Read Works: Saturday School to K-Pop Cool

Saturday School to K-Pop Cool

Word Cloud

Do you listen to K-Pop? If so, who is your favorite band? Do you have a favorite song?

Vocabulary

​These words may be unfamiliar to you in the story

Decipher: (v) to decode, to figure out, to solve.

Devote: (v) dedicated to, give time and energy to something

Intensive (adj): concentrated in a small space or amount of time

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I took an

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college course over the summer that was condensed, or shortened, to only four weeks.

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It was easy to

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the meaning of The Raven after I watched The Simpsons episode.

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I decided to

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all my time to playing Fortnight and ended up failing Math class.

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​Saturday School to K-Pop Cool by Catherine Jhee O'Hagan

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Multiple Choice

Where has Paul spent every Saturday morning since he was little?

• At the skate park

• At violin lessons

• At Korean school

• Swim practice

Multiple Choice

How have Paul’s feelings towards Korean school changed as he has grown?

• He has become bored and tired of learning about the same topics each week

• He has grown to enjoy his time there and appreciate the things he learns.

• He has been asking his parents to only attend the K-pop dance workshops.

Draw

After reading this excerpt you can conclude that as Paul shares parts of his Korean culture with his friends, they become interested in learning more.

Mark all the places in the passage that show that is true

Multiple Choice

How do Paul’s “weekday school” friends help him feel less like he lives two lives?

• They visit Korean school on one Saturday so they can see what it is like

• They ask him to show them taekwondo, which is a type of martial art.

• They are interested in his culture and ask him to share things with them.

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentences from the text.

“Today, as he sat on the bus for the short ride, he recalled his vociferous complaints when he was younger about what a pain it was to have to wake up before 8 AM on Saturdays. Growing up, it had felt so unfair that he had to devote so much of his weekend learning about Korean language and culture while his ‘weekday school’ friends could sleep late, then play basketball or video games all day.”

As used in this excerpt, what does the word “devote” most closely mean?

• spend a lot of time and effort

• neglect
• explain how to do something

• preserve

Open Ended

How does Korean school help Paul when he visits Korea?

Categorize

Options (6)

They ask him about his culture

They are impressed with what he knows

Paul gets to combine his two worlds

Soldering metal together

Take a break to eat donuts

take photos for a project

How do Paul’s “weekday school” friends help him appreciate Korean school in a new way?

Help him appreciate

Don't help him appreciate

Open Ended

After having this experience with his "weekday friends", what could Paul say to one of the young students if they complain about Korean school like he used to to get them to change their mind?

Housekeeping

Remember...

• There is no Guided on Thursday because you have a quiz on the Grapes of Wrath excerpts

• Foodie Friend Fiesta! This Friday!