2. The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen

3. Spelling  Pour  Orbit  Fourth  Source  Sports  Forward  Force  Order  Wore  Yourself  Support  Sore  Orange  Anymore  Ignore  Portrait  Border  Course  Tornado  Your

4. Challenge Words  Emperor  Monarch  Kingdom  Palace  Noble

5. 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

6.  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.

7. Vocabulary  Insignificant  Plotting  Twined  Steely  Encircling  Loyal  Neglected  Unyielding

8. PLOTTING  Plot-ting  V.  Planning to do something evil in secret

9. LOYAL  Loy-al  Adj.  Constant and faithful to people or ideals

10. NEGLECTED  Ne-glec-ted  V.  Failed to care for/attend to something

11. INSIGNIFICANT  In-sig-nif-i-cant  Adj.  Little worth, meaning or size

12. ENCIRCLING  En-cir-cl-ing  V.  Forming a circle around; surrounding

13. UNYIELDING  Un-yield-ing  Adj.  Never-ending; not giving way

14. STEELY  Stee-ly  Adj.  Like steel (in strength, hardness or coldness)

15. TWINED  Twined  Adj./verb  Twisted around  (twine is a type of string…so picture the roll of twine on a kite wrapped around)

16. 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

17.  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

18. Characters  Djeow Seow  The emperor

19. Setting  China  Long ago

20. Problem  The emperor does not pay attention to Djeow Seow because she is small.

21. 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.

22. Solution  The emperor realizes that Djeow Seow is important and learns never to neglect anyone.