"Women in Aviation"
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As you read, you can draw conclusions, or make judgments about or take positions on a topic. These conclusions are based on evidence, experience, and reasoning. To support conclusions, you should use textual evidence in the form of facts and details.
Reread lines 9-15 to find evidence that supports this conclusion: The earliest women aviators were brave and accomplished.
As you read, you can draw conclusions, or make judgments about or take positions on a topic. These conclusions are based on evidence, experience, and reasoning. To support conclusions, you should use textual evidence in the form of facts and details.
Reread lines 9-15 to find evidence that supports this conclusion: The earliest women aviators were brave and accomplished.
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The overall topic of this informational text is women in aviation; however, the authors chose to focus on just two women aviators--Harriet Quimby and Bessie Coleman.
What is the significance of these two aviators that made the authors name them more specifically?
The overall topic of this informational text is women in aviation; however, the authors chose to focus on just two women aviators--Harriet Quimby and Bessie Coleman.
What is the significance of these two aviators that made the authors name them more specifically?
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You've learned that authors may have more than one purpose in mind for a text. An author's choice of words often helps reveal a purpose for writing a certain section of text. For "Women in Aviation," it's clear that the authors' main purpose is to inform.
What secondary purpose do you think is evident in the text? Reread lines 97-99 and identify words that reveal the authors' purpose.
You've learned that authors may have more than one purpose in mind for a text. An author's choice of words often helps reveal a purpose for writing a certain section of text. For "Women in Aviation," it's clear that the authors' main purpose is to inform.
What secondary purpose do you think is evident in the text? Reread lines 97-99 and identify words that reveal the authors' purpose.
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In what ways were Harriet Quimby and Bessie Coleman probably most alike?
In what ways were Harriet Quimby and Bessie Coleman probably most alike?
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What do you think is the most important idea the authors want to convey about the efforts of women aviators in the early 20th century? What are two types of evidence the authors used to help support their views?
What do you think is the most important idea the authors want to convey about the efforts of women aviators in the early 20th century? What are two types of evidence the authors used to help support their views?
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In what ways are both Harriet Quimby and Bessie Coleman bold?
In what ways are both Harriet Quimby and Bessie Coleman bold?