Flying

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Flying

• Unit Nonfiction
• Focus Autobiography and Authors Purpose

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Essential Question 1

• What influence does an authors background have
  on his or her writing?
• An author's background brings personal experience
  and insight into the literature and allows
  readers to develop an understanding of the
  writer's voice, background, and personality.

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Essential Question 2

• How do we evaluate the authors purpose in
  nonfiction selections?
• Readers must determine the author's purpose by
  deciding if the selection is meant to
• entertain,
• inform,
• persuade, or
• express an opinion.

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Lets Brainstorm

• Lets think about different types of writing and
  fit those types of writing into the appropriate
  category.

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What do you know?

• Create a WordSplash for flying.
• Write down anything you can think of that relates
  to flying.

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Who was Charles Lindbergh?

• What do you know about Charles Lindbergh?
• Make a short list in your notes.
• Reeve Lindbergh, his daughter, wrote this
  autobiographical account of flying with her
  famous father.
• What do you think her life was likehaving such a
  famous person as her dad?

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The Spirit of St. Louis

• Charles Lindberghs plane, The Spirit of St.
  Louis, is on display in the Smithsonian Museum of
  American History. He made history by flying solo
  across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vY6BgiD-PZII

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Anecdote

• a brief account of an interesting or amusing
  event
• As you read this story, think about the anecdotes
  the author tells you.
• Which ones do you find amusing?

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Influence of Authors Background

• Elements of voice, background, and personality
  Authors heritage, traditions, attitude, and
  beliefs are revealed in his or her writing.
• Read the following passages to identify examples
  of influences on Reeve Lindberghs life
• Ex. 1 p. 123, right column, paragraph 1
• Ex. 2 p.124, left column, paragraph 1

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VocabularyMatch the word to the definition.

• 1. Diminish
• 2. Monotonous
• 3. Perilous
• 4. Tandem
• 5. Tethered

• A. One behind the other
• B. Make smaller or less
• C. Repeating over and over, without variety
• D. Tied to the ground or to another object
• E. Full of danger

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VocabularyDefine the bold print word and
identify the context clues you used.

• 1. Your fear of the water will diminish as your
  swimming skills increase, said the instructor.
• 2. Hidden dangers lurked along the perilous
  trail.
• 3. The pioneers tethered their own oxen at night
  to prevent them from wandering off.
• 4. We rented a tandem bicycle and argued over who
  would get the back seat.
• 5. The monotonous whirring of the overhead fan
  makes me sleepy.