sees) of the
Demons and Land of the
Golden Mountain?
2. What does he think of
them? How do you know?
3. What evidence in the text
supports your claims?

Take a look at the

third column of your
Point of View Anchor
Chart: Chapter 1.
Technique is about
how Laurence Yep,
the novels author,
has developed a

Think-Pair-Share
How did Laurence Yep
develop this point of view?
Is it through the narrators
words, thoughts, or
actions? Is it through
another characters words
Think
Pair
Share
or actions?

With your triad,

complete the
third column of
the Anchor Chart.
If you do not
finish, it is