A Single Shard - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 - Classroom Complete Press (Literature Kits Grades 5-6) - Softcover

Marie-Helen Goyetche

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1553194918 ISBN 13: 9781553194910

Publisher: Classroom Complete Press, 2009

Synopsis

Gain a sense of responsibility and knowing what it's like to have someone's fate in their hands. Our resource is great for quizzes, vocabulary and writing prompts. Predict what will happen between Tree-ear and Min, and whether Tree-ear will become a potter. Match characters to their actions in the story. Use words in a sentence to show its meaning. Describe how Tree-ear prepares the clay for Min, and how different the process would be today. Write the step-by-step instructions on Kang's new technique for making pottery. Compare Min and Kang's work in a Venn Diagram. Design a poster advertising Min's pottery. Find the cities from the novel on a setting map of Korea. Aligned to your State Standards, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: Set in 12th Century Korea, Tree-ear an orphaned little boy lives under a bridge with a disabled older friend and caretaker named Crane-man. Tree-ear is fascinated with a local potter named Min and dreams of creating his own ceramics. The trade of potter is unfortunately passed down from father to son, therefore Min can't teach Tree-ear the trade. The Royal Emissary tours the village in search for a new potter for the palace. Min and Kang another pottery-maker compete for the honor. The emissary chooses Kang but tells Min that if he can create more work and bring it to Puyo, he will reconsider his choice. Now, Mins fate rests in the hands of Tree-ear, who must deliver the pottery to the palace.

About this edition

• Publisher: Classroom Complete Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1553194918
• ISBN 13: 9781553194910
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 55