How to Use Dragons in a Bag with Your Class
Four-Minute Video on the Teaching Applications of Zetta Elliott’s Original Fantasy
by Tatiana Florival
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Teacher’s Takeaway
“One of the reasons I chose to read this book is when I saw the cover. I saw an African American young boy….I think it’s such a great book for representation and showing that everybody can experience magic and creatures and dragons.” —Juan Gonzalez Jr.
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Juan Gonzalez Jr. from Lobit Elementary School in Dickinson, Texas, loves the way Dragons in a Bag hooks his fourth grade students right away with a mystery in the title. Immediately, students were wondering, “What dragons!? And how are they in a bag?!” and couldn’t stop turning the pages!
Watch Juan’s Scholastic Book Clubs–exclusive teacher review video to discover how you can use Dragons in a Bag with your class to:
• Practice descriptive writing using Dragons in a Bag as a mentor text
• Open conversations about intentionality and other social-emotional lessons
• Make text-to-world connections by identifying nonfictional story elements
Plus discover how Juan puts his students’ art skills to use in a lesson on descriptive language by asking them to create graphic novel–style illustrations based on descriptions in the book!
What creative ways will you use Dragons in a Bag with your students? Please share with us and other Scholastic Book Clubs teachers on Facebook and Instagram by using the hashtag #ScholasticBookClubs.
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