Understanding Themes and Vocabulary

What is a theme in the text?

• Enjoyment can come from experiencing new things.

• Living far apart from someone can bring you closer together.

• Some good can come from bad experiences.

• People from different generations often have different views.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which sentence best supports the theme of the text?

• Obaasan promised to show them around Tokyo, but Todd really did not want to leave San Francisco.

• This trip was even worse than Todd had expected.

• It also had a number of food theme areas like Ice Cream City, where shops sell ice cream.

• When it was time to return to America, Todd did not want to leave.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the meaning of the word petite?

• excited

• cautious

• small

• drowsy

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word observatory describe in this sentence?

• eyewear used to see distances

• the layout of a city’s streets

• a natural formation

• a structure overlooking a great view

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Read the sentence from the text.

"Because the puppets were so large, everything they said and did seemed exaggerated."

Look for a cause-and-effect relationship in the sentence to help you define the word exaggerated. First write the context clues from the sentence that hint at the meaning of the word. Then use these clues to write the definition of the word. Choose from the definitions in the box below

• Context Clues: The puppets were so small

  Definition: Little

• Context Clues: The puppets were so large

  Definition: Magnified or extreme

• Context Clues: The puppets were so cute

  Definition: pretty or beautiful

• Context Clues: The were no puppets

  Definition: Imaginary

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What lesson does Todd learn in the text?

• He should spend less time playing video games.

• He should try to keep an open mind.

• He should visit other countries with his grandmother.

• He should spend more time with family and less with friends.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2