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A Single Shard - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6

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Critical thinking skills chart linking Bloom's levels 1–6 to each chapter's questions, writing tasks and organizers
Skills chart at the front of the kit
Contents: teacher guide on pages 4–9, chapter questions from page 11, answer key on page 47, organizers on page 53
Table of contents for the kit
Rubric rating comprehension, content, style and conventions at four levels, plus strengths, weaknesses, next steps
Teacher guide rubric for writing tasks and organizers
Teacher guide intro explaining Before You Read and After You Read activities, picture cues and the answer key
How the literature kit is organized
Guide to the three graphic organizers: The Setting map of Korea, Tree-ear's Life event list and Relationships web
Teacher notes on the kit's graphic organizers
Bloom's Taxonomy pyramid, Remembering to Creating, plus strategies for whole-class, group and independent study
Thinking levels and teaching strategies page
Story summary of orphan Tree-ear's journey to bring Min's pottery to the palace, plus Linda Sue Park's other books
Novel summary and further reading list
Vocabulary word lists by chapter, from Chapter 1 (complied, don, foraging) to Chapter 13 (artisans, threshold)
Teacher guide vocabulary for all chapters
Linda Sue Park author biography with her photo, plus a fact: the novel won the 2002 Newbery Medal
First student handout: author spotlight
Chapter One prereading questions on the author and cover, plus 7 vocabulary words: don, garner, oblivious and more
Before You Read page for Chapter 1
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Grade 5, 6

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About This Product

A Single Shard - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6

The A Single Shard - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 is a skillfully curated educational instrument designed for Grade 5 and Grade 6 instructors. This resource's central focus is on Language Arts, with considerable emphasis on the novel A Single Shard. It offers an assortment of activities that foster the development of key competencies like predictive analysis, vocabulary enhancement, sentence framing to illustrate word meanings, instructional penning and comparative exploration.

The literature kit highlights the tale of a young orphan named Tree-Ear living in the twelfth century Korea, who nurtures a fondness for pottery but finds this career path inaccessible because it's typically succeeded from father to son. The narrative features personalities such as Min and Kang who are competing potters yearning to serve the Royal Emissary with their craftmanship. Tree-Ear's destiny gets entwined with theirs offering ample content for stimulating quizzes and engaging writing prompts.

  • In comprehension enhancing exercises students match characters such as Tree-Ear, Min & Kang with their corresponding actions deepening understanding toward character roles within narratives.
  • To broaden learners' contextual awareness they're asked to describe how Tree-Ear prepared clay in contrast with modern-day methods – promoting an appreciation for historical settings whilst improving descriptive prowess.
  • Honing procedural writing skills come into play when students pen step-by-step instructions emulating Kang’s innovative pottery technique.
  • Analytical abilities are sharpened through constructing comparative diagrams juxtaposing Min’s work against Kang's creations.
  • This kit also inspires creativity by encouraging students to design promotional posters marketing Min’s pottery wares- framing learning language arts as fun!
  • Last but not least geographical knowledge is mentioned in the form of identifying cities featured in the novel on a map of Korea.

This literature kit can be flexibly adapted to whole group class discussions, smaller study groups or even individual home assignments demonstrating its versatility.

The resource is provided as an inclusive PDF file packed with bonus materials such as crosswords, word searches and a comprehension quiz complete with an answer key adding depth to it's functionality.

Overall,A Single Shard - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 offers a comprehensive,effective and enjoyable teaching aid for educators striving to nurture versatile learners through diverse teaching styles.

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