Prereading Strategies

	Identify sequence of events to improve comprehension.
	Recognize how following sequence of story events helps you monitor your comprehension and identify when to take steps to improve it.

GENRE STUDY

Realistic Fiction

Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong is an example of realistic fiction. Explain that realistic fiction tells about events that could happen in real life.

PREVIEW AND PREDICT

Have students preview the selection title as well as the illustrations. Then discuss the topics or ideas students think this selection will cover. Encourage students to use lesson vocabulary as they talk about what they expect to learn.

Activate Prior Knowledge Ask students to describe their feelings when they had to move or leave a favorite place. Students will monitor their comprehension of the selection in the Strategy Response Log activity on
p. 207.

SET PURPOSE

Read the first page of the selection aloud to students. Have them consider their preview discussion and tell what they hope to find out as they read.

Remind students to follow any sequence of events to monitor their comprehension and take steps to improve it if necessary.

STRATEGY RECALL

Students have now used these
before-reading strategies:

preview the selection to be
aware of its genre, features,
and possible content;
activate prior knowledge about
that content and what to expect
of that genre;
make predictions;
set a purpose for reading.

Remind students to be aware of and
flexibly use the during-reading
strategies they have learned:

link prior knowledge to new
information;
summarize text they have read
so far;
ask clarifying questions;
answer questions they or
others pose;
check their predictions and
either refine them or make new
predictions;
recognize the text structure the
author is using, and use that
knowledge to make predictions
and increase comprehension;
visualize what the author is
describing;
monitor their comprehension
and use fix-up strategies.

After reading, students will use these
strategies:

summarize or retell the text;
answer questions they or
others pose;
reflect to make new information
become part of their prior
knowledge.

AudioText

"Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong"
by Frances Park and Ginger Park

Student Edition
Unit 5, pp. 198–215

Realistic fiction tells about events that could happen in real life. Does anything in this Selection Snapshot remind you of an event from your life?

Jangmi heard raindrops on the roof when she awakened. It was the beginning of the monsoon season in Korea. It would rain a lot. But Jangmi and her family would miss the monsoon season. They were moving from 382 Shin Dang Dong in Korea to 112 Foster Terrace in Massachusetts, in America. In a few hours she would be on an airplane.
Jangmi looked around her room. Everything was packed. Only her memories reminded her of the scrolls and fans that were once on the walls.
At breakfast, Jangmi's best friend, Kisuni, came over. They went to the outdoor market to buy some chummy, a sweet melon. The girls often sat under the willow tree in Jangmi's yard, eating chummy. They did not want Jangmi to move away! Today the chummy was for a farewell meal. Family and friends were gathering to say good-bye. Then the family left for the airport.
On the plane, Jangmi asked about Massachusetts. She was curious about their new home. Mom described their house. It was a row house with radiators and a fireplace. It had a shingled roof and wooden floors and doors. In Jangmi's Korean home, warm pipes under the wax-covered floors kept the room warm. The doors were made of rice paper, and the roof had clay tiles. The new house sounded very different.
Mom talked about the seasons. Massachusetts did not have monsoons. Mom also told Jangmi that her name meant Rose in English. She could use that name if she wanted to. Jangmi said, "No, I am Jangmi, not Rose."
Already Jangmi felt homesick. She would live around the world from Kisuni. She would not have friends, her willow tree, chummy, or the monsoons.
When they got to the new home, Dad told Jangmi to look in the backyard. "It has a tree just like the one at 382 Shin Dang Dong."
"It is not a willow," Jangmi disagreed.
Dad said, "No, it is a maple, and it is beautiful."
Later that day, the furniture arrived. Jangmi began hanging her scrolls and fans on her bedroom walls. Then many neighbors came over to welcome the family. They brought dishes of food. A girl her age named Mary gave Jangmi a sweet fruit called honeydew. It was as delicious as chummy.
After everyone left, Jangmi sat under the maple tree. It really was beautiful. She had made a friend. Maybe someday she and Mary would sit under the tree together. Maybe someday she would use the name Rose. But today she was still Jangmi.



	Close
	Activate Prior Knowledge Encourage students to discuss how difficult it would be to move far away from the only home and neighborhood they have ever known. Ask students to consider the feelings of loss and fear associated with moving to a new place. Consider having students read the selection summary in English or in students’ home languages. See the Multilingual Summaries in the ELL Teaching Guide, pp. 159–161.

"Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong"by Frances Park and Ginger Park

"Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong"
by Frances Park and Ginger Park