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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Respond to Chapters 1-2
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Write the answers to these questions using complete sentences.
1. Personal response: Sadako was very excited for Peace Day. What holidays or celebrations excite you? Why?
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2. Setting: This story is based on true events that happened in Hiroshima, Japan. What happened only in Hiroshima that makes the setting important in this story?
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3. Character: Reread pages 6 & 12. What was Mrs. Sasaki like? How can you tell?
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4. Summarize: Reread pages 6-7. What was Peace Day?
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5. Conclusions: The atom bomb was dropped nine years before the story began. Why did Mr. Sasaki still pray that his family would be protected from the bomb?
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6. Conclusions: What tells you that the Thunderbolt, or the atom bomb, was a tragic, horrible event?
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7. Character: What was Sadako like?
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Respond to Chapters 3 -5
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Write the answers to these questions using complete sentences.
1. Personal Response: Sadako’s family was very proud of her for making the relay team. What have you done that made people proud of you?
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2. Judgement: At first Sadako’s parents didn’t tell her that she had leukemia. They just said she might be in the hospital for a few weeks. Do you think they were right to say this? What would you have said?
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3. Character’s Motive: Sadako started getting dizzy. Why did she keep this a secret from her family and friends?
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4. Evidence and Conclusions: Why did Sadako cover her ears when she heard the word leukemia?
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5. Cause and Effect: A story said that is a sick person made 1,000 paper cranes, she would be healthy again. How did this story affect Sadako?
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6. Inference: Reread page 30. Chizuko did not believe in good luck charms. Why would she tell the story about the crane and bring paper to fold?
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7. Inference: Mrs. Sasaki told Sadako, “I’ll buy a kimono for you. A girl your age should have one.” What did she mean?
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Respond to Chapters 6-7
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Write the answers to these questions using complete sentences.
1. Personal Response: Everyone tried to help Sadako make a thousand paper cranes. How do people help you when you are sick?
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2. Plot: Who did Sadako meet in the hospital? What happened soon after they met? What did Sadako learn from meeting him?
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3. Metaphors: A metaphor is a comparison that does not use like or as. Page 37 says, “Her bones seemed to be on fire.” Tell the two things that are compared. Then, tell what the metaphor showed about Sadako.
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4. Comparisons: Reread pages 38 & 40. How were Kenji and Sadako alike? How were they different?
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5. Inference: How did making the cranes help Sadako and her family?
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6. Paraphrase: Sadako is angry that she made her mother sad. What did she mean when she said, “I’m such a turtle!”?
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7. Character: Sadako forced herself to eat some of the special food. Why? What did this show about her?
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Respond to Chapters 8- Epilogue
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Write the answers to these questions using complete sentences.
1. Personal Response: Is there a memorial or other place that you go to remember something or someone? Describe where it is and what it means to you. ______
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2. Conclusions: How did Sadako affect people while she lived and after she died? Why do you think she caused people to feel this way?
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3. Monitor Reading: Reread pages 61-62. Choose a part of what you just read that was difficult to understand. Ask two questions about that part. Write the questions and answers below.
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4. Sequence: The doctor surprised Sadako by letting her go home for a few days. What happened during her visit?
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5. Conclusions: Why did Mrs. Sasaki make Sadako a kimono?
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6. Inference: Sadako’s classmates made the rest of the cranes. What did the cranes mean to Sadako at the end of her life?
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7. Author’s Purpose: Why do you think the author wrote this book?
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