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 * Winging It **


 * In this final six-week unit of sixth grade, students read //Dragonwings// by Lawrence Yep, compare this novel to biographies of aviators, and read about the science and history of flight. **

Reading //Dragonwings// helps students recall class conversations that incorporate the themes from this year: flying (from //Peter Pan//), reading folklore, embracing heritage, courageous characters, and “figuring it out.” //Dragonwings// is also an effective springboard for a conversation about people’s dreams. The goal of this unit is for students to apply all their reading, writing, speaking, and listening strategies and skills learned up until this point in the year. The year culminates with a multimedia project on the science of flight, making connections to how people worked to make their dreams of flying come true.

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