A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the pourquoi tale mentor text picture book A Big Mooncake For Little Star by Grace Lin. Great for science units around astronomy/space, the phases of the moon, or folktales! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)analyzing pourquoi tale elementsdescribing author's