The Kites – Part 2
Let us do these activities before we read.
1. Answer the following questions and share with your teacher and classmates:
(a) Have you ever flown a kite or seen someone fly it? Where? When?
Answer: Yes, I have flown a kite during the festival of Makar Sankranti. It was in my neighborhood park, and it was a bright and windy afternoon.
(b) Describe the kite—colour(s), shape, design of tail, any other detail.
Answer: My kite was diamond-shaped, brightly colored with red and yellow, and had a long green tail with ribbons attached to it.
(c) What did you think when you saw the kite up in the sky?
Answer: When I saw the kite high in the sky, I felt excited and proud to see it flying so freely. It looked like a bird soaring through the wind.
2. Search the internet for videos on Kite Festivals and watch them with your teacher and classmates.
(a) Share the things with your teacher that you saw and what the people were doing.
Answer: In the kite festival video, people were flying kites of various shapes and sizes. Some kites were shaped like animals and unique designs. Everyone looked very happy, and there was a lot of cheering.
(b) Would you like to participate in this kind of festival? Why?
Answer: Yes, I would love to participate because it looks like a fun and joyful event where everyone comes together to celebrate.
(c) What kind of kite would you like to fly?
Answer: I would like to fly a big dragon-shaped kite because it would look majestic in the sky.
3. Look at the picture and complete the sentences. Share your responses with your teacher.
windy, kite, flying, birds, sky, looking, has ribbons
(a) I can see ___________, ___________ and _________ in the picture.
(b) The weather in the picture is ___________.
(c) The kite is ___________ high in the sky.
(d) The child is ___________ from below.
(e) The tail of the kite ___________.
Answer:
(a) I can see kites, birds, and the sky in the picture.
(b) The weather in the picture is windy.
(c) The kite is flying high in the sky.
(d) The child is looking up from below.
(e) The tail of the kite has ribbons.
4. Now, think and answer.
(a) List two more things that you want to add to the picture.
Answer: Sun, Aeroplane
(b) If I were the child, I would _______
Answer: love to play with the birds.
(c) If I were the kite, I would _________
Answer: love to fly high.
Let us discuss
1. Read the poem silently. As you read, mark the given statements as True or False.
Answer:
| Statements | T/F |
| (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 |
2. Complete the following sentences.
(a) The poet says that the kites are like coloured birds – See the kites fly/ Like coloured birds in the sky.
The kites have been compared to birds because they fly high and freely in the sky.
(b) The child wishes to be like air – I wish I were small / And as light as air. The child wishes to be as light as air. The child wishes this to be able to climb on a kite and fly.
3. Find a set of words from the poem that begin with the same consonant sound.
Stanza 1
Which consonant sound do both words begin with?
Stanza 3
Which consonant sound do both words begin with?
Answer:
Stanza 1: wild – wind
Stanza 3: stand – stare
This is called alliteration. For example, big bright blue bag, funny fan, etc.
Create 4 other sets of words using alliteration.
Answer:
- Big bright balloon
- Funny fluffy feathers
- Silly singing star
- Lazy little lizard
4. In the last stanza, the two words that the poet repeats are ________, _______ to tell us that the kite is flying __ __ __ y high.
Answer: In the last stanza, the two words that the poet repeats are high, high to tell us that the kite is flying very high.
5. Study each stanza and underline the rhyming words from the end of each line. Also, circle the end words in the stanzas that do not rhyme.
Answer:
Rhyming Words in Each Stanza:
- fly and sky
- air and there
- wings and sings
- down and town
- stare and air
Let us think and reflect
1. Read the given lines from the poem and answer the following questions.
What fun it would be
To look right down,
Over the park
And the rooftops of town.
(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, over the park and the rooftops of town.
2. Answer the following questions.
(a) How does the poet describe the kites in the first two lines?
Answer: The poet compares the kites to “coloured birds in the sky,” showing how they fly freely and beautifully.
(b) Why does the child say that they have to climb a tree first to get onto the kite?
Answer: The child imagines they need to be as high as possible, so they suggest climbing a tree to get closer to the kite and ride it.
(c) What are the songs that the child hears when flying atop the kite?
Answer: The child hears the songs of the wind, imagining the sound of the breeze as the kite soars through the air.
(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 looked up and stared because it would be unusual and surprising to see a child flying on a kite. If I looked up and saw that, I would feel amazed and excited.
(e) If you were the kite carrying the child high up in the air, what would you tell them?
Answer: If I were the kite, I would tell the child to enjoy the beautiful view, feel the wind, and let go of any worries as we soar high together.
Let us learn
1. Look at the picture of the kite and read what some of its parts are named.
Now, complete the given conversation by filling the blanks with some ‘parts of a kite’ words from above.
Answer:
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 like it.
Saroj: My kite line is red too. The tip of my kite has a blue nose.
Bina: Beautiful! Let’s go and fly our pretty kite.
2. Let us create a poem using words in a kite!
This is called a cinquain poem. It is a five line poem that describes a person, a place or a thing.
Now, create a cinquain poem yourself on anything you like.
Answer:
Now, here’s another example of a cinquain poem on a tree:
Tree
Tall, green
Swaying, growing, sheltering
Gently, quietly
Life-giver
3. The poet uses the word ‘fly’ and ‘drift’ to tell us about the kite’s movement.
(a) Circle the words that match with the ‘drift’ movement:
You can choose more than one word.
Answer:
- Slow
- Downward
- Float
- Round and round
(b) Study some other words about the kite’s movement and share what type of movement they show:
Answer:
- Glide: Smooth and gentle movement.
- Dive: Quick, downward movement.
- Soar: Rising high, usually in an effortless way.
- Swoop: Sudden, fast, downward movement.
- Circle: Moving round and round in the air.
4.) The poet has used expressions like— up in the air; look right down; stay up there; stand and stare
(a) Read how these expressions are used in the poem.
(b) In pairs, make sentences using these expressions. Discuss with your teacher and then write in your notebooks.
Ans. (a)
- Up in the air
- Look right down
- Stay up there
- Stand and stare
(b) Sentences using these expressions:
- Up in the air: The kite was flying up in the air, dancing with the wind.
- Look right down: From the top of the hill, I could look right down at the valley below.
- Stay up there: The kite managed to stay up there for hours, even as the wind changed directions.
- Stand and stare: The children could only stand and stare in amazement as the colorful kites filled the sky.
Let us listen
Listen about the Kite Festival in India. As you listen, circle the words that are not correct. Then, listen again and write the correct words. (refer to page 163 for transcript)
(a) Kite Festival is celebrated during the month of June.
Correction: January
(b) The International Kite Festival is named Uttarayan in Eastern India.
Correction: Western India
(c) Uttarayan is mainly celebrated in Gujarat, but also in Maharashtra and Telangana.
Correction: Rajasthan
(d) During the Kite Festival, we can see kites of different shapes, sizes, and colours.
No Correction
(e) In Karnataka, the Tourism Department organizes the kite festival every year.
No Correction
(f) The Punjab region celebrates Basant Panchami and Baisakhi by flying kites.
Correction: Not Baisakhi
(g) People of India also enjoy flying kites on Earth Day.
Correction: Independence Day
Let Us Write
1. Imagine yourself as a kite. In pairs, first discuss all the following hints.
• What shape of kite are you? What colours do you have? What other parts of yourself are you happy about?
- I am a diamond-shaped kite, the classic and elegant form that gracefully glides through the air.
- I am proud of my long, fluttering tail that adds beauty in flight.
• Where are you? Who do you belong to? What activities do you do? Who are your friends?
- I am often found soaring in the open skies above a lush, green park.
- I belong to a young child named who loves to fly me on weekends and during festivals.
- I enjoy dancing with the wind and competing with other kites.
• Do you have any message for humans?
Message for Humans: Friends, I want to remind you to find joy in simple pleasures and to look up at the sky more often.
2. Now, write a paragraph of about 100 words, with the title—I am a Kite.
1. I am a Kite
I am a diamond-shaped kite, bright red with blue and yellow patterns. My long tail has colorful ribbons, and I glide beautifully in the sky. I belong to a young boy who loves flying me on windy days. My friends are other kites, and together we float, soar, and drift with the wind. I feel free as I fly higher, looking down at the world below. My message to humans is to enjoy the simple joys of life, just like I enjoy flying freely in the sky.
Let Us Explore
1. The mention of kites exists in ancient Indian texts.
Kites were mentioned in the thirteenth-century poetry of Marathi saint Namadeva, who referred to them as “gudi” and noted they were made from kaagad (paper).
2. Types of Kites:
The most common kite is the diamond-shaped kite, which is often seen during kite festivals.
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