Shard

In the novel A Shingle Shard the main character, Tree-ear, is an orphan in 12th-century Korea. He resides under a bridge in the town of Ch’ulp’o with a wise, elderly man named Crane-man. He has lived with Crane-man for ten years. Tree-ear has an apprenticeship with a skilled potter named Min. Min sends him on many adventures. This includes chopping wood, digging clay, and draining the clay. Tree-ear changes drastically throughout the novel. In the beginning of the novel Tree-ear is a very intrigued

Renzo Piano is a well-known architect, best known for his phantasmagoric architectural masterpiece, the Shard in London that constitutes a major landmark in α big city like London. Designed in 2000, it is the tallest building in the United Kingdom, while being for a while Europe’s tallest tower. It lost its title to the Mercury City Tower in Moscow in 2012 which is Europe's tallest building. As Renzo Piano said “I don’t believe it is possible to build a tall building in London by extruding the same

smashed the window of the store. A large shard of glass from the window, penetrated Kino’s skin, right where he was shot. Kino yelped in agony. Juana shushed him, and jumped through the window, landing on the glass, which made a loud, sharp noise of glass crushing beneath her feet. She immediately went to the medical section and found a bandage. She rushed back outside, where Kino was lying. Juana reached for Kino’s arm, and pulled out the large shard of glass. She wrapped the bandage around

For my final photojournalism project I decided to take pictures of really tall buildings in London such as the Shard. For a while I wasn’t sure what I was going to do my project on and I was thinking about doing it on the process of opening and closing a local shop like Paul’s. I wasn’t really that motivated by that topic so I soon forgot about it. The idea to do my project on architecture came from my visit to the London Eye. When I was there I realized how vast and large London was and how many

Writing about character change can be very hard to write about; sometimes characters go through major change and other times, they can go through very little change. Tree-ear is a character in the novel, “A Single Shard”. Tree-ear is an orphan in Korea, whose parents died of a fever when he was about two. He was taken in by a man named Crane-man. Crane-man is a homeless man that lives under a bridge; nevertheless, he has many street smarts and has taught Tree-ear very many things. In the novel, Tree-ear

The three Newberry books I chose to read were, The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman, A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, and Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. All three of these books were appropriate for the age group I desire to teach. That age group consists of ages 11-13 year old’s. I believe that these three books will not only be interesting to children ages 11-13, but fun and educational as well. In the following, I am going to share a brief synopsis of each book. I will also include why I selected

Tree Ear Essay Tree ear, the main character in the book, "A Single Shard" has a few strong character traits. One of them being honesty. Tree ear is a very honest character. An example of Tree Ear being honest is, "As I was walking behind you, I noticed that you are marking your path with rice!" After hearing the truth, the man is grateful for Tree Ear and lets him pick up the fallen rice. Tree Ear was truthful to the man and didn't steal from him, which rewarded him with rice to eat. So therefore

My daughter and I went to the play “The Snow Queen” at the Marquis Theater in Northville, Michigan on December 10, 2016. The Marquis Theater is a beautifully restored historic landmark. Upon entering, you are transported back to an earlier time. The lobby features the original french doors, the stained glass windows, and the old fashioned ticket booth. The theatre is a victorian design that has two aisle ways with red upholstered seats on the left, right, and middle. The theater is quaint in size

In the story, A Single Shard, the character Min changed in many ways. In the beginning of the story. Min was a very close-minded man, he was not kind to tree-ear, An orphan of the town. He used him as a worker. By the end of the novel Min adopted Tree-ear and he decided to let Tree-ear learn how to make pottery. In the novel it says, “You were long enough in returning.” This quote shows that Min was always criticizing everything Tree-ear did. In the beginning of the Novel Min was a very close-minded

In chapter 8 of Single Shard the royal emissary returned to Ch’ulp’o, Korea to see if any of the other potters from his first visit had new pottery to show him. A messenger was sent to see if Min had anything new, but Min just shooed him away.The emissary really liked Min’s work so he went to Min’s house in person to see if he had anything. The emissary wanted Min to send new pottery, so he could get a commission. The emissary told Min that he would be in Songdo and that if he wanted to send anything