Unit 2 Week 3-My Brother's Flying Machine-Comprehension

In addition to the diary, what other proof do we have of the first flight?

• video

• voice recordings

• photographs taken that day

• a collection of paintings

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

Who built the engine for the first flying machine?

• Orville Wright

• Charlie Taylor

• Wilbur Wright

• Neither poem nor the diary give this information

According to Orville's diary, how long was the first flight?

• 100 feet

• 175 feet

• 12-14 feet

• between 20 and 25 miles

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

When the brothers’ first aircraft

was not successful, they decided

to —

• ask their sister for advice

• send to the Smithsonian for

  information

• make a smaller craft

• build it bigger

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

The poem says the Wright brothers signaled for witnesses. Why did they do this?

• to be sure no one got hurt

• to attach the motor to the plane

• to prove they really flew

• to get help moving the machine

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.8

Where did Wilbur and Orville first fly their airplane?

• Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

• St. James, Florida

• San Diego, California

• Dayton, Ohio

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CCSS.RI.4.3

How did the brothers decide who

would pilot their airplane on its

first flight?

• They had a fight.

• They flipped a coin.

• They asked an expert.

• They asked their sister.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

This story is narrated by —

• Will

• Orv

• the boys’ mother

• the boys’ sister

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CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.W.4.3A

Complete these sentences from the selection. (pg. 166 lines 4,5)

With the aid of the __________ men present, we picked the _________up and carried it back to the starting ways.

• funny, joke

• station, machine

• flying, flyer

• crazy, shovel

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

Which was the biggest problem Orville had on the first flight?

• getting witnesses

• talking to Wilbur

• controlling the machine

• moving the machine onto the track

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3