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DURING READING
Guiding Comprehension
4REVIEW Compare/Contrast
• Inferential
What does Jangmi learn about how America and Korea are alike and different?
Alike: They have the same seasons. Jangmi will make friends in America just as she has in Korea. Both countries have sweet melons. Different: America does not get monsoon rains like Korea does. In Korea, sweet melons are called chummy, but in America they are called honeydew.
Monitor Progress
then… use the skill and strategy instruction on
p. 203.
If… students have difficulty comparing and contrasting Korea and America,
REVIEW Compare/Contrast
5 Draw Conclusions • Inferential
What will Jangmi miss most after moving to America?
Her best friend Kisuni
6 Author's Craft • Critical
Question the Author Why do you think the authors chose chummy instead of another favorite fruit?
Possible response: In English, chummy means "friendly," a word that describes the relationship between the two girls. It also seems like a funny name to Americans, just as honeydew seems funny to Kisuni.
SKILLS
STRATEGIES IN CONTEXT
Compare/Contrast REVIEW
TEACH
  • Remind students that comparisons and contrasts show how things are alike and how they differ.
  • Suggest that students use a compare and contrast chart (Graphic Organizer 18) if they have difficulty organizing the similarities and differences between the two countries.
Think Aloud MODEL I read to determine how the two countries are alike and different. I pay attention to the conversation between Jangmi and her parents and learn the two countries have the same seasons, but America does not get monsoon rains. I learn the two countries both have melons, but they have different names—chummy and honeydew.
PRACTICE AND ASSESS
  • Have students compare and contrast honeydew and chummy. (Alike: Both are sweet and have peels. Different: Chummy is yellow, honeydew is green. One grows in Korea, the other in America.)
  • To assess, use Practice Book 3.2, p. 76.
Practice Book
Practice Book 3.2 p. 76
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Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong

"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.

(Updated) Reprinted with permission of the National Geographic Society from Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong by Frances Park and Ginger Park. Copyright © 2002 Frances Park and Ginger Park.

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Context Clues Point out to students the word assure in the second sentence on p. 202. Explain that they will need to read on to figure out the meaning of this word. Point out that Jangmi's parents are excited about moving to America, but Jangmi is very unhappy about it. Ask what Jangmi's parents are trying to say to her. Assure means to "make someone feel positive about something."