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DURING READING
Guiding Comprehension
10 Simile • Literal
What simile does the author use on p. 206?
"Like rain on the window, tears streaked down my face."
11 Target Skill Monitor and Fix Up
• Inferential
What can you do if you do not know the meaning of ondal?
Possible response: I can read on to see if it is explained later.
12 Summarize • Critical
Text to Self   Summarize why Jangmi is so disappointed with everything her parents tell her about her new home. Think how you would feel in her place.
Summaries should include an explanation of her feelings about moving and having no choice in the matter.
Target Skill STRATEGY SELF-CHECK
Monitor and
Fix Up
Explain to students that an unfamiliar word can sometimes disrupt their comprehension of story events. Suggest to students that they read on when this occurs. Explain that unfamiliar words are often defined later in a passage. Suggest that students might want to reread the passage after they have a better understanding of its full meaning.
Ask students to read about ondal floors. Then have them explain in sequence how ondal floors kept Jangmi's family warm in winter.
SELF-CHECK
Students can ask themselves these questions to assess ability to use the skill and strategy.
  • Did I recognize that an unfamiliar word had disrupted my comprehension of a passage?
  • Did I read on to find an explanation of the word and then better understand the sequence of events?
  • How did this improve my comprehension of the selection?
Monitor Progress
then… revisit the skill lesson
on pp. 194–195. Reteach as necessary.
If… students have difficulty understanding a sequence of events and do not monitor and fix up their comprehension,
Target Skill Monitor and Fix Up
Strategy Response Log
Monitor Comprehension Provide the following prompt: Did you notice any similarities between how you would feel if you moved and Jangmi's feelings about the same experience?
If you want to teach this selection in two sessions, stop here.
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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PRACTICE LESSON VOCABULARY
As a class, complete the following sentences orally. Responses are given.
  1. If the outdoor temperature rises above freezing, will snowflakes or raindrops appear? (Raindrops)
  2. If you are away from home and long to return, are you homesick or adventurous? (Homesick)
  3. If you say good-bye to someone, do you bid them fair game or farewell? (Farewell)
BUILD CONCEPT VOCABULARY
Review previous concept words with students. Ask if students have met any words today in their reading or elsewhere that they would like to add to the Concept Web.
Develop Vocabulary
ELL
Fluency Help students “chunk," or group words into meaningful phrases. For example, a sentence from the middle of p. 207 can be separated this way:
The heat / from the ondal / traveled / through underground pipes / and kept / our wax-covered floors / warm and cozy.