Pie in the Sky

Select all the characters from the text Pie In the Sky.

• Kenny

• Jingwen

• Yanghao

• Papa

• Grandma Sands

From whose perspective is the excerpt Pie in the Sky told?

• Yanghao

• Papa

• Jingwen

• None of the above

True or False: Jingwen is teaching his brother sophisticated baking techniques.

• True

• False

What does Jingwen want?
(Hint: Use your motivation thinking job to answer this question!)

• Jingwen wants his little brother, Yanghao, to grow up.

• Jingwen wants to bake with his father again.

• Jingwen wants to make a rainbow cake.

• Jingwen wants to create a similar experience baking a cake with his brother as he had with his father.

Which TWO pieces of evidence shows that Yanghao is young and a little too immature to understand what Jingwen is trying to teach him?

• "He squints at me. 'How can something be too simple and too fancy at the same time?"

• "'Don't you know how to mix?' Yanghao says. "Do like this."

• "He pokes my cheek with his finger that's teeming with germs."

• "I close my eyes and see Mama and Papa in our old kitchen."

Match the following

• After Papa's death, Jingwen struggles.

• Lesson Learned

• Jingwen and Yanghao's kitchen

• Solution

• Jingwen is patient as Yanghao learns.

• Problem

• Patience helps us learn and grow.

• Setting

Place the events below in order according to Pie In The Sky's beginning, middle, and end.

• Jingwen is patient with Yanghao. After watching the cake rise, Yanghao shares his realization about how something can be too simple and too fancy at the same time.

• Yanghao continues to ask questions and insists on making rainbow cake for the restaurant's menu, but Jingwen (who is getting a headache) says it's too simple and too fancy.

• Jingwen is folding his cake mix, and teaches Yanghao, who is asking a lot of questions, this new technqiue.Yanghao brings up Papa, who passed away, and Jingwen feels conflicted about hearing Papa's name.

How do Jingwen and Yanghao interact?

• The brothers struggle to understand each other in their discussion of the restaurant.

• Jingwen is frustrated initially but becomes patient during the conversation. Yanghao doesn't understand baking techniques and is asking lots of questions at the beginning, but the end he is showing his brother how to embrace these teaching moments.

• Jingwen is patient with Yanghao from the beginning. Yanghao is very wise for his age. They get along well, and together they make cakes with the same technique.

• Unlike his dad, Jingwen is not a good teacher, so Yanghao has a lot of questions. Jingwen is overwhelmed by all of the questions and has fears of becoming an adult.

How does baking the cake impact Jingwen?

• Jingwen sees a newer, more mature side of his younger brother.

• Baking the cake brings up strong memories of Papa.

• Jingwen has given up on teaching his brother baking techniques.

• None of the above.

How does baking the cake impact Yanghao?
Select all of the correct answers.

• Yanghao wants to be closer to his brother after baking the cake together.

• Yanghao is disappointed that the rainbow cake won't be added to the menu.

• Yanghao learns that one thing can be both too fancy and too simple at the same time.

• Yanghao learns why the rainbow cake can't be added to the menu.