The Sky Ladder

Synopsis:

Mei Li and her friend have attended boarding school in the valley for four years. They no longer worry about the dangerous half-mile-high “sky ladder” they must climb to reach their village on the mountaintop. But Chen is only five and he is terrified.

Curriculum link:

Technologies: Engineering principles and systems

Key Concepts:

Characters can change, and this change can be seen through their actions and dialogue.How a character reacts to a challenge tells us about their personality traits.

Reading Strategies:

Identifying how a character changes from the beginning of a story to the end

Extent:

32

Paired Title:

Get Me to School!

Supporting Materials:

Lesson Plan - Behind the Scenes at the Zoo / So Far from Home