Book Detail

My Brothers' Flying Machine

Publication Information
Author:  Yolen, Jane Illustrator:  Burke, Jim
Title:  My Brothers' Flying Machine Date:  2003
Publisher:  Little Brown City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-316-97159-6 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography, easy reading

HSE Descriptor(s):    science

Summary:
This biography of Wilber and Orville Wright is told by their younger sister.

Teaching Ideas:
This book contributes an easy-reading text to the text set on flight (see matrix) and specifically on the Wright Brothers. Readers may be curious enough about why their sister did not fly in her brothers' planes until many years after Kitty Hawk to do online research or write about an imagined reason. The book suggests many discussion and writing topics: How did their sister differ from Wilber and Orville and why? What would have happened if she had been another brother?

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Book Conversations
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
bullet K-W-L Instruction Strategy
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
bullet Save the Last Word for Me (Adaptation)
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/adapt_save_last_word.pdf
bullet Venn Diagrams
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf

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bullet Construction/Engineering > Building > engineering
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > imagination
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > problem solving
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > resourcefulness
bullet Science > scientists/inventors > Wright Brothers
bullet Transportation > flight
bullet Transportation > flight > airplanes
bullet Family > siblings
bullet Science > inventions


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