Who Is Talking on Kite Day?

Find out who tells the story and who speaks.

Read the story

Read the story. Two children take turns telling it.

Kite Day on the Hill

1I am Mia. On a windy day, my brother Ben and I took our red kite to the hill. "Hold the string tight," I told him. "I will," said Ben. The kite jumped up, then it fell in the grass.

2I am Ben. I felt sad when our kite fell. Then Grandpa Joe walked over. "Try again," he said. "Run fast, and let out the string slowly," he told me. I ran across the hill, and our kite rose up, up, up.

3I am Mia. I clapped and clapped. "Look at it fly!" I shouted. "It is a happy kite," said Grandpa Joe. Ben smiled at me, and I smiled back.

Who is telling the story?

Think about who says "I" in each paragraph.

Who is telling each paragraph? Sort the paragraphs.

Read paragraph 2 again. Underline the sentence that tells you who is telling it.

Why does paragraph 3 begin with "I am Mia"?

A. It shows that Mia is telling this part.B. It shows that Ben is telling this part.C. It shows that Grandpa Joe is telling this part.

Who is speaking?

A character speaks out loud inside quotation marks.

Who says each thing? Sort the words.

In paragraph 3, who shouts "Look at it fly!"?

A. Grandpa JoeB. BenC. Mia

In paragraph 3, the storyteller says, "Ben smiled at me." Who is "me"? Write the name.

"Me" is .

Some words are said out loud by a character. Other words are told by the storyteller. Sort each sentence.

How do you know who is telling paragraph 3? Use words from the story.