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Teaching Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push

Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push

Walter Dean Myers
"Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push" © 2017 by Walter Dean Myers appeared in Flying Lessons, published by Crown Books for Young Readers/Random House Children's Books in partnership with We Need Diverse Books. The story first appeared in Boys' Life © 2007.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

What does it take to push people toward their dreams?
STANDARDS:
RL.2 - Main Ideas, RL.3 - Characters & Plot, RL.5 - Text Structure

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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