Today you will read Just a Dream in your online textbook (Classroom Library).

In Just a Dream, you will meet Walter, a young boy on his way home from school. As you read, think about what Walter is like at the beginning of the story.

Use the illustrations and the text to think about the issues in each dream. Think about how Walter changes his thoughts and ideas after the dreams.

This focal text is filled with information! This means the author developed a research plan before writing. Research means to gather information. A research plan has the steps you follow to research a topic.

How do you develop a research plan?

• Step 1: Identify a topic. The topic will be the main idea of the research plan.
  
  
• Step 2: Ask a research question. You may ask two types of questions—a formal question or an informal question.
  
  
• Formal Questions: Ask when writing research reports, speeches, and formal presentations; and answer using primary sources and secondary sources.
  
  
• Informal Questions: Ask when conducting surveys, taking polls, and browsing; and answer using your ideas or others’ ideas and primary or secondary sources.
  
  
• Step 3: Find resources to answer your question.
  
  
• Identify sources: You can use primary or secondary sources in your research plan.
  
  
• Gather sources: Where can you find sources? You can go to the library, read a newspaper, or go online to find primary and secondary sources.