Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride

1. Written by Pam Munoz Ryan Pictures by Brian Selnick Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride

2. Study Skills • Genre:Historical fiction • Comprehension Skill:Sequence • Comprehension Strategy: Story Structure • Comprehension Review Skill: Draw Conclusions • Vocabulary: Context Clues

3. Summary One evening, Eleanor Roosevelt asks her friend Amelia Earhart to dinner. In the middle of the dinner, these two brave and daring friends decide to take a ride in an airplane to see the city lights. Even after their exhilarating flight, they have enough excitement left in them to take a fast spin in Eleanor’s new car. It proves to be a memorable evening for the two friends.

4. Genre: Historical Fiction • Historical fiction is set in the past. The characters may be based on real people who lived at that time. Think about which characters are based on real people as you read.

5. Comprehension Skill SequenceTE 581b • Sequence means the order in which things happen. • Clue words: first, next, thenand last. • Pay close attention to dates and times the author gives you.

6. Comprehension Skill SequenceTE 581b • Notice that some events happen simultaneously, or at the same time. • Sequence can also mean the steps we follow to do something.

7. Comprehension Strategy Story StructureTE 560 • Good readers use the structure of an article or story to help them understand what they are reading. • Most fictional stories are arranged by the sequence of events. • Chronological (time) order is sometimes important in nonfiction. • Look for dates and times as well as signal words. • Make a time line to keep track of what happens. • Study illustrations that help you understand the sequence.

8. Comprehension Skill Review Draw Conclusions TE 569 • A conclusion is a decision you reach after thinking about what you have read. • Good conclusions can be supported with facts and details from the story.

9. Vocabulary Strategy for Unfamiliar Words – Context Clues Pg. 562 • Read the words and sentences around the unknown word. The author may give you a definition of the word. • If not, say what the sentence means in your own words. • Predict a meaning for the unknown word. • Try that meaning in the sentence. Does it make sense? Let’s read about Amelia Earhart, paying attention to how vocabulary is used on pg. 563.

10. Research/Study Skills Diagram/Scale Drawing TE 581l • A diagram is a drawing that shows how something is made, how objects or parts relate to one another, or how something works. • Diagrams use labels to identify their parts. They may also include other text to help readers understand what is shown. • Some diagrams should be looked at in a certain order. Parts or steps may be identified with numbers to show the order. • A scale drawing is a diagram that uses a mathematical scale. Maps are scale drawings.

11. 1. What does this diagram show? 2. What does the caption tell you? 3. Where are the ailerons located? 4. What part is extended to provide additional lift? 5. What part is folded into the fuselage during flight? Diagram/Scale Drawing PB 229-230

12. 6. What function does the tail serve on the airplane? 7. According to this diagram, to what are the engines connected? 8. What part(s) of the airplane might be possible to see while sitting in a passenger seat and looking out a window? Diagram/Scale Drawing PB 229-230

13. 9. How does the diagram help you to understand the information in the caption? I am able to see what the parts look like and where they are located. It would be hard to do this without the diagram. What would you have to do to make this diagram into a scale drawing? measure the parts, come up with a scale, and redraw the diagram using the measurement scale Diagram/Scale Drawing PB 229-230

14. Grammar Practice – Adverbs TE 581e • An adverb tells how, when, or where something happens. • An adverb can appear before or after a verb. • Many adverbs that tell how something is done end in –ly. Eleanor quickly slipped into the driver’s seat. HOW did she slip into the seat?

15. Fun Stuff and Practice • Aviation History • Eleanor Roosevelt • Amelia Earhart • More on Eleanor Roosevelt • Web Adventure • Brian Selznick, Children's Illustrator • PowerPoint on Eleanor

16. Weekly Fluency Check Tone of VoiceTE 581a • Just like in a conversation, good readers read to make the text more lively and to convey the author’s point of view, or feelings, about the subject. • Read p. 560m to model for students.

17. Question of the WeekTE 314m • How did an adventure by two famous women break tradition?

18. Day 2 - Question of the Day • How are Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt different from most other women of their time?

19. Day 3 – Question of the Day • Why do you think Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt enjoyed each other’s company so much?

20. Day 4 – Question of the Day • How were Louise Arner Boyd’s adventures like and unlike Amelia Earhart’s adventures?

21. Review Questions • What was the purpose for Amelia’s flying and Eleanor’s driving? • How do we know that Amelia and Eleanor knew each other prior to the dinner party? • What were the duties of the Secret Service men? • What event happened prior to Amelia coming to the White House? • How do we know that Eleanor trusted Amelia?

22. Review Questions 6. Why did the women turn the lights of the plane off the night they flew? Why were the reporters gathered awaiting Eleanor and Amelia’s return? What was the author’s purpose for writing the story? What was the most exciting event for both Amelia and Eleanor? How were these women different from other women of their time?

23. Vocabulary - Say It • aviator • brisk • cockpit • daring • elegant • outspoken • solo

24. More Words to Know • escorting • miniatures • determined • independence • military

25. aviator • person who flies an aircraft; pilot

26. keen; sharp; chilly brisk

27. place where the pilot sits in an airplane cockpit

28. bold; fearless; courageous daring

29. elegant • having or showing good taste; gracefully and richly refined; beautifully luxurious; stylish

30. not reserved; frank; direct outspoken

31. without a partner, teacher, alone, etc. solo

32. going with another to give protection, showing honor, providing companionship escorting

33. things represented on a small scale miniatures

34. determined • firm; resolute

35. independence • the condition of not being influenced by others; thinking or acting for yourself

36. military • of or about armed forces of war; Navy; Air Force; Marines; Army

37. Amelia loved the feeling of independence when she was in the cockpit.

38. Amelia loved the feeling of independence when she was in the cockpit.

39. It was a brisk and cloudless evening.

40. It was a brisk and cloudless evening.

41. Eleanor believed that if Amelia could fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, she could fly to Baltimore and back.

42. Eleanor believed that if Amelia could fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, she could fly to Baltimore and back.

43. The palace had elegant furnishings.

44. The palace had elegant furnishings.

45. Amelia was daring and liked to try things other women wouldn’t even consider.

46. Amelia was daring and liked to try things other women wouldn’t even consider.

47. Amelia Earhart was a celebrated aviator.

48. Amelia Earhart was a celebrated aviator.

49. Eleanor Roosevelt was outspoken and determined.

50. Eleanor Roosevelt was outspoken and determined.