1. KNOWLEDGE Why was Allen Say's grandfather so impressed by what he saw on his first trip to North America? Use details from the story.
2. ANALYZING How are the journeys that Allen Say and his grandfather take similar? How are they different?
3. ANALYZING Why do you think Allen Say wanted to tell the story of his grandfather's journey?
4. GENERATING If you were seeing North America for the first time, what would impress you the most? Why?
5. INTEGRATING Why did Grandfather keep songbirds in North America and in Japan? Why did he stop?
6. CONNECTIONS How do the settings in Grandfather's Journey and Akiak play an important part in each journey? Be sure to give examples.
3. Allen Say shared the story of his grandfather because he loved his grandfather and he wanted his readers to know how alike they are.
ReplyDelete5. Grandfather kept songbirds in North America because they reminded him of home. He kept songbirds in Japan by habit. He stopped keeping songbirds because he was sad and upset by the war. He no longer wanted to keep songbirds.
1. Grandfather is amazed by the desert and enormous rocks like sculptures.
ReplyDelete3. The author wants to write about his grandfather because his grandfather has gone on some exciting journies.
Integrating (5) - the reson way grandfather kept song birds is because he could not forget about Japan also he was home sick .
ReplyDeleteknowledge (1) - allen say`s grandfather was impressed because this was the first time he had seen America .he amazed by the enormous rocks and sculptures .
1.Grandfather was impressed by the tall buildings and rocks.Thay are not like the ones in Japn.
ReplyDelete2.Allen say's grandfather loved california and Allen did to but grandfather stayed loger in california then Allen
1.The reason grandfather was impressed was he was so marveld with the towering mountains and rivers as clear as the sky.
ReplyDelete2.The reason Allen Say wanted to tell the story was he thought the story was interesting that his grandfather got to do something that he want to do.
1.Allen Say was so impressed on his first trip to North America is because there was a lot of stuff he had not seen before like huge factories and tall buildings.
ReplyDelete5.Grandfather keeps song birds with him is because it reminds Grandfather of his home and remembers the montains and rivers.
1.Allen Say's grandfather was so impressed because he saw huge cities of factories and tall buildings that excited him.
ReplyDelete4.If i was seeing North America for the first time,i would be impressed about the endless farm fields and the deserts with rocks like enormous sculptures.
2.Allen Say and his grandfather are similer because he went to California and had a daughter and move back to his homeland.Allen Say didnt return to japan he return to San Fansisco and his grandfather return to japan.
ReplyDelete4. If I saw North America the first time I would love the mountains,places,stores,and the diferent people mostly it's because where I was from it was totally different than North America.
1.Allen Says grand father was impressed by North
ReplyDeleteAmerica because of the enormus scuptures,huge cities of factories,and tall buidings,and the towering moutain.
2.The grand son and grand father get home sick when they are in Japan.They get home sick for California and when they are in California they
are they are home sick for Japan.There differnce is that the Grandfather traveld all around the world and the Grand son did not.
4.I would seem happy and smiling and impreesed because how would you thank if you would of saw north carloinia for your first time.1.who had seen deserts rocks enormous sculptures oceans that he did not now.he saw cities factories and tall buildings.
ReplyDelete3.The reason why Allen say wrote the book on his grandfather journeys because Allen say missed his grandpa.
ReplyDelete4.The thing that would impress me are monutains,rivers and lakes.
2. Grandfater was impressd by the tall bildings becuse they did'nt have themy in japan. 4.If I went to america the thing that would impressd me it would the food.
ReplyDelete3.I think Allen Say thougt his grandfather's jounrey was interesting because how he saw the deserts and cities he talked about.
ReplyDelete4.I would be inpressed by the skyscrapers and all the tall buildings that are around.
2.The journey between Allen Say and his grandfather are similar because they both travled from Japan to California.The differences are that Allen Say got married in Japan and went back to California.
ReplyDelete4.If I saw North America for the first time I would be impressed by how because I love beautiful place like the beach.
3.Allen Say wrote about his grandfather because he also went where his grandfather was so that is why he wrote about his grandfather.
ReplyDelete5.Grandfather surrounded himself with songbirds to try and make him forget about Japan, but the songbirds did not work so that is why he had so many songbirds with him.
1.I think grandfather was so impressed because they had huge cities of factories and tall buildings.
ReplyDelete3.I think Allin Say is telling about his grandfather becuase he had ber on a trip and it was cool so Allin Say wanted to writea book about it.
1.Journeys Allen Say and grandfather take are similar because they both feel the same way about california when they'er in japan and they'er different times. 2.If i was seeing North AMERICA for the frist time i would be impressed of their dress and the way they have tall building because in japan the dress different then americans and the building are short in japan.
ReplyDelete1.I think grandfather was so inperst because he had never seen feilds as big as the ocean, and he had never seen cities , factories, or tall buildings before.
ReplyDelete3.It might have amazed Alln Say that his grandfather had taken a journy to the new world and he might have wanted to tell other people also. Tatum Beck
kowledge-his grandfather was impressed with the
ReplyDeleteloney sae coast when he went to california
analyzing-Iwould be impressed with the new people
and the dogs and eveything