Introduce learners to the magical Japanese hermit named Sennin with a reading response activity. As fifth graders finish the story of Sennin and his mystical powers, they answer four short-answer questions.

Concepts

reading comprehension, fairy tales, making inferences, context clues

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use in a fairy tale unit
• Read the story aloud and model the way one would answer the questions using inferences and context clues

Classroom Considerations

• Some questions may be difficult for struggling readers to answer, as they require close reading

Pros

• Story is engaging and contains sensory language

Cons

• None