A Single Shard post #3

Summary

Chapter 6
In this chapter Tree-ear finds out that the royal emissary was on a tour to the potters village. He doesn't know if he should tell Min about Kang's idea. If he tells Min about Kang's better style. Min might be able to sell more pottery to the royal emissary if he listens to . As usual he asked crane-man for advice.

In the seventh chapter Min starts to be nicer to Tree-ear. Tree

Connector To History

I found that they really did use inlay pottery in Korea. Although in the book it is just developing inlay pottery is a real thing not just the author’s imagination. More at http://www.koreanculture.org/06about_korea/symbols/13pottery.htm

Investigator

I decided to investigate what time period of Korea’s history there were in and more about the period. I found out that the book is set in the Goryeo period. In this period of time in Korea’s history Korea did very well in many ways but then later in the time period the Mongols attacked and to survive Korea became part of china’s Yuan Dynasty.

Discussion director

1. Do you think it was a good idea that Tree-ear told Min about Kan's better style of pottery?

We thought that it was a good idea from tee-ears point of view but Kang would be mad about it.
2.Are people exited about the rouyal edmisary?
Yes, they are very exited

Vocab.

Inlaid-decorated or made with a design set into the surface: an inlaid table.

Edmissary-a representative sent on a mission or errand: emissaries to negotiate a peace.

kiln-a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, esp. one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.