TEXT FEATURES
This graphic feature shows a character’s private thinking, not spoken aloud.
What is an internal thought (thought bubble)?
The central idea of Into the Air is that the Wright brothers did this.
What is overcame many doubts and obstacles?
This word means to figure something out using math. It describes what the Wright brothers did with air pressure data.
What is calculate?
Both texts describe this about the Wright brothers.
What is they solved problems from earlier designs?
Before the first flight, the brothers used this invention to test wings.
What is a wind tunnel?
The sentence “It’s my two feet, along with my back, that I’m worried about!” is inside this feature.
What is a thought bubble / internal thought?
This key idea best describes The Wright Brothers by Freedman.
What is creating something new requires a lot of trial and error?
This word means feeling like you have lost or failed, like when the glider didn’t rise. These words help show that “calculate” means using math.
What is defeated?
Both texts show a moment when the brothers felt this.
What is doubt / uncertainty?
The brothers often did this late at night while working.
What is talk and plan their ideas?
The afterword at the end of Into the Air was most likely included to do this.
What is to give factual information about what happened after the story / explain the real history?
One central idea shared by BOTH texts.
What is the Wright brothers were not always confident they would succeed?
This word means to cause someone to lose confidence or hope, which could have happened after many failed tests.
What is discourage?
Into the Air is mostly told like this type of text.
What is narrative / story-like nonfiction?
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Graphic Novel
This event shows the brothers feeling discouraged.
What is when the glider wouldn’t rise?
Illustrations in Into the Air help readers mainly do this.
What is understand the events and emotions of the Wright brothers?
A detail that supports the idea that the brothers faced challenges.
What is pushing the broken glider back to the barn?
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What is “I don’t think people will fly in our lifetime”?
This word means to keep something safe or protect it, like preserving materials or equipment.
What is preserve?
The Wright Brothers by Freedman is mainly this type of text.
What is biography / informational nonfiction?
Before final success, the brothers wondered about this scientific information.
What are air pressure tables?
This text feature would show dialogue spoken aloud by a character.
What is a speech balloon?
Both authors mainly organize their texts in this way.
What is chronological order?
This word means correct and exact, which was important when measuring wing designs.
What is accurate?
One difference between the two texts.
What is Into the Air uses illustrations and storytelling, while Freedman’s text focuses on detailed facts and research?
This happened after testing and experimenting with wing shapes.
What is completing the final airplane design in Dayton?