Let us discuss
- Read the poem silently. As you read, mark the given statements as True or False.
(a) The child is looking at the kites. True
(b) The kites look like birds of different colours. True
(c) It was a rainy day. False
(d) The child wants to be like a kite. False
(e) The child wishes to climb on a kite. True
(f) The kite is made of cloth and plastic. False
(g) The child wants to ride the kite. True
(h) The child knows they would have fun. True
(i) The child wants to look at the kite from a rooftop. False
(j) The child would like to look at people down below. True
(k) The child knows that the people would stare. True
- Complete the following sentences.
(a) The kites have been compared to birds because they fly.
(b) The child wishes to be as light as air. The child wishes this to be able to climb on a kite and fly.
- Find a set of words from the poem that begin with the same consonant sound.
- Stanza 1: wind-whipped (both words begin with ‘w’)
- Stanza 3: wild wind (both words begin with ‘w’)
- In the last stanza, the two words that the poet repeats are high, high to tell us that the kite is flying very high.
Let us think and reflect
- Read the given lines from the poem and answer the following questions.
(a) Circle the word that does not share the same feeling as ‘fun’: joy, excitement, care, happiness.
Answer: Care
(b) Which line tells us that the poet was somewhere above?
Answer: “To look right down”
(c) Choose the scene the child saw.
Answer: The child saw the park and rooftops from high up in the air.
- Answer the following questions.
(a) How does the poet describe the kites in the first two lines?
Answer: The poet describes the kites as flying like coloured birds in the sky.
(b) Why does the child say that they have to be small and light as air to get onto the kite?
Answer: Because only if the child is small and light as air can they climb on a kite and fly with it.
(c) What are the songs that the child hears when flying atop the kite?
Answer: The child hears the songs that the wild wind sings.
(d) Why did the people look up at the child and stare? If you looked up and saw that, what feelings would you have?
Answer: People stared because they saw a child high in the air on a kite. I would feel amazed and surprised.
(e) If you were the kite carrying the child high up in the air, what would you tell them?
Answer: I would tell them to enjoy the view and hold on tight.
Let us learn
- Now, complete the given conversation by filling the blanks with some ‘parts of a kite’ words from above.
Bina: I love the long yellow tail at the end of my kite. What colour is your kite?
Saroj: My kite’s cover is pink. The spine is black.
Bina: Oh wonderful! My kite line is red. The reel that wraps it is green. I really like it.
Saroj: My kite line is red too. The tip of my kite has a blue nose.
- Now, create a cinquain poem yourself on anything you like.
Answer:
Bird
Small, colorful
Singing, flying, chirping
Joyfully, freely
Feather
Let us listen
As you listen, circle the words that are not correct. Then, listen again and write the correct words.
(a) Kite Festival is celebrated during the month of June.
Correct word: January
(b) The International Kite Festival is named Uttarayan in Eastern India.
Correct word: Western
(c) Uttarayan is mainly celebrated in Gujarat, but also in Maharashtra and Telangana.
Correct word: Rajasthan
(g) People of India also enjoy flying kites on Earth Day.
Correct word: Independence Day
Let us write
I am a Kite
I am a diamond-shaped kite with bright red and blue colors. I have a long tail with colorful ribbons. I belong to a girl named Anya. I fly high in the sky on windy days. My friends are the birds and other kites. I love to dance with the wind. I want to tell humans to look up and enjoy the beauty of the sky.