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Spring Reading and Writing

Read the spring story carefully. Then answer the questions and plan your own piece of writing. Use details from the story to support your ideas.

Read the story

The first sunny day of spring arrived just in time for the swimming carnival. At the pool, Tevita tightened his goggles while Hugo and Harrison carried a tub of bright team ribbons to the starting line. A kowhai tree leaned over the fence. Its yellow flowers glowed like tiny lanterns, and a tui called from the branches. Near the pool, the air smelled of warm concrete and fresh grass. The wind nudged the flags, making them flutter above the lanes. Just before the relay, a gust scattered the ribbons across the deck. Tevita caught one before it landed in a puddle. Hugo gathered the others, and Harrison held the tub steady. They worked together, laughing as a ribbon stuck to his sleeve. When the race began, the crowd cheered. Tevita’s team did not win, but they finished smiling. “That was a brilliant spring day,” Hugo said. Harrison looked up at the kowhai flowers. “And we rescued the ribbons!”

Reading detective

Use evidence from the story when you can.

1.What event is taking place, and where is it happening?

2.Why did Tevita, Hugo and Harrison need to work together?

3.Which detail is evidence that it is spring? Choose the strongest answer.

The pool has lanes.
A tui calls from a kowhai tree covered in yellow flowers.
The children carry a tub.
The race is a relay.

4.In the sentence “Its yellow flowers glowed like tiny lanterns,” what two things are being compared?

5.What does the phrase “the wind nudged the flags” suggest about the wind?

It was a gentle breeze that moved the flags.
It was a storm that broke the flags.
There was no wind at all.
The flags were pulled down by someone.

6.The team did not win, but they finished smiling. What can you infer about what mattered to them?

7.Find one detail in the story that appeals to sight and one that appeals to sound. Write each detail and label the sense.

Plan and write

Use sensory details, precise verbs and at least one simile to bring a spring moment to life.

8.Plan a short spring scene. It could happen at a swimming carnival or another spring activity. Note where it takes place, what can be seen or heard, and one small event that happens.

9.Write your spring scene in 6–10 sentences. Include a beginning, a small event, a clear ending, at least two sensory details and one simile. Underline your simile.