Eyes of the Dragon: An Imaginary Tale by Camille S' Phillips

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Eyes of the DragonAn Imaginary Taleby Camille
S. Phillips
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• 1 What is most likely the authors purpose for
  writing this story?
• A. To entertain with a story about a friendly
  dragon
• B. To teach a lesson that kindness has its
  rewards
• C. To describe glass-making methods in China
• D. To explain how emperors treat servants

LT08 Analyze authors purpose and evaluate
effectiveness for different audiences (includes
fact/opinion, authors point of view, tone,
and use of persuasive devices) (Reading GLEs
2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4)
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• 2 Which sentence explains why the servant
  rejected the small crystal sculptures?
• A. The emperor wanted to begin collecting
  larger sculptures.
• B. Lin only made tiny dragons and the emperor
  feared dragons.
• C. The emperor could no longer see the small
  sculptures very well.
• D. Lin had problems with his vision so his
  small sculptures were cracked.

LA07 Make connections (cause and effect) within
a text (Reading GLE 2.3.1)
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3 Any of these words could be used to describe
Shang. Choose the word you think best describes
Shang in the story. Considerate Courageous
Concerned Provide two details from the story
to explain your choice. _________________________
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LA05 Demonstrate understanding of literary
elements (genres story elements such as plot,
character, setting stylistic devices)
and graphic elements/illustrations (Reading GLEs
2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.3.3)
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• Text-based details may include, but are not
  limited to
• Considerate or Courageous or Concerned
• Shang brought water from the stream.
• Shang cared for her fathers tools.
• Shang reminded her father to eat and sleep.
• Shang worried how she and her father would make a
  living.
• Shang spoke to/confronted the dragon/was not
  afraid of the dragon.
• Shang apologizes to the dragon for disturbing
  him.
• She hoped she didnt bruise the dragons tail/She
  apologized for tripping over his tail.
• Shang calls the dragon Great One/Mighty Dragon.
• Shang removed the branch from the dragon/cleaned
  the wound.
• Shang shares her discovery of eyes of the
  dragon with the emperor.

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3 Any of these words could be used to describe
Shang. Choose the word you think best describes
Shang in the story. Considerate Courageous
Concerned Provide two details from the story
to explain your choice.
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Shang is considerate because (A) She brought
water from the stream, (B) cared for her fathers
tools, and (C) reminded him to eat and sleep. (I)
Then she removed the branch from the dragons leg
and cleaned the wound.
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3 Any of these words could be used to describe
Shang. Choose the word you think best describes
Shang in the story. Considerate Courageous
Concerned Provide two details from the story
to explain your choice.
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I think that Shang is considerate because (J)
when she invented the idea of the glasses she
thought of the Emperors vision and need for
glasses.
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3 Any of these words could be used to describe
Shang. Choose the word you think best describes
Shang in the story. Considerate Courageous
Concerned Provide two details from the story
to explain your choice.
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• 4 What is the meaning of prosperity in paragraph
  30?
• A. Wealth
• B. Sorrow
• C. Poverty
• D. Health

LC04 Interpret vocabulary critical to the
meaning of the text (Reading GLE 1.3.2)
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• 5 Which sentence best summarizes this story?
• A. The dragon was one of the emperors
  favorite glass figures.
• B. The dragon gave Shang one of his green
  scales so she could see.
• C. Shang and her father became rich by making
  large crystal sculptures.
• D. Shang and her father learned how to create
  eyeglasses for the kingdom.

LC02 Summarize with evidence from the reading
(Reading GLE 2.1.7)
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6 The story shows kindness leads to rewards.
Include two examples from the story to support
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LC01 Demonstrate understanding of theme or
message and supporting details (Reading GLE 2.1.3)
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6 The story shows kindness leads to rewards.
Include two examples from the story to support
this idea.
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(A) When Shang took the branch out of the dragon,
the dragon let her live and (B) gave her dragon
scales. (E) Then Shang Lin made an eyeglass for
the emperor, (F) which caused the emperor to buy
more sculpters. Giving Shang and Lin more money.
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6 The story shows kindness leads to rewards.
Include two examples from the story to support
this idea.
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(F) Shang and Lin lived in great prosperity
because the they could make small sculptures
again. (F) Also, the emperor gave them many
honors, including an estate because he was so
pleased by their kindness.
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6 The story shows kindness leads to rewards.
Include two examples from the story to support
this idea.
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response includes no text-based details.