Finding Fortune: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Lesson 5
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ELA

Unit 1

4th Grade

Lesson 5 of 28

Objective


Describe how Ma and Ba are feeling and why.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin  — Ch. 7–9

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

Pick three descriptive sentences from the text that best describe how either Ma, or Ba is feeling and why. Analyze how the description helps a reader better understand that character.

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Key Questions


  • When Ma and Ba discover Minli is gone, they react in different ways. How does Ba react? How does Ma react? Why?

  • What conflict does Minli face in Chapter 8? How does Grace Lin use description to help the reader visualize the conflict?

  • Compare and contrast how Ma and Ba are feeling while looking for Minli. Identify two to three key moments that highlight how they are both feeling.

Vocabulary


eagerly

adv.

(p. 41)

to do something excitedly

resentment

n.

(p. 44)

a lasting feeling of anger or displeasure over something unfair

fatigue

n.

a feeling of being very tired

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.4.3 — Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
  • RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

Supporting Standards

L.4.4
L.4.4.b
L.4.5
RF.4.3
RF.4.4
RL.4.1
RL.4.10
SL.4.1
W.4.10
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