Mini-Guide for Middlers: A Single Shard Workbook

This is a mini-guide (a two-week literature study) for the book titled A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park. In this book, Tree-ear, an orphan in 12th century Korea, desires to become a potter, but finds obstacles in his way.

The guide contains:

• vocabulary activities
• discussion questions
• reading activities – Students will: relate stories in their own words, draw a picture, connect similes, create a list, finish a sentence, write journal entries, and draw a sketch. Students will learn about: personification, riddle-questions, word choice, repetition, alliteration, and theme.
• related activities
• life applications/Bible
• a review crossword puzzle
• web links
• activities that may be used as assessments
• an answer key

In this workbook version of the guide, there is room for students to write the all of the answers.

The guide is also available in interactive format (space is not provided for students to write all of the answers):

Mini-Guide for Middlers: A Single Shard Interactive

NOTE:

• The content of the guide in interactive format and in workbook format is the same; the only difference is spacing.

Mini-guides are used in home schools, co-ops, and traditional schools. Click on the link to browse through all of the Mini-Guides for Middlers