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N5 graded Japanese story
放課後の紙ひこうき
Building a Better Paper Airplane Together
20 sentences · about 7 minutes
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Reinforce the reading
Notice what the story just taught you
Twenty chronological sentences use familiar school and craft vocabulary, repeated subjects, simple action links, comparisons with 方が, and accessible patterns such as まで and ないで.
Key words in context
- 放課後ほうかご
- after school
- 中庭なかにわ
- courtyard
- 羽はね
- wing
- 折るおる
- to fold
- くらべる
- to compare
What to notice
Sentence paper-plane-05
Comparing with 方が
自分のひこうきの方が遠く飛ぶ presents each boy’s plane as the one expected to fly farther; と思います reports what they think.
Sentence paper-plane-12
Waiting until a condition changes
風が静かになるまで means they wait until the wind becomes calm.
Sentence paper-plane-15
ないで means without doing
けんかをしないで contrasts arguing with their actual response: calmly comparing the two shapes.
Check your understanding
1. How are the boys’ first paper-airplane designs different?
- Ken uses wide wings; Sora uses a narrow nose.
- Ken uses colored paper; Sora uses white paper.
- Ken makes a large plane; Sora makes two small planes.
Answer: Ken uses wide wings; Sora uses a narrow nose. — Paper-plane-03–04 describe Ken’s wide wings and Sora’s narrow nose.
2. What problem does Ken notice after his first throw?
- One wing is higher than the other.
- The nose is missing.
- The plane is too heavy.
Answer: One wing is higher than the other. — Paper-plane-08 says the plane curves left and falls early; paper-plane-09 identifies the uneven wing.
3. What makes the final plane different?
- It uses only Sora’s design.
- It combines Ken’s wide wings with Sora’s narrow nose.
- Their teacher folds it for them.
Answer: It combines Ken’s wide wings with Sora’s narrow nose. — Paper-plane-17 combines both ideas, paper-plane-18 says the plane passes both earlier marks, and paper-plane-19 gives it both names.
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