Into the Air

The selection includes illustrations of the Wright brothers' experiments to -

• show that testing ideas was important to their work

• make us think the Wright brothers were itelligent

• show how they were always doubting themselves

• help describe outdated technology

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The Wright brothers invented a box-shaped wind tunnel to -

• earn money by selling it to other inventors

• answer their questions about wing design

• use as a model for a much larger tunnel they would build later

• use in a flight demonstration

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following is not true about "Into the Air"?

• The brothers did not like to give up.

• The brothers were always successful.

• The brothers sometimes felt discouraged.

• The brothers asked and answered questions to develop their ideas.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Into the Air" is what type of text?

• poem

• drama

• graphic biography

• fable

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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

When the Wright brothers built the wind tunnel, what did they use to test out the wings?

• paper airplanes

• 50 tin wings of different sizes

• wooden airplanes

• cotton airplanes

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CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

What are the names of the Wright brothers?

• Wilbur and Oliver

• Wilbur and Orville

• William and Oliver

• Wilbur and Oliver

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CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3