Linda Sue Park Author Study by Ana Christensen https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp Linda Sue Park is a Newbery award (2002) winning author. Park has written many books including A Single Shard, Kite Fighters, SeeSaw Girl, and When My Name Was Keoko. en-us 2016-05-16 14:40:19 UTC 2025-04-16 17:16:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/earth.jpg Interesting/fun facts sbuford https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111041141 Some interesting/fun facts about Linda Sue Park are that she became a professional writer when she published her first poem at age nine, Park did not test her hand at writing fiction until she was in her mid-thirties, and Park became the first Korean American to take home the honor. ]]> 2016-05-16 14:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111041141 Books Written/Awards Received achristensen8 https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111041292 Linda Sue Park has written many inspiring Korean culture books. Park has written The Kite Fighters, SeeSaw Girl, When My Name was Keoko, A Long Walk to Water, and 2002 Newbery award winning A Single Shard. She also has written two books in the 39 Clues' series: Cahills Vs. Vespers, and Trust No One.  Park has won the 2002 California Young Readers Medal finalist,
2001 Notable Books for a Global Society,
2000 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year,
2004 Texas Bluebonnet Master List, and the 
2005 Arizona Young Readers’ Master List.]]> 2016-05-16 14:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111041292 History of Korea jhinman https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111250538 Korea's first kingdom was founded in 2333 BCE by Dangun, who was said to be ascended from heaven. Korea's culture was one of constant struggle between the forces of unification and division. Dangun had spawn the Gojoseon (then called Joseon). Then the Joseon civilization had collapsed. The collapse had brought upon the Three Kingdoms period. The three kingdoms included Goguryeo, Baekje, and the Silla Kingdoms. While the power of Goguryeo and Baekje was great, the power of Silla had spread all across Korea. ]]> 2016-05-17 14:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111250538 Settings, characters and plot for When My Name Was Keoko kcrosson2 https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111251182 In My Name Was Keoko the main characters are Sun-hee/Keoko and Tae-yul / Nobuo. The setting is in Korea during WW2 when the Japanese invaded Korea in 1943 to 1945. They lived in a small house by the mountains.]]> 2016-05-17 14:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111251182  Summary and Rating of The Kite Fighters achristensen8 https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111253608 Kite Fighters has many unique and detailed words. She uses many Korean Culture references.  This book, out of 4 stars, is a 3. This is because Park doesn't draw the reader in and doesn't keep the reader interested. Although Park does use unique writing techniques to enhance her Korean culture. Kite Fighter is about to young boys, Young-Sup and Kee-Sup. Both boys love kite fighting but one boy has to fly the kite for the king in the New Years Eve ceremony. Their biggest challenge is the best know Kite Fighter. This is shown when the author states " Young-Sup had won. He was the new champion".]]> 2016-05-17 14:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111253608 Korean Culture jhinman https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111258055 In Korea's culture, many traditions differ from our's. This includes orphans, women, and younger children being treated with not as much respect as others. Examples of this are shown in the Park novels A Single Shard, Seesaw Girl, and The Kite Fighters. Another tradition is exemplified in Seesaw Girl which is the hairstyle, a topknot, indicating a married status.]]> 2016-05-17 14:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111258055 Summary of SeeSaw Girl  sbuford https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111258665 I give this book a 4-4 because Linda Sue Park did a great job of hooking the reader in. SeeSaw Girl is about a korean girl who is very interested in the outside world. She escapes her home court and goes into the outside world. She went to see willow but when she got to the house of Lee willow did not want to see her. So she went back home and got in big trouble with her mom and dad. In the end she makes a seesaw and she has her cousin jump on the other side and she goes flying and sees the mountains and she is happy so she goes inside and helps the other girls get ready for dinner. She uses symbolism in her writing. She shows symbolism by saying " Jumping on the seesaw had felt almost like flying". ]]> 2016-05-17 14:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111258665 Biography kcrosson2 https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111260647 Linda Sue Park was born in Urbana, Illinois on March 25, 1960. She grew up outside of Chicago. The daughter of Korean immigrants, she has been writing poems and stories since she was four years old, and her favorite thing to do as a child was read.This is the first thing she ever published—a haiku in a children's magazine when she was nine years old:

In the green forest 
A sparkling, bright blue pond hides. 
And animals drink.

During middle school and high school, Linda Sue had several more poems published in magazines for children and young people. She went to Stanford University, competed for the gymnastics team, and graduated with a degree in English. Then she got a job for an oil company as public-relations writer.
]]> 2016-05-17 14:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111260647 achristensen8 https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111261365 Linda Sue Park's Ted Talk]]> 2016-05-17 15:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111261365 Common Trends in The Kite fighters achristensen8 https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111468219 Linda Sue Park uses many interesting settings, characters, themes, plot structures, and points of view.  One of her unique settings is a kite shop in the town. She describes the owner and shop in a unique way.Her characters have creative names and not a common name, Young-Sup and Kee-Sup. Park uses a theme that impacts our perspective of the book. Her theme is " Always have hope and courage".  Her points of view don't just show one character's thinking... She shows all the characters actions. This makes it easier to see and feel all the characters emotions and actions. She uses three important techniques. She uses tone, angry tone to represent Young-Sup's anger being the younger sibling. She also uses symbolism to represent Korean culture. Park uses a lot of description to paint a picture in our heads to help understand the book. She shows discription by saying " He smiled, sure that he had now found his light".]]> 2016-05-18 14:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111468219 Summarizing A Single Shard jhinman https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111469477 A Single Shard explains the story of Tree-ear, an orphan living in a village called Ch'ulp'o. Tree-ear has a caregiver that resembles a parent named Crane-man. When Tree-ear notices a man named Min, the master potter of the village, he decides that he will pursue a career in pottery. His plan was to become Min's apprentice, however, Crane-man soon tells him that Ch'ulp'o isn't a village of potters, it is a village of fishermen. Tree-ear ignores these wise words of Crane-man and decides to admire Min's pottery. He watches Min as he creates a pot from the lump of clay standing before him. Meanwhile, Tree-ear accidentally breaks one of Min's pots. Min understands that Tree-ear is an orphan and needs no payment for his clumsiness. Tree-ear takes this opportunity to work for Min by doing his different deeds to prepare for potting. After time, Tree-ear asks Min to allow him to become his potting apprentice. This doesn't end so well for Min, he gets furious at Tree-ear hinting at him that he would teach his son if he was still alive. This results in Tree-ear taking a tremendous journey to prove himself worthy of becoming a potter.]]> 2016-05-18 14:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111469477 kcrosson2 https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111471406 2016-05-18 14:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111471406 Seesaw Girls setting, characters, and other features sbuford https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111474532 Seesaw Girls setting is at the Hans house. The main characters are Jade Blossom, Tiger Heart, and Jades mom. The theme is to always have courage. The plot is in the beggining Jade is happy because Willow is there. The climax is when Jade left her home. The end is when Jade jumps on the seesaw and sees the mountains. The symbol in the book is Jade's ivory ball and the mountains. The point of view is 3rd person. ]]> 2016-05-18 14:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111474532 Rating of A Single Shard jhinman https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111476506 Overall I would give this book a rating of 4 out of 4. This is because in the beginning of the book Park really draws the reader in because the reader has a reason to feel sorry for Tree-ear's state of being an orphan. Although it is honorable to follow the tradition and not respect orphans, Crane-man disregards this rule and becomes the caregiver of him. It is nice to see that someone cares for an individual who has no one to come home to in his village.]]> 2016-05-18 14:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111476506 Linda Sue Park's Larger Contributions jhinman https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111868339 Throughout her novels, Linda Sue Park has influenced other novels through sharing her ancestors past experiences and what it was like to live in ancient Korea. ]]> 2016-05-20 14:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111868339 Summary of When my name was Keoko kcrosson2 https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111871143 In the beginning ,Keoko is called Sun-hee and she is eves droping and tries to ask questions. Then ,she goes and tries to not get angry becuse of some news papers. then the Korean schools were preparing the kids for defence technques to deffend the school. Then again, Tae-yul volentered fo the army. ]]> 2016-05-20 14:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111871143 Connection achristensen8 https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111873030 Across our novels Park uses a formal writing form. She uses descriptive words and unique characters. Formal writing is shown in Kite Fighter by saying " On the day chosen by the soothsayer, the family dressed in their finest clothes and assembled in the largest room of the house- The Hall of Ancestors". Descriptive words are shown in Seesaw Girl by "She saw them in the dusk, purple-blue this time against the bluer sky". In the book "When My Name Was Keoko", Linda sue park uses Multiple point of views and this is shown by the different chapters.]]> 2016-05-20 14:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/achristensen8/kt57wuommdvp/wish/111873030