1. How did Tree-ear come to live with Crane-man?
2. Chu'ulp'a had become an important village. Why was this?
3. Tree-ear and Crane-man were poor, but proud. How do we know this? (Use text evidence to support your thinking)
4. How did Crane-man get his name?
5. Go back and scan/skim chapters 1 & 2, and find 5 new vocabulary words. Look up the words, and tell how the word is being used in the story.
* Make sure you put your initials and number on each response*
ReplyDelete1. Tree-Ear came to live with Crane-Man because he was orphaned. His parents died of fever, so a monk paid someone to bring Tree-Ear to an uncle in Ch’ulp’o. However, when the man got to the uncle’s house he found out the uncle no longer lived there. He took Tree-Ear to the temple on the mountainside, but the fever was there also. The villagers told the man to take Tree-Ear to the bridge where Crane-Man would take care of him until the temple was free of sickness. When a monk came to get him, Tree-Ear refused to leave. The monk left and Tree-Ear stayed. This is on page 9.
2. Chu’ulp’a is important for ceramics by virtue of both its location and soil. On the shore of the Western Sea, it has access to the easiest sea route northward and to plentiful trade with China. This is on page 12.
3. I can tell Tree-Ear and Crane-Man have pride because of the way they act. For example, on page 6, a quote from Crane-Man is “Working gives a man dignity, stealing takes it away.” This shows that although they’re poor, they still want to be honest. Also, on pages 18 and 19, Tree-Ear offers to help Potter Min when he breaks one of his creations. This shows that even though he didn’t have to pay him back, he still wanted to work if off like an honest man would, and not just go and forget about it like a normal homeless person might.
4. Crane-Man got his name because when he was born, one of his legs was twisted and shriveled, his family thought that he’d die. However, he lived, obviously, and as he went through life with one leg, it was said he was like a crane. Also, canes are a symbol of long life, and Crane-Man he’s outlived all his family. This is one page 7.
5. One word is sluggardly. It means slow and lazy. It is used to describe Min’s lump of clay in the book on page 11. Another word is prosperity. It means having a lot of something and normally being happy. In the book, it is used when the talk about Korea’s potters at the end of page 12. Another word is impudence. It means to be naughty, like talking back to people. It is used in the book on page 15, while describing the clay duck, and how its tail curled up with “an impudence that made Tree-Ear smile.” Another word is jiggeh. It is an open framed container, used in the book on page 2. It is what the man was carrying when he dropped the rice in the beginning of the book. One more word is don. It means to put on something, normally a piece of clothing. It is used on page 2, when the man is putting his jiggeh back on.
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Blog Post #1 April 3, 2013
ReplyDelete1. Tree-Ear lives with Crane-man because his parents died of fever, and when a monk brought him to Ch’ulp’o to live with an uncle the monk realized the uncle no longer lived there, for the house had long since been abandoned. He took Tree-Ear to a temple on a mountainside, but had to leave for it was dangerous because there was fever going around there too. The people of the village told the monk to bring him to live with Crane-man under the bridge until the fever stopped, but when the monk came to retrieve him Tree-Ear would not leave, so he stayed.
2. Chu’ulp’a was an important village in this time period because its town potters made wonderful clay pieces, and the clay there was a beautiful color. Some things made by its potters went to the emperor of China.
3. Crane-man explained that though they were poor being thieves took away a man’s dignity. Tree-Ear also offered to help Min because he broke one of his pieces. HE adimitted he broke the piece and did not just run away he dropped it.
4. Crane-man got his name because when he was born he could only use one leg and a crane sometimes stands on one leg too.
5. Jiggeh- an open-framed backpack made of branches: The man in the story that Tree-Ear got the rice from was carrying a jiggeh
Marrow- a soft, fatty substance in a bone where blood cells are made: Crane-man and Tree-Ear broke chicken bones and sucked out the marrow
Celadon- a willowy green color: The clay in the village pits made the pots made of it a gray-green color of celadon.
Paulownia tree- a Japanese tree that grows clusters of pale-violet or blue flowers in early spring: there were paulownia trees near master potter Min’s house
Oafish- deformed: when Min threw down his clay it turned into an oafish lump on he wheel
KKL #13
1: Tree-ear ended up living with Crane-man because Tree-ear was an orphan and was searching for a home and stumbled across Crane-man and asked if he could live with him under the bridge, Crane-man said yes. Crane-man came to living there because his parents died of fever and he had to sell all of his belongings and ended up selling his house he lived in because he couldn’t afford to live at his house. Therefor he found the bridge and started living under it. 2:Chu’ulp’a became an important village because of its ceramics, and because of its location it was on the shore of the Western Sea, which had access to the easiest sea route northward and the easiest route to China to trade with them. Also the clay from the village contained exactly the right amount of iron to produce the most exquisite gray-green color for the pots, the pot would then be prized by the collectors that have enough money to actually purchase one of the pots made by the potters of the village. 3:Some parts from the book that show that Crane-man and Tree-ear are poor are one that they live under a bridge. Also they have to scavenge for food instead of purchasing it like a wealthier person. Some other parts of the book that show that Tree-ear and Crane-man are poor are that they don’t have many belongings, though they might have a couple small belongings besides the one or two pairs of clothes they have, they don’t have a lot of belongings. This is because they are poor and can’t afford much. 4:Crane-man got his name because he was born with a shriveled and twisted calf and foot. Which enables him from walking on that leg, therefor he has to use a crutch, using the crutch makes him have one leg sticking out backwards making him look like a crane when they are standing on one leg. So he was then named Crane-man. 5:One new vocab word that I found in the story was protruded the sentence it was used in was this “Not carrot-tops or chicken bones, which protruded in old lumps.” My second new vocab word is prosperity. The sentence that it was used in was “In recent years the pottery from the village kilns had gained great favor among those wealthy enough to buy pieces as gifts for both the royal court and the Buddhist temples, and the potters had achieved new levels of prosperity.” My third new vocab word is celadon. The sentence that it is used in goes like this “Its potters produced the delicate celadon ware that had achieved fame not only in Korea but as far away as the court of the Chinese emperor.” My fourth new vocab word is marrow the sentence it was in was “They cracked the bone to get to the center, where there was marrow and they sucked the marrow out of the bone.” My fifth new vocab word is oafish. The sentence that word was in was “Then, pah he shook his head and in a single motion of disgust scooped up the clay and slapped back onto the wheel, whereupon it collapsed into an oafish lump again, as if ashamed. CL12
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ReplyDelete1. Tree-ear came to live with Crane-man because his parents died of fever so a kindly monk paid a man to take him to an uncle in Ch'ulp'o. When the man arrived, they discovered that he no longer lived there. Then the man took him to a temple and the tribe members told him to bring Tree-ear to the bridge where Crane-man would look after him.Pg.8-9
2.Chu’ulp’a is important for ceramics by virtue of both its location and soil. On the shore of the Western Sea, it can access to the easiest sea route northward and to plentiful trade with China. Pg.12
3.Tree-ear and Crane-man were poor, but proud because on Pg.3 it states that they were so excited that Tree-ear got a little pouch of rice,
4. Crane-man got his name because at birth, it looked like it would not survive and so he lived his life with one leg. People said he looked like a crane when he stood, so they called him Crane-man.Pg.7
5.Sluggardly: slow and lazy. It is used to describe Min’s lump of clay in the book. Pg.11
Jiggeh: an open-framed backpack made of branches. The man in the story that Tree-Ear got the rice from was carrying a jiggeh. Pg.4
Marrow: a soft, fatty substance in a bone where blood cells are made: Crane-man and Tree-Ear broke chicken bones and sucked out the marrow. Pg.9
Celadon: a willowy green color: The clay in the village pits made the pots made of it a gray-green color of celadon. Pg.12
Prosperity: having a lot of something and normally being happy. the book, it is said when the talk about Korea’s potters.Pg.12
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Tree-ear came to live with Crane-man because Tree-ears parents died from a fever. Tree-ears monk tried to hand him off to his Uncle, but the Uncle’s house was abandoned. The monks needed to try to get Tree-ear away from the fever, so they brought him to a village. The people all told the monks to bring Tree-ear to Crane-man who lived under the bridge. Thats where Tree-ear ended up, living with Crane-man under the bridge.
ReplyDeleteChu’ulp’a became a very important village because it was known for its gift of location and its soil. On the shore of the Western Sea it has the easiest route northward to trade with China. They are able to then get many goods from them. Also the clay from the village has exactly the right amount of iron to produce the exquisite gray-green color of celadon that is considered a prize for collectors.
Tree-ear and Crane-man are very poor, but proud. For example on page 6 Crane-man says, “Work gives a man dignity, stealing takes it away.” This shows their pride even when they are poor. When Tree-ear sees the man dropping the salt, and instead of stealing it he told the man the truth which was the right thing to do.
Crane-man got his name when he was born. When Crane-man was born they never thought he would get through his life without a left leg. He spent the rest of his life walking with a crane. The word crane is used in his name because of that. Thats why his name is Crane-man.
One vocabulary word from chapter 1 is earthenware. This word is used in this time period, because back then in the 1100’s they had clay pots like an earthenware. Now we use different materials in are bowls like metal. Another word from the 1st chapter is jiggeh. This word relates to the story because a jiggeh is an open-framed backpack made of branches. We now use a more modern backpack made of leather, not branches. The 3rd vocabulary word is tunic. On page 21 Tree-ear has a wound and know bandage. Tree-ear has to rip of a piece of his tunic clothes to make a bandage. A tunic is a long shirt, and it sort of looks like a robe on men. Now most men wear shorter, and more fitted shirts. Another word I believe is around the storys time period is strut. Back in the twelfth century electricity was not yet invented. Just like Tree-ear, most people had to dry their clothes on a strut by sun. Now we use a washing machine. The last word I found was ax. Tree-ear used an ax to cut down trees, we now have chainsaws that are a lot more efficient and faster. Using an ax is hard work, but back then that was all we had.
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ReplyDelete1. Tree Ear came to live with Crane Man under the bridge when a monk paid a monk to bring him to the village of Ch’ulp’o. Tree Ear’s parents had died of fever, and the monk new of an Uncle, but when they got to the Uncle’s house it had been abandoned for a while. Then the man took Tree Ear to the temple but the monks weren’t able to take in Tree Ear because of the sickness there, but they told the man to take him under the bridge where Crane Man would care for him.
2. Ch’ulp’o had become an important village because the potters there produced the delicate celadon ware that not only achieved fame in Korea, but in the Court off the Chinese Emperor. Ch’ulp’o is also a special village for its ceramics by virtue of its location and soil. The clay from the village contained exactly the right amount of iron for precise green-gray color of celadon prized by collectors.
3. Tree Ear and Crane Man were poor but proud I know this because it says that Tree Ear goes to work for Min, the potter from dusk to dawn even though he is not getting paid to do this work. This shows that even though he doesn’t have any money he is proud to be working for the potter because he shows up at work every day and works hard.
4. Crane Man got his name when he was born with the shriveled foot and calf. They said he would not survive, but as he went through life on one leg people said he was like a crane. Also, crane means life and had he had lived for a very long time even when people said when he was born that he would not survive.
5. The first word I found was jiggeh. A jiggeh is an open framed back pack made of branches. In the book the word jiggeh was used when a man was walking down the street carrying a jiggeh with rice on his back. The second word I found was cumbersome. Cumbersome means large or heavy, therefore hard to carry or use. The word cumbersome was used in the book when the man carrying the jiggeh shifted the cumbersome weight on his back as he walked down the street with the rice. Another word I found in my book was ceramics. Ceramics means the art of making and decorating pottery. Ceramics was used in the story when it said “Ch’ulp’o had become an important village for its ceramics by virtue”. One more vocab word I found is the book was emboldened. Emboldened means to give someone the courage to do something or to behave in a certain way. The word emboldened was used when Tree Ear, emboldened by the silence, emerged from his hiding place and approached Min’s house. The last word I found was wielding. Wielding means to hold or use a weapon or tool. In the book wielding was used when Tree Ear cut himself while picking up pieces of wood of the ground. I says “The pillow of fluid that had formed on his palm during the long hours of wielding the ax had burst.”
1. On page 8 we read that Tree-ear comes to live with Crane-man under by being brought to him by a man who paid a monk in the city Songdo to bring Tree-ear to the little sea-side village of Chu'ulp'a. Tree-ear’s parents had died of fever, and the monk knew of an uncle in Chu'ulp'a. When the travelers arrived, the man discovered that the uncle no longer lived there, after there the house having been abandoned long before. He took Tree-ear to the temple on the mountainside, but the monks had been unable to take the boy in because the fever raged there as well. The villagers told the monk to bring the child to the bridge, where Crane-man would take care of until the temple was free of sickness. Then when the monk brought Tree=ear to Crane-man, Tree-ear started crying and would not let go of Carne-man’s leg. So this is how Tree-ear stayed with Crane-man.
ReplyDelete2. On page 12 it says that Chu'ulp'a has become an important village for ceramics because of the virtue of both location and soil. For example, on the shore of the western sea Chu'ulp'a has access to both the easiest sea route northward and plentiful trade with China. Also, the clay from the village pits contain exactly right amount of iron to produce the exquisite green-grey color of celadon so prized by collectors.
3. Tree-ear was trotting through the village on page 4 and saw a man with a heavy jiggeh on his back. Rice was trickling out of an unsturdy container. Tree-ear was tempted to not tell the man that he was losing rice but he told the man what was going on even though Tree-ear wanted the rice for Crane-man and himself. Also, on page 18 Tree-ear offers to work for Min the master potter because Tree-ear had broken a clay container that took Min three weeks to make. This shows that Tree-ear is willing to take responsibility for his actions. On page 6 Crane-man tells Tree-ear that begging and stealing makes a man “like a dog.” These are proof that both Tree-ear and Crane-man were proud even though they did not have a lot money.
4.On page 7, I see Crane-man got his name because his leg was shriveled and twisted. “When they saw my leg at birth, it was thought that I would not survive,” Crane-man had said. “Then, as I went through life on one leg, it was said that I was like a crane. But, besides standing on one leg, cranes are also a symbol of long life. True enough,” Crane-man added.
5.a. {pg.3} protruded - sticking out, usually at odd angles or directions {sentence}Tree-ear brought to Crane-man a sack full of rice not carrot tops, which protruded in odd lumps.
b. {pg. 4} perusal - the action of looking and scanning something {sentence} Tree-ear had been trotting along the road on his morning perusal of the village rubbish heaps.
c. {pg. 8} slats - a thin, narrow piece of wood {sentence} On one of the slats was series of deep scratches as if made with a pointed stone.
d. {pg. 9} castoff - no longer wanted, discarded {sentence} Breakfast that morning was a feast - a bit of the rice boiled to a gruel in a castoff earthenware pot, served up in a bowl carved from a gourd.
e. {pg. 11} sluggardly - lazily, slowly {sentence} Using his foot to spin the base of the wheel, he placed damped hands on the sluggardly lump, and for the hundredth time Tree-ear watched the miracle.
4/3/13 JS#15
1. Tree-ear came to live with Crane-man because his parents died of a fever. He was supposed to go live with his uncle but the uncle no longer lived there. So, after that he was going to live at the temple but the temple raged with fever. Then, Tree-ear went to live under the bridge where he met Crane-man. When the temple was free of sickness the monk came to bring Tree-ear back to the temple but Tree-ear wanted to stay with Crane-man.
ReplyDelete2. The village of Chu’ulp’a is an important village because of its ceramics, location, and soil. It’s also an important village because it has an easier ship route to the north, it can trade with China, and its clay.
3. We know that Tree-ear and Crane-man were poor because they live under a bridge. We know that they’re proud because they take care of the area under the bridge by tidying up the area and keeping the place neat. This evidence was found on page 10.
4. Crane-man got his name because when he was born with a twisted leg and foot. His family thought he looked like a crane. That’s where he got the crane in his name. Also, cranes are symbols of long life and Crane-man outlived all of his family.
5. Derision was used in the story when Min was talking to Tree-ear. He was making fun of Tree-ear because he thought he could make pottery easily. He made Tree-ear feel bad. Emboldened was used in the story because it was quiet and that encouraged Tree-ear to go up to Min’s house to admire his latest creations. Since it was quiet he didn’t think Min was there. Deftly was used in the story when Min was using twine to pick up the vase from the wheel. He did this with skill so it’s considered deftly. Earthenware was used in the story when Crane-man made breakfast for Tree-ear in an earthenware pot. Earthenware is another word for ceramic pottery. Quashed is used in the story when Min gave Tree-ear instructions to go in the mountains for the rest of the day. He put down Tree-ears hopes of learning how to make pottery.
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