The Wright Brothers: Reaching for the Sky
Which detail that must be included in an objective summary of the passage?
A. adult's hand
B. printing press
C. wires
D. gliders
What are gliders?
In the text, the author says that "a plane is the closest the average plebe is going to get" to teleporting.
What does the word plebe mean as it is used in the passage?
A. location B. pace C. person D.vehicle
What is a person?
What is a simile?
What is three hours?
Which words best describe Orville and Wilbur Wright?
A. creative and deliberate
B. shy and introverted
C. calculating and naive
D. independent and aloof
What is creative and deliberate?
Read the following phrase.
....his body was inhabited by the ghost of a wicked, old money-lender, who had died some years ago. Which word could replace inhabited as it is used in the phrase?
A.birthed B.created C.demanded D.occupied
What is occupied?
Directly stated
What is explicit?
This reading genre is weighted most heavily on the MAAP state assessment.
What is informational text?
How does the author develop the central idea of paragraph 6?
A. by describing the first flight at Kitty Hawk
B. by discussing the problems of commercial air travel today
C. by including examples of ways flight was impacted by the brothers
D. by explaining how Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic Ocean
What is by including examples of ways flight was impacted by the brothers?
In turn, the grass nurtured pin-tailed grouse, prairie chickens, cranes, jackrabbits, snakes, and other creatures that got their water from foraging on the native turf.
What does the word nurtured mean as it is used in this sentence?
A.cherished B.raised C.supported D.trained
What is supported?
A comparison of two unlike things without the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
This strategy helps you cross out wrong answers to find the correct one.
What is the process of elimination?
What is a central idea of the section titled Kitty Hawk?
A. The U.S. Weather Bureau helped the Wright brothers find a location for their work.
B. The engine-powered aircraft was problematic for the Wright brothers' original design.
C. The Wright brothers had many breakthroughs in aircraft building after moving to North Carolina.
D. The Wright brothers' main problem was that they did not understand how propellers work.
What is the Wright brothers had many breakthroughs in aircraft building after moving to North Carolina?
.....there is something about travel as a process that a wheels-up, wheels-down airplane ride dilutes somewhat.
What does the word dilutes mean as it is used in the passage?
A.appeases B.devalues C.enhances D.stresses
What is devalues?
This character undergoes an important change as the plot unfolds. The changes he or she experiences occur because of his or her actions.
What is a complex character?
True or False: Leaving questions unanswered on the MAAP assessment is acceptable.
What is false?
How does the author best indicate the significance of the Wright brothers' childhood?
A. by detailing the brothers' complementary personalities and home routines
B. by presenting a description of the Wright brothers' parents and birthplace
C. by highlighting their father's emphasis on and passion for debating skills
D. by explaining the role of the libraries and reading in their family's home
What is by detailing the brothers' complementary personalities and home routines?
What two characteristics of prairie fires are suggested by the statement that they "took a great gulp of grass"?
A. They happened suddenly and all at once.
B. They destroyed a large area of grass.
C.The smoke made breathing difficult.
The grass hindered their progress.
E. They were fueled by the grass.
What is they happened suddenly and all at once and they destroyed a large area of grass.
The events of a story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is a plot?
This annotation strategy helps you quickly explain what each paragraph is doing, so you do not have to reread the text.
What is chunking?