Analyzing Women in Aviation

The Purpose of one's writing (PIE) can be to...

• persuade, identify, explore

• plant, inform, enrich

• persuade, identify, empower

• persuade, inform, entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

Harriet Quimby and Bessie Coleman were similar because...

• they both face sexism

• they both got jobs as manicurists

• they both passed their flight exam easily

• they both became daring pilots

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a passage that BEST supports the statement "Bessie Coleman was a hard worker" would be

• "Although Bessie Coleman died tragically, her plans to open a flight training school for blacks were continued by those she had inspired." (48)

• "[Coleman] thrilled audiences with daredevil maneuvers, just as Quimby had done before her." (45)

• "For almost two years, Coleman workded part-time as a manicurist and as a server in a Chicago chili parlor and saved every penny to finance her trip to France. Meanwhile, she learned to speak French..." (450)

• ...Quimby and a passenger named William P. Willard, set out to break an over-water speed record." (47)

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

a passage that BEST supports the statement "Bessie Coleman was a daring pilot" would be

• "Although Bessie Coleman died tragically, her plans to open a flight training school for blacks were continued by those she had inspired." (48)

• "[Coleman] thrilled audiences with daredevil maneuvers, just as Quimby had done before her." (45)

• "For almost two years, Coleman workded part-time as a manicurist and as a server in a Chicago chili parlor and saved every penny to finance her trip to France. Meanwhile, she learned to speak French..." (450)

• ...Quimby and a passenger named William P. Willard, set out to break an over-water speed record." (47)

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

a passage that BEST supports the statement "Bessie Coleman was a an inspiring hero" would be

• "Although Bessie Coleman died tragically, her plans to open a flight training school for blacks were continued by those she had inspired." (48)

• "[Coleman] thrilled audiences with daredevil maneuvers, just as Quimby had done before her." (45)

• "For almost two years, Coleman workded part-time as a manicurist and as a server in a Chicago chili parlor and saved every penny to finance her trip to France. Meanwhile, she learned to speak French..." (450)

• ...Quimby and a passenger named William P. Willard, set out to break an over-water speed record." (47)

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

What did Sophie Blanchard and Katherine Wright have in common?

• the were pioneers of flight, and logged several thousand flight hours

• they were both daredevil pilots

• they both flew hot-air baloons

• they both were important women in the history of aviation

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Coleman earned the name "Brave Bessie" because she

• was a daring pilot who could really fly

• fought against sexism and racism

• often flew without safety equipment

• was a hard worker

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In lines 26-33, what impression do the authors create of Harriet Quimby by using facts and quotations?

• She was a serious, talented pilot who said little.

• She was a confident, beautiful woman and a talented pilot who fought for women's rights.

• She was a funny, tireless woman who enjoyed making people laugh.

• She was a confident pilot who hated reporters.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

The author's purpose in this text is primarily to inform. Which of the following could also be the author's purpose?

• To entertain, because she takes a conversational tone in her writing from time to time.

• To persuade, because she is trying to convince a sexist and racist group of people that women and black pilots are skilled

• to express thoughts or feelings, because this text is written with a lot of emotion.

• To persuade the reader that sex doesn't matter in aviation, because she specifically points to the daring accomplishments of women pilots.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

where did Bessie Coleman get her pilot license?

• America

• England

• Brazil

• France

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10