"The Flamingo Who

Didn’t Want to Be
Pink" by Nicola
Stone.
 Vocabulary
Flamboyance - Acting confident and expressive,
like someone who stands out in how they dress or behave.
Beak - The pointy mouth of a bird used for eating
Flock- A group of birds or animals that stick
Dazzle - To impress or amaze with something bright or
impressive.
Pandemonium - Wild noise, often used to describe chaotic
situations.
Squawked - Making a loud, harsh cry, like the sound.
Slumped - Sitting or falling in a relaxed way
Preening - Cleaning and arranging feathers
"The Flamingo Who
Didn’t Want to Be
Pink" by Nicola
Stone.
Complete each sentence based on your thoughts and feelings about the story. Identify the type
of connection you are making with each response.
e.g. The story’s message is kind of like what I learned from a book about being
proud of who you are.
1.When I read the part about ________ it reminded me about ________.
2.This story reminds me of (title of the story) ________ because ________.
3.This story makes me think of ________ because ________.
4.I can connect to (character) ________ because ________.
5.The way this story is written reminds me of the story ________ because ________.
6.This story reminds me of something ________ I heard or watch in the ________.
7.I can understand how (character) ________ felt because ________.
8.This is similar to ________.
9.This is like ________.
10.The part of the story where (describe an event in the story) ________ reminds me of the
time I ________.