"Hachiko" Jeopardy

Characters

100

Kentaro   Dr. Ueno   Hachiko   Mama   Papa   Mr. Kobayashi

• _______________ is the father to Kentaro.

Papa

200

Kentaro   Dr. Ueno   Hachiko   Mama   Papa   Mr. Kobayashi

• ______________________ is Hachiko’s owner at the beginning of the story.

Dr. Ueno 

300

Kentaro   Dr. Ueno   Hachiko   Mama   Papa   Mr. Kobayashi

• __________________________ walked Mr. Ueno to the station every morning and waits for him to come home.

Hachiko

400

Word Bank: Kentaro   Dr. Ueno   Hachiko   Mama   Papa   Mr. Kobayashi

• ________________ goes to the train station to visit Hachiko every day.

Kentaro 

500

Kentaro   Dr. Ueno   Hachiko   Mama   Papa   Mr. Kobayashi

• Hachiko goes to live with _________________________ after Mr. Ueno passes away.

Mr. Kobayashi 

Vocabulary

100

Word Bank: anxiously, timidly, patiently, thoughtfully, silently

• __________________________in a worried, uneasy manner.

anxiously 

200

Word Bank: anxiously, timidly, patiently, thoughtfully, silently

• __________________________bearing annoyance, hardship, or pain calmly and without complaint or anger.

patiently 

300

Word Bank: anxiously, timidly, patiently, thoughtfully, silently

• ___________________________showing careful consideration or attention

thoughtfully 

400

Word Bank: anxiously, timidly, patiently, thoughtfully, silently

• ___________________________ in a shy or fearful way, cautiously

timidly 

500

Word Bank: anxiously, timidly, patiently, thoughtfully, silently

• ___________________________ without noise

silently 

Historical Fiction

100

True or False

• _____Historical fiction is based on real events from the past.

True 

200

True or False

• _____Historical fiction can only include real characters.

False 

300

True or False

• _____ The setting of a historical fiction text accurately shows places that exist in real life.

True 

400

True or False

• _____ The conflict in a historical; fiction text could be true or imagined.

True 

500

True or False

• _____ Historical fiction can include real and/or made-up characters.

False 

Theme

100

What is the definition of a theme?

the central or main idea, concern, or purpose in a literary work. 

200

What is the theme of “Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog?

True loyally to another is lifelong

300

Give a detail from the story that accurately describes how Kentaro shows loyalty.

Answers may vary. 

400

Give a detail from the story that accurately describes how Hachiko shows loyalty.

Answers may vary. 

500

Give a detail from the story that accurately describes how the people of Japan showed loyalty to Hachiko.

Answers may vary. 

Adverbs of Manner

100

• What two letters do you add to ad adverb to make it an adverb of manner?

-ly

200

• Turn the word anxious into an adverb of manner.

anxiously 

300

• Turn the word silent into an adverb of manner.

silently 

400

• Turn the word patient into an adverb of manner.

patiently 

500

• Write a sentence that correctly uses an adverb of manner.

Answers may vary. 

Plural Nouns

100

Turn story into a plural noun

stories 

200

 Turn memory into a plural noun.

memories 

300

Turn life into a plural noun.

lives 

400

 If a word ends in y, what letter/s do you change it to make it plural?

y-i and add es 

500

If a word ends in f, what letter do you change f to make the word plural?

change f- v and add es or s

Capital Letters

100

Directions Fix the capitalization error in each sentence. Then tell what the capitalization rule is.

just then, Papa appeared.

Just then, Papa appeared.

The first word in a sentence. 

200

Directions Fix the capitalization error in each sentence. Then tell what the capitalization rule is.

I asked, “but what will happen to Hachiko?”

I asked, “But what will happen to Hachiko?”

The first word in a line of dialogue. 

300

Directions Fix the capitalization error in each sentence. Then tell what the capitalization rule is.

Mama and i went to see Hachiko.

Mama and I went to see Hachiko.

The pronoun I is always capital. 

400

Directions Fix the capitalization error in each sentence. Then tell what the capitalization rule is.

shibuya station is enormous now.

Shibuya Station is enormous now.

Proper nouns

500

Directions Fix the capitalization error in each sentence. Then tell what the capitalization rule is.

“His name is Hachiko”, said dr. Ueno.

“His name is Hachiko”, said Dr. Ueno.

A person's title, if used as part of a name.