Comprehension
What is the main theme of the passage?
It is better to do one’s own work than to take the ideas of others
Which phrase helps the reader understand the meaning of the word "miniature"?
tiny branches…
What type of point of view does this story use (who is the narrator focused on)?
What is "Third-person limited focused on Mayuko" (narration centers on Mayuko's experiences and thoughts)
Which line in the scrapbook is an example of a haiku?
"Little ladybug / Rests beneath the petals' shade / Before flying on."
Which sentence shows Mayuko admitting she used someone else’s work?
I copied the ladybug haiku and turned it in as a rough draft for school.
The scrapbook contained a short poem identified as what type of poem?
What is "a haiku”
How would the passage change if it were written in first-person point of view?
"The reader would know only the thoughts and feelings of Mayuko as she worked on her science project."
How many lines and syllables are typically in a haiku as noted in the passage?
"Three lines and seventeen syllables"
What event gave Mayuko the idea for her final project?
Seeing her cousins play with origami birds
In paragraph 14 Mayuko says "Gomen nasai." What does this phrase show about her behavior?
"She is apologizing"
Which question on the original test asks about how the passage would be different if written as a play?
"It would have a cast list and stage directions."
Which quotation best supports the theme that taking someone else’s idea is wrong?
"Mayuko realized that using her grandmother’s haiku had been a mistake…"
How did Miss Jennings react when Mayuko explained she hadn’t written the original haiku and then shared her own?
Miss Jennings smiled and patted her shoulder" and praised her haiku and origami
The passage uses the phrase "the paper trembled in Mayuko's hand." What does that phrase suggest about her emotional state?
"She was nervous and fearful about being discovered"
Identify a paragraph that contains dialogue and explain how the dialogue advances the plot.
"Paragraph 6 (grandfather: 'You can look through them…') and paragraph 21 (Mayuko telling Miss Jennings) — the dialogue shows family involvement, sets up the scrapbook discovery, and advances Mayuko’s decision to confess and create her own haiku."
Identify two literary devices used in Mayuko’s original haiku she later wrote about butterflies.
"Imagery (butterflies becoming pretty flowers on the bonsai) and personification/implied transformation"
Explain how Mayuko’s feelings changed from the time she took the scrapbook to the time she presented her project.
At first Mayuko felt nervous and guilty after taking and copying her grandmother’s haiku; she felt terrible and ran to the bonsai garden. By the presentation she was honest, wrote her own haiku inspired by the garden and origami, and felt proud when Miss Jennings praised her!
Explain how the word "bonsai" is clarified by the passage and the visual description.
"The passage and picture show bonsai as little trees with tiny branches twisting up to the sun, a small or miniature tree in a garden setting"
Explain how the author’s choice to include the scrapbook and family gathering affects the development of theme.
“What is "Including the scrapbook and family gathering shows family connections, introduces the original haiku (temptation), and highlights the lesson about honesty and doing your own work, supporting the theme."
Compare the two haiku presented in the passage (the ladybug haiku and Mayuko’s butterfly haiku). How do they differ in subject and use of imagery?
The ladybug haiku focuses on a small insect resting under petals, using quiet imagery; Mayuko's haiku focuses on butterflies playing and transforming into flowers on a bonsai, using imaginative, garden-centered imagery and connection to origami and bonsai theme."