NCERT Textbook: The Kites | English Class 6 (Honeysuckle) PDF Download

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Culture and Tradition
t He Kites Let us do these activities before we read.
 1. Answer the following questions and share them with your teacher and 
classmates.
 (a) Have you ever flown a kite or seen someone fly it? Where? When?
 (b) Describe the kite—colour(s), shape, design of tail, an y other detail.
 (c) What did you think when you saw the kite up in the sky?
 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. 
 (b) Would you like to participate in this kind of festival? Why? 
 (c) What kind of kite would you lik e to fly?
 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 ___________.
 4. Now, think and answer.
 (a) List two more things that you want to add to 
the picture.
 (b) If I were the child, I would ___________.
 (c) If I were the kite, I would ___________.
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Culture and Tradition
t He Kites Let us do these activities before we read.
 1. Answer the following questions and share them with your teacher and 
classmates.
 (a) Have you ever flown a kite or seen someone fly it? Where? When?
 (b) Describe the kite—colour(s), shape, design of tail, an y other detail.
 (c) What did you think when you saw the kite up in the sky?
 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. 
 (b) Would you like to participate in this kind of festival? Why? 
 (c) What kind of kite would you lik e to fly?
 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 ___________.
 4. Now, think and answer.
 (a) List two more things that you want to add to 
the picture.
 (b) If I were the child, I would ___________.
 (c) If I were the kite, I would ___________.
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Poorvi—Grade 6
 Let us read
Up in the air 
See the kites fly, 
Like coloured birds 
In the wind-whipped sky.
I wish I were small
And light as air,
I would climb on a kite
And sail up there.
Then I would drift upon
The paper wings,
And hear the songs
That the wild wind sings.
What fun it would be
To look right down,
Over the park
And the rooftops of town.
The people below
Would stand and stare, 
And wish they were me 
High, high in the air.
Daphne Lister
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Culture and Tradition
t He Kites Let us do these activities before we read.
 1. Answer the following questions and share them with your teacher and 
classmates.
 (a) Have you ever flown a kite or seen someone fly it? Where? When?
 (b) Describe the kite—colour(s), shape, design of tail, an y other detail.
 (c) What did you think when you saw the kite up in the sky?
 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. 
 (b) Would you like to participate in this kind of festival? Why? 
 (c) What kind of kite would you lik e to fly?
 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 ___________.
 4. Now, think and answer.
 (a) List two more things that you want to add to 
the picture.
 (b) If I were the child, I would ___________.
 (c) If I were the kite, I would ___________.
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Poorvi—Grade 6
 Let us read
Up in the air 
See the kites fly, 
Like coloured birds 
In the wind-whipped sky.
I wish I were small
And light as air,
I would climb on a kite
And sail up there.
Then I would drift upon
The paper wings,
And hear the songs
That the wild wind sings.
What fun it would be
To look right down,
Over the park
And the rooftops of town.
The people below
Would stand and stare, 
And wish they were me 
High, high in the air.
Daphne Lister
142
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Culture and Tradition
Let us discuss
 1. Read the poem silently. As you read, mark the given statements as True 
or False.
Statements T/ F
(a) The child is looking at the kites.
(b) The kites look like birds of different colours.
(c) It was a rainy day.
(d) The child wants to be like a kite.
(e) The child wishes to climb on a kite.
(f) The kite is made of cloth and plastic.
(g) The child wants to ride the kite.
(h) The child knows they would have fun.
(i) The child wants to look at the kite from a rooftop.
(j) The child would like to look at people down below.
(k) The child knows that the people would stare.
 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 b __ __ __ __  because they 
______________.
 (b) The child wishes to be like air – I wish I were small / And as light 
as air.
  The child wishes to be as l __ __ __ t as __ __ __. The child wishes this 
to be able to c __ __ m __ on a kite and fly.
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Culture and Tradition
t He Kites Let us do these activities before we read.
 1. Answer the following questions and share them with your teacher and 
classmates.
 (a) Have you ever flown a kite or seen someone fly it? Where? When?
 (b) Describe the kite—colour(s), shape, design of tail, an y other detail.
 (c) What did you think when you saw the kite up in the sky?
 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. 
 (b) Would you like to participate in this kind of festival? Why? 
 (c) What kind of kite would you lik e to fly?
 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 ___________.
 4. Now, think and answer.
 (a) List two more things that you want to add to 
the picture.
 (b) If I were the child, I would ___________.
 (c) If I were the kite, I would ___________.
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Poorvi—Grade 6
 Let us read
Up in the air 
See the kites fly, 
Like coloured birds 
In the wind-whipped sky.
I wish I were small
And light as air,
I would climb on a kite
And sail up there.
Then I would drift upon
The paper wings,
And hear the songs
That the wild wind sings.
What fun it would be
To look right down,
Over the park
And the rooftops of town.
The people below
Would stand and stare, 
And wish they were me 
High, high in the air.
Daphne Lister
142
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Culture and Tradition
Let us discuss
 1. Read the poem silently. As you read, mark the given statements as True 
or False.
Statements T/ F
(a) The child is looking at the kites.
(b) The kites look like birds of different colours.
(c) It was a rainy day.
(d) The child wants to be like a kite.
(e) The child wishes to climb on a kite.
(f) The kite is made of cloth and plastic.
(g) The child wants to ride the kite.
(h) The child knows they would have fun.
(i) The child wants to look at the kite from a rooftop.
(j) The child would like to look at people down below.
(k) The child knows that the people would stare.
 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 b __ __ __ __  because they 
______________.
 (b) The child wishes to be like air – I wish I were small / And as light 
as air.
  The child wishes to be as l __ __ __ t as __ __ __. The child wishes this 
to be able to c __ __ m __ on a kite and fly.
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Poorvi—Grade 6
Do you think that the use of simile in this poem helps us imagine better 
when we read the poem? Share your thoughts with your teacher and 
classmates.
 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? 
This is called alliteration. For example, big bright blue bag, funny fan, 
etc. 
Create 4 other sets of words using alliteration.
 4. In the last stanza, the two words that the poet repeats are __________, 
__________ to tell us that the kite is flying __ __ __ y 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.
	 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.
The poet uses simile in (a) and (b) to compare the kites with 
coloured birds and the quality of being light as air. The poet uses 
‘like’ and ‘as’ to compare.
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Culture and Tradition
t He Kites Let us do these activities before we read.
 1. Answer the following questions and share them with your teacher and 
classmates.
 (a) Have you ever flown a kite or seen someone fly it? Where? When?
 (b) Describe the kite—colour(s), shape, design of tail, an y other detail.
 (c) What did you think when you saw the kite up in the sky?
 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. 
 (b) Would you like to participate in this kind of festival? Why? 
 (c) What kind of kite would you lik e to fly?
 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 ___________.
 4. Now, think and answer.
 (a) List two more things that you want to add to 
the picture.
 (b) If I were the child, I would ___________.
 (c) If I were the kite, I would ___________.
141
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Poorvi—Grade 6
 Let us read
Up in the air 
See the kites fly, 
Like coloured birds 
In the wind-whipped sky.
I wish I were small
And light as air,
I would climb on a kite
And sail up there.
Then I would drift upon
The paper wings,
And hear the songs
That the wild wind sings.
What fun it would be
To look right down,
Over the park
And the rooftops of town.
The people below
Would stand and stare, 
And wish they were me 
High, high in the air.
Daphne Lister
142
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Culture and Tradition
Let us discuss
 1. Read the poem silently. As you read, mark the given statements as True 
or False.
Statements T/ F
(a) The child is looking at the kites.
(b) The kites look like birds of different colours.
(c) It was a rainy day.
(d) The child wants to be like a kite.
(e) The child wishes to climb on a kite.
(f) The kite is made of cloth and plastic.
(g) The child wants to ride the kite.
(h) The child knows they would have fun.
(i) The child wants to look at the kite from a rooftop.
(j) The child would like to look at people down below.
(k) The child knows that the people would stare.
 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 b __ __ __ __  because they 
______________.
 (b) The child wishes to be like air – I wish I were small / And as light 
as air.
  The child wishes to be as l __ __ __ t as __ __ __. The child wishes this 
to be able to c __ __ m __ on a kite and fly.
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Poorvi—Grade 6
Do you think that the use of simile in this poem helps us imagine better 
when we read the poem? Share your thoughts with your teacher and 
classmates.
 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? 
This is called alliteration. For example, big bright blue bag, funny fan, 
etc. 
Create 4 other sets of words using alliteration.
 4. In the last stanza, the two words that the poet repeats are __________, 
__________ to tell us that the kite is flying __ __ __ y 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.
	 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.
The poet uses simile in (a) and (b) to compare the kites with 
coloured birds and the quality of being light as air. The poet uses 
‘like’ and ‘as’ to compare.
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 (b) Which line tells us that the poet was somewhere above?
 (c) Choose the scene the child saw.
(i)
(iii)
(ii)
(iv)
 2. Answer the following questions.
 (a) How does the poet describe the kites in the first two lines?
 (b) Why does the child say that they have to climb a tree first to get onto 
the kite?
 (c) What are the songs that the child hears when flying atop the ki te?
 (d) Why did the people look up at the child and stare? If you looked up 
and saw that, what feelings would you have?
 (e) If you were the kite carrying the child high up in the air, what would 
you tell them? 
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