DRAGON DANCE BY MAX FATCHEN - GOOGLE SLIDES

This resource (Google Slides) is a great tool for teaching reading comprehension skills to students. This children’s couplet tells the story of a dragon who dances and plays with children in the streets. Through reading and analyzing the poem, students can learn how to identify key elements such as rhyme, rhythm, and figurative language. They can also develop their ability to infer meaning and draw conclusions from the text. This resource is an engaging way to teach students how to read and comprehend literature.

This download includes:
SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS

• Pair-Share - Meaning of expressions used in the poem (Exercise 1)
• Ask-Write - Identifying the elements of poetry (Exercise 2)
• Write-Advance - Critical appreciation of the poem (Exercise 3)
• Differentiated Tasks - Answering author’s intent questions (Exercise 4)
• Plenary – Answering poetry elements questions (Exercise 5)
  SESSION 2: POETIC DEVICES
• Pair-Share – Identifying the figurative language (Exercise 6)
• Ask-Write - Comparing two New Years (Exercise 7)
• Write-Advance - Answering retrieval questions (Exercise 8)
• Differentiated Tasks - Answering inferential questions (Exercise 9)
• Plenary – Answering poetic devices questions (Exercise 10)
  SESSION 3: POETRY ANNOTATION
• Pair-Share - Paraphrasing the meaning of the poem (Exercise 11)
• Ask-Write - Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 12)
• Write-Advance - Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 13)
• Differentiated Tasks - Answering comprehension questions (Exercise 14)
• Plenary - Writing occasional poems (Exercise 15)