A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park comprehension activity guide

This is one of the most comprehensive reading guides you will find directly related to the book A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (2002 Newbery Award winner). Included in this packet is a student guide with an emphasis on reading strategies such as predicting, visualizing, connecting, making inferences, and more. Also included in this packet is a detailed answer key, over 75 chapter-by-chapter key vocabulary words with definitions that fit the story, a short 5-question comprehension test with answer key, a social networking activity, end of the novel project ideas, and discussion questions for each chapter. Also included is a guided reading rubric to assess your students in areas such as fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and predicting, along with a useful tool to use for scoring when working with groups of children.

The novel tells the story of a 12-year old boy named Tree-ear- an orphan who lives under a bridge with Crane-man in a small Korean village in the 12th Century. Tree-ear loves to watch Potter Min make his pottery. But one day when no one was around, Tree-ear decides to sneak into Min's work area for a closer look at his creations. There he finds many objects, but one object particularly catches his eye- an undecorated rectangular, lidded box. Out of curiosity, Tree-ear looks inside and discovers five smaller boxes, each fitting perfectly around the other. Potter Min shouts when he finds Tree-ear looking at the boxes. In fright, Tree-ear drops the box, breaking it. To repay the potter, Tree-ear has to work for the potter for nine days. Tree-ear’s work was to collect wood. Tree-ear is confused, for he secretly wants to make his own pot. After his work of nine days is complete, he offers to work for the potter for free in hopes of getting to make his own pot. Tree-ear is assigned various tasks but never has the chance to make his own pot. He eventually learns that Min will not teach him how to make a pot, due to the tradition of a potter teaching his own son. Min's son is dead. In the end, it is a single shard that changes the lives of many…

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