After Reading 1

Apply the Reading Strategy

Reading Comprehension Questions

Visualize

Think and Discuss

Now that you have read My Korean Name, complete

the chart.

1. Recall facts Why was Won Chuls grandfather famous in Korea?

1. Review the Reading Strategy on page 7.

2. Explain Why was Won Chul scared of his grandfather

at rst?

2. Copy the chart.

3. Describe Describe Won Chuls grandfather.

3. Look back at the reading. Find words that helped you

visualize the reading.

4. Recognize character change Do Won Chuls feelings

about his grandfather change at the end of the story? How
do you know?

4. Write the words in the correct column of the chart.

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mothballs
and fish

5. Relate your own experience to the reading Do you have

a grandfather or grandmother who speaks another language?
How does this make you feel?
6. Revisit the Reading Focus Questions Go back to page 8
and discuss the questions.

Literary Elements
Characterization

Academic Vocabulary
Vocabulary for the Reading Comprehension Questions
Word

Explanation

Sample Sentence

conclusion

a judgment or
an opinion that
you make from
information you
know

When Tina saw water

dripping from Anas
coat, she came to the
conclusion that it was
raining.

to remember
someone or
something when
you see or hear
that person or
thing

I recognized an old
friend on the street. We
were surprised to see
each other after so many
years.

[phonetics]
noun

recognize
[phonetics]
verb

Visual Cue

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Draw a picture or write a sentence for each word.

1. Read the sentences about the grandfather from My Korean

Name. Match each sentence to the way it helps you
understand the character.
2. Look at the reading again with a partner. Find and write
more sentences that help you understand the characters.
Discuss what each sentence tells you about the characters.
a. This sentence shows what someone thinks about the character.

2.___ He waved his nger at me and b. This sentence describes what the
said, Korean important. Yes?
character looks like.

What do conclusion
and recognize mean?
Explain in your own
words.

c. This sentence describes the characters words, thoughts, or actions.

3.___ He scared me.

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Through characterization, a writer shows a characters

traits (qualities) and explains a characters motives (why a
character acts the way he or she does).

1.___ He wore traditional

Korean clothes.

Checkpoint

14 Unit 1 Chapter 1

Characters are the people in a story. Characterization is

the way a writer creates a character. Writers help the reader
understand a character by:
a. describing what the character looks like.
b. describing the characters words, thoughts, and actions.
c. showing what others think about the character.

Vocabulary
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Vocabulary
Log

Workbook
page xx

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Independent Practice
CD-ROM

Collins COBUILD School

Dictionary of American English

Checkpoint
1. What is
characterization?
2. How does a writer
help a reader
understand a
character?
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