LESSON VOCABULARY criticizing cruised drenching era explosion hydrogen INTRODUCE THE BOOK INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Discuss with students the title and author of Flying Across
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Yesterday and Today
SUMMARY This reader gives a history of
transatlantic flight, beginning with the 1919
crossing by a military plane From there, the
era of zeppelins and Lindbergh’s famous flight
to Paris were not far behind
LESSON VOCABULARY
criticizing cruised
drenching era
explosion hydrogen
INTRODUCE THE BOOK
INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Discuss with
students the title and author of Flying Across
the Ocean: Yesterday and Today Discuss
what they can predict about the article based
on the title and the social studies content
triangle Ask: “How would your expectations
differ if the content triangle read science?
What images does the title give you?”
BUILD BACKGROUND Discuss what students
know about airplane travel, including travel
in small planes, or the history of flight
Ask: “What is the longest flight you have
taken?” If any of them have visited museums
documenting flight, ask them to share what
they remember Ask what images the names
Lindbergh, Hindenburg, and Wright brothers
bring to mind If possible, show images from
books or from the Internet that document
events in the early days of flight
PREVIEW/USE TEXT FEATURES Have students
take a few minutes to go over the photos,
captions, and diagrams Ask them to discuss
what these tell them about the selection
Ask: “What do the photos add? Do they relay
facts, give context, create mood? Would you
understand the information as well without
them?” Point out that the graphics follow a
chronological order What does this suggest
about the article’s content and structure?
READ THE BOOK
SET PURPOSE Guide students to set their own
purposes for reading the selection Students’
interest in airplanes or the history of flight should guide this purpose Invite them to come up with questions they would like to have answered, such as: Why did Alcock and Brown get a prize? What did Lindbergh feel like as he flew alone in that small plane?
STRATEGY SUPPORT: ASK QUESTIONS Remind
students that asking questions as they read
will help them focus their attention on the subject matter and better understand the text Before students read each section of the book, have them write down at least one question they have, based on headings and pictures If they do not find the answer by reading the text, have them research to find the answer
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
PAGE 3 Identify one statement of opinion on this page. (Today we think nothing of crossing
the Atlantic Ocean in just a few hours.)
PAGE 13 Is the sentence “Both men climbed
out, unhurt” a statement of fact or of opinion?
(The sentence is a statement of fact.)
PAGE 22 Look at the last sentence on the
page Rewrite this sentence using a synonym for drenching (Possible response: Over
Canada, rain was completely soaking the plane.)
PAGE 23 What does the fact that Lindbergh couldn’t sleep the night before take-off add to
this account? (Possible response: It helps you
understand that he was probably anxious.)
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FACT AND OPINION ASK QUESTIONS
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READER RESPONSE
1 Possible response: Opinions—Today we
think nothing of crossing the Atlantic Ocean
in just a few hours; Lindbergh believed that
this was his chance Facts—In 1913, the
race to cross the Atlantic by airplane began;
their trip took 16 hours and 27 minutes
2 Responses will vary.
3 Possible response: across the Atlantic;
Sentences will vary
4 Possible response: Modern jets are much
safer and faster, they can stay in the air
longer, pilots use technology to stay in
touch with the ground, see where they are
going, and de-ice the wings
EXTEND UNDERSTANDING Invite students to
create their own graphic device, such as a
time line or a fact-and-opinion chart that
relates information from the article Ask:
“What visual tool helps you best understand
this material? If you were the author, what
additional graphics would you have included?
What photos would you be interested in
seeing, for example?” Remind students that
maps and other graphics convey information
that is not necessarily in the text
RESPONSE OPTIONS
WRITING Ask students to imagine that each
is the pilot on a pioneering solo flight many
years ago, such as Lindbergh’s flight to
Paris Have them write a journal entry or
logbook entry describing an hour of their
flight Encourage them to include weather
information and descriptions of their
thoughts and feelings
SOCIAL STUDIES
CONNECTION
Ask students to pick a
famous plane or airship,
such as the Hindenburg, and
research how it was built, including
who financed it, and what innovations it used
Invite them to share their research with other
students
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TEACH/REVIEW VOCABULARY
Divide students into two groups Ask one group to write fill-in-the-blank sentences for the vocabulary words Then ask students in the other group to fill in the correct word
Ask the groups to switch roles and repeat the exercise
To reinforce meaning, have students sort the words by parts of speech Point out that words with the same suffix, such as
-ing, are not always the same part of speech.
TARGET SKILL AND STRATEGY
FACT AND OPINION Tell students that a
statement of fact can be proved true or false, while a statement of opinion is a
statement of someone’s judgment, belief,
or way of thinking about something Guide students to identify statements that cannot
be verified by using the first sentence on page 3 as an example Ask students to make a list of statements of opinion and fact as they read Challenge them to verify several of the statements of fact by referring
to books or their own experience
ASK QUESTIONS Tell students that asking
questions as they read is a way of being
actively involved in what they are learning, understanding the information presented, and distinguishing statements of fact from statements of opinion Brainstorm with students the types of questions they might
have as they read Flying Across the Ocean:
Yesterday and Today, such as: What does
this mean? Why did the writer include this?
Can I verify this statement in an outside source?
ADDITIONAL SKILL INSTRUCTION
GRAPHIC SOURCES Ask students to identify all
the graphic sources used in Flying Across the
Ocean: Yesterday and Today Ask: Do these
graphics help you understand the material discussed in this article? Do they add new information not provided in the words?
Skill Work
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• A statement of fact is a statement that can be proved true or false.
• A statement of opinion tells someone’s ideas, feelings, or beliefs It cannot be proved true or false.
Directions Read the sentences below On the line under each sentence, write either “statement of fact”
or “statement of opinion.” Give a reason for your response
1 Today we think nothing of crossing the Atlantic Ocean in just a few hours.
2 In 1913, the race to cross the Atlantic Ocean by airplane began.
3 World War I led to many improvements in airplane technology.
4 The first plane to make the Atlantic Ocean crossing was a military plane.
5 Ice is no longer a major problem for modern aircraft.
6 After the Hindenberg accident, nobody wanted to ride in an airship.
7 Charles Lindbergh is the most famous pilot in history.
Directions Write a statement of fact about Flying Across the Ocean: Yesterday and Today.
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Directions Write a statement of opinion about Flying Across the Ocean: Yesterday and Today.
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Directions Choose the word from the box that best matches each definition Write the
word on the line
Check the Words You Know
1. a period of time marked by certain events, persons, or things
2. a colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas
3. the act of bursting forth with sudden violence or noise
from internal energy
4. wetting thoroughly; soaking with falling liquid, as with rain
6. flew at the most efficient operating speed
Directions Write a paragraph about early transatlantic flights Use as many of the vocabulary
words as you can
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