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The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen. Pour Orbit Fourth Source Sports Forward Force Order Wore Yourself. Support Sore Orange Anymore Ignore Portrait Border Course Tornado Your. Spelling. Challenge Words. Emperor Monarch Kingdom Palace Noble. Read Aloud: Flying Kites.
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Pour Orbit Fourth Source Sports Forward Force Order Wore Yourself Support Sore Orange Anymore Ignore Portrait Border Course Tornado Your Spelling
Challenge Words • Emperor • Monarch • Kingdom • Palace • Noble
Read Aloud: Flying Kites • How does the narrator feel about flying a kite? • The narrator is excited and happy about flying a kite. • Where is the best place to fly a kite? • In a large, open space without trees
Why do you think the kite got stuck in the tree? • The narrator is so excited about flying the kite that he or she doesn’t pay attention to the surroundings.
Vocabulary • Insignificant • Plotting • Twined • Steely • Encircling • Loyal • Neglected • Unyielding
PLOTTING • Plot-ting • V. • Planning to do something evil in secret
LOYAL • Loy-al • Adj. • Constant and faithful to people or ideals
NEGLECTED • Ne-glec-ted • V. • Failed to care for/attend to something
INSIGNIFICANT • In-sig-nif-i-cant • Adj. • Little worth, meaning or size
ENCIRCLING • En-cir-cl-ing • V. • Forming a circle around; surrounding
UNYIELDING • Un-yield-ing • Adj. • Never-ending; not giving way
STEELY • Stee-ly • Adj. • Like steel (in strength, hardness or coldness)
TWINED • Twined • Adj./verb • Twisted around • (twine is a type of string…so picture the roll of twine on a kite wrapped around)
Vocabulary • Insignificant • Lacking in importance, meaning, size or worth • Plotting • Planning in secret to do something, often something evil • Twined • Twisted around • Steely • Like steel, as in strength, hardness, or coldness
Encircling • Forming a circle around; surrounding • Loyal • Constant and faithful to people or ideals • Neglected • Failed to care for or attend to • Unyielding • Constant and never-ending; not giving way
Characters • Djeow Seow • The emperor
Setting • China • Long ago
Problem • The emperor does not pay attention to Djeow Seow because she is small.
Important Events • The emperor is captured by evil men. • A monk helps Djeow Seow figure out how to rescue the emperor. Djeow Seow rescues the emperor.
Solution • The emperor realizes that Djeow Seow is important and learns never to neglect anyone.