WorksheetsInto the Air & The Wright Brothers hmh
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the text structure for both "Into the Air" and "The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane"?
problem and solution
chronological order
cause and effect
What is the genre of "Into the Air"?
biography
autobiography
graphic biography
What is the genre of "The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane"?
autobiography
biography
graphic biography
photobiography
What is the central theme for both passages?
The Wright brothers were criticized for their failures, yet they never gave up.
The Wright brothers could have given up on their dream, but they did not. Instead, they worked together to build the first airplane.
Which is NOT a print feature found in the selection "Into the Air"?
caption box
summary
speech balloon
thought bubble
What is an example of an adverb?
preserve
prepare
carefully
defeated
What was the author's purpose of including the afterword in the selection "Into the Air"?
The author wants readers to be entertained with the illustrations and dialogue.
The author wants the reader to know the brothers never gave up, and wanted to convince others that flight was possible.
Which key idea is central to both "Into the Air" and "The Wright Brothers"?
The Wright brothers were not always confident that they would succeed.
Building an airplane was very expensive to do and took a lot of time.
Despite the 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 cause and effect explaining how building the wind tunnel changed the Wrights' designs
by chronologically describing the path the Wrights took to achieve flight
by identifying problems with the Wrights' designs and how they solved the problems
What Notice and Note signpost was used in the selection "The Wright Brothers"?
Numbers and Stats
Compare and Contrast
Tough Questions
What is the main subject of the biography "The Wright Brothers"?
the entire Wright family
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
both Orville and Wilbur Wright
How does the author in "The Wright Brothers" mainly support his ideas?
with illustrations, photographs and tables
with references to websites
with facts, quotations, and historical information
with historians' and engineers' opinions
Which idea is supported by information throughout the selection "The Wright Brothers"?
The Wright brothers used science and creativity to solve the puzzle of flight.
The Wright brothers were more interested in bicycles than airplanes.
The Wright brothers relied mostly on inspiration to solve the puzzle of flight.
The Wright brothers were more interested in bicycles than airplanes.
The selection "Into the Air" includes illustrations of the Wright brothers' experiments to-
show how they were always doubting themselves
show that testing ideas was important to their work
help describe outdated technology
make us think the Wright brothers were intelligent
The Wright brothers invented a box-shaped wind tunnel to-
answer their questions about wing design
use in a flight demonstration
earn money by selling it to other inventors
use as a model for a much larger tunnel they would build later
Which of the following is NOT true about "Into the Air"?
The brothers were always successful.
The brothers did not like to give up.
The brothers sometimes felt discouraged.
The brothers asked and answered questions to develop their ideas.
