Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by Lensey Namioka by John Cassiday https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang Reviewed by John Cassiday en-us 2017-11-16 19:17:29 UTC 2025-11-10 14:47:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Setting 21cassidayj https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/207872523 China and United States. Around 2010.]]> 2017-11-16 19:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/207872523 Fact 21cassidayj https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/216349724 Yingtao lives in Washington.]]> 2017-12-14 22:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/216349724 Fact 21cassidayj https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/216350051 Yingtao was born and is from China.]]> 2017-12-14 22:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/216350051 Fact 21cassidayj https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/216350304 Yingtao doesn't like playing the violin.]]> 2017-12-14 22:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/216350304 Fact 21cassidayj https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/216350664 Yingtao loves to play Baseball.]]> 2017-12-14 22:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/216350664 10 Sentence Summary 21cassidayj https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/216365397 The story is about a boy named Yingtao who has a terrible ear. He is forced to play the violin, but he's not good at it because he has a bad ear. His family is doing a recital to get more students to get more money because they are quite poor. No matter how hard he tries, Yingtao cannot play well. Then he meets a friend at school whose name is Matthew. Matthew teaches Yingtao how to play baseball. ]]> 2017-12-15 01:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/216365397 10 Sentence Summary Continued... 21cassidayj https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/216365791 Eventually the recital comes around and Yingtao did not improve at all. So, they put a curtain behind them and have Matthew play Yingtao's part. Everything goes well until his sister purposefully knocks down the curtain and everyone realizes that Matthew is playing the violin instead of Yingtao. Yingtao's parents realize that they should stop forcing him to play the violin. The End. ]]> 2017-12-15 01:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/216365791 Vocabulary words 21cassidayj https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/217018408 Quartet -  a group of 4 instruments playing together   Recital - practicing music aloud
Grumbled -  complaining about something in a tempered way
Puzzled -  to be confused about something
Jeered - to scorn some in a loud ungrateful way 


]]> 2017-12-18 16:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/217018408 Things about their culture 21cassidayj https://padlet.com/21cassidayj/yang/wish/217021685 1. Because of their culture their names have to be in order of birth.Example: Eldest brother.
2. Only the parents are allowed to call them by their actual names.
3. They have to eat there whole plate with nothing left before they are excused.

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