Provide students with a question or prompt to answer on a storyboard using textual evidence.
The example prompt below is:
“What challenges does Minli face and how does she overcome them?”
Possible answers to the prompt include:
Other prompts might include, “How do the characters influence Minli?” and “How does Minli change throughout the text?”
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Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that answers the prompt using at least three examples from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Click on "Add / Delete Cells" to change the number of examples.
Create a visual anchor chart to help students track and organize evidence from the story. This chart can serve as a reference during discussions and storyboarding, making it easier for students to find and cite textual evidence.
Demonstrate how to find and cite text evidence by reading a passage aloud and thinking through your process. Show students how you choose which details support your answer and how to paraphrase or quote clearly.
Pair students or form small groups to analyze a key scene together. Encourage them to discuss and agree on the best evidence before adding it to their storyboards. Collaboration builds confidence and deepens understanding.
Ask students to draw scenes or characters that directly relate to the evidence they’ve chosen. Visualizing details reinforces comprehension and makes storyboards more engaging.
Share exemplary student storyboards with the class, highlighting effective use of text evidence. Recognizing good work motivates students and clarifies expectations for everyone.
To teach text evidence with Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, provide students with a prompt (e.g., “What challenges does Minli face?”) and have them use specific examples from the book to support their answers. Encourage quoting or paraphrasing the text and illustrating examples on a storyboard for deeper understanding.
A strong storyboard activity is to ask students to answer a prompt (such as “How does Minli change?”) using at least three text-based examples. Students can paraphrase or quote from the story and use images to illustrate each example, helping visualize their understanding.
Effective prompts include: “What challenges does Minli face and how does she overcome them?”, “How do the characters influence Minli?”, and “How does Minli change throughout the text?” These encourage students to cite and explain evidence directly from the book.
Guide students to paraphrase by restating the author’s ideas in their own words, or to quote by copying text exactly with quotation marks. Model both techniques and explain when to use each to support their answers with clear evidence.
Minli faces challenges like freeing Dragon from vines, outsmarting greedy monkeys, and choosing to help a friend instead of herself. She overcomes these with clever thinking, kindness, and selflessness, showing growth throughout her journey.