1. The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam from the book
by Huynh Quang Nhuong
Powerpoint presentation by Carol Harms, JSD 171, Orofino, ID

2. The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was
completed by It became part of French Indochina in 1887.
Vietnam declared independence after World War II, but France
continued to rule until its 1954 defeat by Communist forces
under Ho Chi MINH. Under the Geneva Accords of 1954,
Vietnam was divided into the Communist North and
anti-Communist South. US economic and military aid to
South Vietnam grew through the 1960s in an attempt to
bolster the government, but US armed forces were withdrawn
following a cease-fire agreement in Two years later,
North Vietnamese forces overran the South reuniting the
country under Communist rule.

3. This story is told by a man
who is looking back on
his childhood in Vietnam
and remembering special people,
moments or events in his life.
Huynh Quang Nhuong was born in Vietnam. He grew up there
and became a first lieutenant in the South Vietnamese army,
and was wounded during the Vietnam War. He came to the
United States for medical treatment. Once here, he became
a United States citizen.

4. Vietnam is in SouthEast Asia.
Look at the map to see what countries are its neighbors.
As you read, you will learn about Vietnamese culture. Culture is the way of life of a group of people in a particular time or place.

5. hamlet
a group of houses that make up a small village

6. cultivate
to take care of something so that it will grow

7. Passion
a strong feeling about
something

8. mythology
a group of stories made up long ago to explain natural events or religious beliefs and customs

9. karate
An Asian art of
self defense

10. deep shallow enter exit lead follow What do these word pairs
have in common?

11. deep shallow enter exit lead follow
These word pairs are antonyms or opposites. Can you think of an antonym for the following words?
feared, weak, sneaky

12. feared season
weak sneaky
one spelling of the
long e sound is ea

13. whined wherever
when whale
wh at the beginning
of a word says /hw/

14. mountains surrounded houses
downtown hours
mountains surrounded houses
These words contain the
/ow/ sound spelled ou and ow.

15. Weak swimmers should
stay in the shallow end of
the pool.
I feared this season’s
whole crop would be
ruined by the heat.

16. Weak swimmers should stay in the shallow end of the pool.
I feared this season’s whole crop
would be ruined by the heat.
1. Which words have the long e sound
spelled ea?
2. Find antonyms for the following words:
feared, ruined, heat, weak, and stay.

17. My little brother whined and followed me wherever I went.
1. Which words contain the digraph
wh? What sound does this make?
2. Think of an antonym for followed.

18. The author’s purpose is the reason for writing a selection.
Can you think of 4 purposes?

19. Author’s Purpose
1. To inform
2. To explain
3. To persuade
4. To entertain