My reading activity

This is my reading activity for our book called

Flying Free

Week 2

Emerald Group 2
Title: Flying Free
School Journal Part 3, Number 1, 2010

Learning Intention:
I am learning to retell the text back from the beginning, middle and end.

1. Describe the kites up in the sky?
There are an giant orange dancing octopus, a rainbow fish, a bird, and a red and black lizard

2. What’s wrong with Anna?
Anna had a broken leg.

3. Why was Anna grumpy?
Anna would like to have gone too but her cast is so heavy.

4. Why did Anna like the bird kite?
Its thinner than the other kites and it flies higher.

5. What does Anna see at night?
She sees its long tail shaped like a V.
She sees its wide black and white wings and slender orange body.

6. Why couldn’t Anna go outside and why?
When her leg sweats, it gets itchy.


7. How does Anna spend her time?
She makes a bird kite.


8. What materials does Anna use?
She finds some leftover nylon. It wasn’t the right colour but red and green will do.  Anna finds a packet of needles and matching cotton

9. Why was Anna feeling worried?
Anna was worried it might nose-dive rather than fly.

10. Describe the process in flying the kite.
Anna’s kite flies higher and higher


11. Why was Anna feeling happy?
The kite flies now and soon becomes a red and green bird.

12. What did Anna imagine at the end of the story?
Anna imagines herself flying over houses, roads, parks, and hills.