Week 17 Vocabulary & Wrights Brothers

to take away hope or confidence.

• discourage

• defeat

• preserve

• demonstrate

• apparatus

to prevent his or her success.

• discourage

• defeat

• demonstration

• preserve

• apparatus

to keep it or save something.

• preserve

• prepare

• demonstration

• discourage

• defeat

to get ready for an event or an occasion.

• apparatus

• demonstration

• preserve

• prepare

• defeat

a presentation meant to show how something works.

• prepare

• demonstration

• apparatus

• preserve

• defeat

a piece of equipment.

• apparatus

• prepare

• demonstration

• defeat

• preserve

Read this sentence from page 1 of “Into the Air.”

It’s my two feet, along with my back, that I’m worried about!

The print feature surrounding this sentence indicates that this sentence is —

• being stated very loudly

• not being stated out loud

• very important to the events

• describing the background action

In paragraph 4 of “The Wright Brothers,” the word expended includes a prefix that means —

• for

• outside

• from

• without

Which key idea is central to both “Into the Air” and “The Wright Brothers”?

• Building an airplane was very expensive to do and took a lot of time.

• The Wright brothers faced a great deal of criticism from many people.

• The Wright brothers were not always confident that they would succeed.

• Despite its importance, building an airplane was not the most remarkable feat in history.

The authors of both “Into the Air” and “The Wright Brothers” organized their selection

• by comparing and contrasting the achievements of the Wrights with others

• by chronologically describing the path the Wrights took to achieve flight

• by cause and effect explaining how building the wind tunnel changed the Wrights’ designs

• by identifying problems with the Wrights’ designs and how they solved the problems