Word Analysis
This Latin root means "pull"
tract
This vocabulary word means to extend across.
(ex. The bridge extended across the river)
spanned
Orville said this was the biggest problem during the first flight..
Controlling the plane
The toy flying machine was described as what? Why?
A bat, it looked more like a bat than a bird. The couldn't call it a plane because they did not exist yet.
What words should always be capitalized?
Proper nouns (names, days, months)
Book titles
First word in a sentence
This Latin root means "mark"
sign
This vocabulary means the way in which something is done.
(ex. She spoke in a particular way)
manner
Why did the brothers need witnesses for the flight?
To prove that they actually flew
Who were Reuchlin and Lorin? Why were they not interested in the flying machine?
Which word in this sentence should be capitalized?
The family went on vacation to florida.
Florida
Which word contains the Latin root meaning speak? spent, weaken, predict, different
predict
If someone is going to trial something it means they are going to...
test it
What other proof do we have of the first flight along with Orville's diary?
Photos
Whose point of view is the free verse poem My Brothers' Flying Machine? How do you know?
Their sister Katherine. The title of the free verse poem includes the words “my brothers.” The quote at the beginning includes the word “sister.” The word “brother” also appears in the poem. That means the point of view has to be the sister of the Wright brothers.
Rewrite the sentence with the proper capitalization:
we read the one and only ivan in class.
We read The One and Only Ivan in class.
This Latin root means "hand"
man
A lever is something that you...
pull
Who was Charlie Taylor?
Their friend who built the engine
Daily Double: 800 points
Where did the Wright Brothers perform their test flights?
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Which word should not be capitalized:
We watched the Movie Finding Nemo last night.
Movie
The antonym of a word means that it is the....
opposite
If someone is not interesting they could be called a...
bore
True or False: The first test flight was only about 100 feet
True
Why did the brothers have to repair the flying machine?
It had crashed multiple times throughout the test trials
True or False: This sentence does not have correct capitalization "My friend Ben moved to Texas."
False