The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen

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The Emperor and the Kiteby Jane Yolen
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Spelling

• Pour
• Orbit
• Fourth
• Source
• Sports
• Forward
• Force
• Order
• Wore
• Yourself

• Support
• Sore
• Orange
• Anymore
• Ignore
• Portrait
• Border
• Course
• Tornado
• Your

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Challenge Words

• Emperor
• Monarch
• Kingdom
• Palace
• Noble

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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

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• Why do you think the kite got stuck in the tree?
• The narrator is so excited about flying the kite
  that he or she doesnt pay attention to the
  surroundings.

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Vocabulary

• Insignificant
• Plotting
• Twined
• Steely
• Encircling
• Loyal
• Neglected
• Unyielding

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PLOTTING

• Plot-ting
• V.
• Planning to do something evil in secret

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LOYAL

• Loy-al
• Adj.
• Constant and faithful to people or ideals

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NEGLECTED

• Ne-glec-ted
• V.
• Failed to care for/attend to something

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INSIGNIFICANT

• In-sig-nif-i-cant
• Adj.
• Little worth, meaning or size

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ENCIRCLING

• En-cir-cl-ing
• V.
• Forming a circle around surrounding

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UNYIELDING

• Un-yield-ing
• Adj.
• Never-ending not giving way

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STEELY

• Stee-ly
• Adj.
• Like steel (in strength, hardness or coldness)

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TWINED

• Twined
• Adj./verb
• Twisted around
• (twine is a type of stringso picture the roll of
  twine on a kite wrapped around)

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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

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• 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

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Characters

• Djeow Seow
• The emperor

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Setting

• China
• Long ago

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Problem

• The emperor does not pay attention to Djeow Seow
  because she is small.

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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.

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Solution

• The emperor realizes that Djeow Seow is important
  and learns never to neglect anyone.