Imagine a beautiful rainbow-colored dragon flying free in the air. With powerful imagery and sensory language, a reading passage prompts learners to follow the plot of a short story and answer five comprehension questions.

Concepts

fairy tales, reading comprehension, short stories, dragons

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Perfect addition to a reading assessment or language arts homework packet
• Use in a unit about descriptive writing or fairy tales
• Encourage learners to write their own story about something in their house that suddenly comes to life

Classroom Considerations

• Font is a little small and hard to read

Pros

• Learners will enjoy reading about the colorful, paper dragon
• Comprehension questions address several literacy skills

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4