M YSTERY F LIGHT B Y D AN D E T ARSIO IN THE AIR FOR AMELIA B Y D EE D E T ARSIO Scoring:

MYSTERY FLIGHT BY DAN DETARSIO

IN THE AIR FOR AMELIA BY DEE DETARSIO

Scoring:

MYSTERY FLIGHTBy Dan DeTarsio

7 What is the meaning of the word navigator in paragraph 2 of the selection?

O A. One who pilots the plane

O B. One who sends messages

O C. One who plots the course of a plane

O D. One who leads the U.S. Coast Guard

7 What is the meaning of the word navigator in paragraph 2 of the selection?

O A. One who pilots the plane

O B. One who sends messages

O C. One who plots the course of a plane

O D. One who leads the U.S. Coast Guard

Grade:HS

Strand and Target:IC14

KeyC

8 What problem made it almost impossible for the Coast Guard to locate Amelia Earhart?

O A. The Coast Guard never heard from Amelia Earhart.

O B. Amelia Earhart had lost her navigator, Fred Noonan.

O C. The Coast Guard was too far away from Amelia Earhart.

O D. Amelia Earhart was unable to hear the Coast Guard’s communications.

8 What problem made it almost impossible for the Coast Guard to locate Amelia Earhart?

O A. The Coast Guard never heard from Amelia Earhart.

O B. Amelia Earhart had lost her navigator, Fred Noonan.

O C. The Coast Guard was too far away from Amelia Earhart.

O D. Amelia Earhart was unable to hear the Coast Guard’s communications.

Grade:HS

Strand and Target:IA17

KeyD

9 Based on its title, what information do you expect to find in the timeline?

O A. A detailed record of Amelia Earhart’s last flight

O B. Memorable events honoring Amelia Earhart

O C. Amelia Earhart’s important achievements

O D. Amelia Earhart’s family history

9 Based on its title, what information do you expect to find in the timeline?

O A. A detailed record of Amelia Earhart’s last flight

O B. Memorable events honoring Amelia Earhart

O C. Amelia Earhart’s important achievements

O D. Amelia Earhart’s family history

Grade:HS


KeyC

10 Is this sentence a reasonable conclusion to draw after reading the selection?

Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan crashed onan island in the Pacific Ocean.

Support your response with two details from the selection.

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Grade:HS

Strand and Target:IT19

2 A 2-point response states or implies whether or not the statement is a reasonable conclusion and provides two text-based details to support the answer.

Example: (yes) It is a reasonable conclusion because it states that researchers in the Pacific have found a piece of a woman’s shoe and that parts may have come from her plane.ORExample: (no) It is not a reasonable conclusion because no trace of her plane was found. Also, most people think they crashed and drowned in the ocean.ORExample: (yes and no) I think the conclusion may be reasonable because they have found pieces of aluminum that may have come from her plane, but it probably is not reasonable because the most widely accepted theory is that she ran out gas and drowned.

1 A 1-point response states or implies whether or not the statement is a reasonable conclusion and provides one text-based detail to support the answer.

Text-based details may include, but are not limited to:

A. She had crashed in Hawaii beforeB. Coast Guard intercepted brief (desperate) transmissions for helpC. After leaving New Guinea they were lostD. Coast Guard couldn’t home in on her positionE. She was unable to receive radio messagesF. She disappeared over 60 years ago / no one really knows what happened / No trace of her plane was ever foundG. Her tragic end is still being investigatedH. A theory is that she ran out of gas / crashed and drownedI. Other accounts have her straying off course on purpose / other accounts

have her going on a secret spy missionJ. Researchers have found the heel of a woman’s shoe that’s Earhart’s sizeK. Researchers have found pieces of aluminum / found parts that may have

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This response states that it is not a reasonable conclusion and provides more than two details from the selection to support the answer.F. No, no really knows what happened to the plane…K. …no one knows if that heel might be hers even though the size matches.D. …no one knows where her distress call came from.

This response states that it is not a reasonable conclusion and provides more than two details from the selection to support the answer.F. No, no really knows what happened to the plane…K. …no one knows if that heel might be hers even though the size matches.D. …no one knows where her distress call came from.







This response states that it is not a reasonable conclusion and provides more than two details from the selection to support the answer.H. Noonan and Earhart may have crashed in the ocean and drowned,…I. …they may have purposely disappeared…I. …to start a spy mission for President Roosevelt.The two details from bullet I count as one score point.

This response states that it is not a reasonable conclusion and provides more than two details from the selection to support the answer.H. Noonan and Earhart may have crashed in the ocean and drowned,…I. …they may have purposely disappeared…I. …to start a spy mission for President Roosevelt.The two details from bullet I count as one score point.

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This response states that it is a reasonable conclusion and provides one detail from the selection to support the answer.C. …they left from New Guinea and only 20 hours later they were lost.

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IN THE AIR FOR AMELIABy Dee DeTarsio

11 Which of these sentences best summarizes “In the Air for Amelia”?

O A. A female flyer researches what happened to aviator Amelia Earhart.

O B. A woman pilot recreates Amelia Earhart’s unfinished round-the- world journey.

O C. An organization called World Flight 1997 restores Amelia Earhart’s plane.

O D. Many young people learn to fly, thanks to the contributions of Amelia Earhart.

11 Which of these sentences best summarizes “In the Air for Amelia”?

O A. A female flyer researches what happened to aviator Amelia Earhart.

O B. A woman pilot recreates Amelia Earhart’s unfinished round-the- world journey.

O C. An organization called World Flight 1997 restores Amelia Earhart’s plane.

O D. Many young people learn to fly, thanks to the contributions of Amelia Earhart.

Grade:HS


KeyB

12 Why does Linda Finch compare flying across the Atlantic to flying into a black hole?

O A. To describe the appearance of a 1935 airplane

O B. To express the joy she felt when flying

O C. To emphasize the dangers in her flight

O D. To explain the length of the flight

12 Why does Linda Finch compare flying across the Atlantic to flying into a black hole?

O A. To describe the appearance of a 1935 airplane

O B. To express the joy she felt when flying

O C. To emphasize the dangers in her flight

O D. To explain the length of the flight

Grade:HS


KeyC

13 Based on the timeline “Amelia Earhart: A Life of Accomplishments,” and the information in the selection “In the Air for Amelia,” explain how Amelia Earhart might have inspired young people during her lifetime. Include one detail from the timeline and one detail from the selection in your answer._______________________________________________________________

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13 Based on the timeline “Amelia Earhart: A Life of Accomplishments,” and the information in the selection “In the Air for Amelia,” explain how Amelia Earhart might have inspired young people during her lifetime. Include one detail from the timeline and one detail from the selection in your answer._______________________________________________________________

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Grade:HS

Strand and Target:IT20

2 A 2-point response includes one detail from the timeline and one detail from “In the Air for Amelia” to explain how Amelia Earhart might have inspired young people during her lifetime.Example: Amelia Earhart completed the first transcontinental flight by a woman. She inspired Linda Finch to retrace her trip in the same kind of plane.

1 A 1-point response includes one detail from the timeline OR one detail from “In the Air for Amelia” to explain how Amelia Earhart might have inspired young people during her lifetime.

Text-based details may include but are not limited to:

TimelineA. Completed her first flying lesson / bought her first aircraft (Kinner Airster)B. Set an unofficial women’s flying altitude record of 14,000 feetC. Completed the first transcontinental flight by a womanD. Organized and was elected president of The Ninety-Nines, the first organization of female pilotsE. Set the women’s world flying speed record of 181.18 mphF. Completed her first solo transcontinental flight in an AutogiroG. Became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in her single-engine Lockhead VegaH. Broke her own transcontinental record with a flying time of 17 hours, 7

minutes and 30 secondsI. Was the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean from Honolulu,

Hawaii, to Oakland, CaliforniaJ. Began her around-the-world flight, completing 22,000 miles before disappearing

In the Air for Amelia

AA. Linda Finch retraced her hero’s footsteps, or in this case, flight paths / Finch followed her dream of re-creating the round-the-world flight attempted 60 years ago by Amelia Earhart / Finch followed a route similar to the one planned for EarhartBB. Finch’s plane is almost an exact replica of Earhart’s – a gleaming 1935 Lockheed Electra 10E / Finch spent the last two years painstakingly restoring and modernizing the plane / She even sheltered it in the same hangar from which Earhart’s craft was rolled out in 1937CC. World Flight 1997, Finch’s flight took about two and one-half months and covered about 30,000 milesDD. Finch reported that the memory of Earhart was particularly inspirational to her

when she crossed the Atlantic / Finch said it was a long trip, nearly 13 hours, through thunderstorms and in the dark / To think of Amelia Earhart doing this 60 years ago is amazingEE. World Flight was created to share Amelia Earhart’s vision with young people /

The heart of the World Flight project is its outreach to inner city and at-risk youth with her message about reaching above and beyond perceived

limitationsFF. As a part of World Flight 1997, Pratt-Whitney spent $4.5 million for the education program “You Can Soar” / Half a million students participated, learning about geography, science, the weather and aviation

13 Based on the timeline “Amelia Earhart: A Life of Accomplishments,” and the information in the selection “In the Air for Amelia,” explain how Amelia Earhart might have inspired young people during her lifetime. Include one detail from the timeline and one detail from the selection in your answer.


This response includes two details from the timeline and one detail from the selection.Timeline:

C. Amelia was the first woman to complete a transcontinental flight.E. She also set the women’s world flying speed record of 181.18 mph…

Selection:AA. She inspired Linda Finch to retrace Amelias path, by building a replica of her plane, and flying close to the path Amelia flew.

This response includes two details from the timeline and one detail from the selection.Timeline:

C. Amelia was the first woman to complete a transcontinental flight.E. She also set the women’s world flying speed record of 181.18 mph…

Selection:AA. She inspired Linda Finch to retrace Amelias path, by building a replica of her plane, and flying close to the path Amelia flew.

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This response includes one detail from the timeline and one detail from the selection.Timeline:

G. Earhart became the first woman to do many things, like flying solo across the Atlantic Ocean…

Selection:EE. ...“reaching above and beyond perceived limitations,”...

This response includes one detail from the timeline and one detail from the selection.Timeline:

G. Earhart became the first woman to do many things, like flying solo across the Atlantic Ocean…

Selection:EE. ...“reaching above and beyond perceived limitations,”...

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This response includes one detail from the timeline.Timeline:

I. And she was the first person to fly solo across the pacific

This response includes one detail from the timeline.Timeline:

I. And she was the first person to fly solo across the pacific

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14 According to the timeline and the selections, in what year did Amelia Earhart set and aviation record for both men and women?

O A. 1922

O B. 1930

O C. 1933

O D. 1935

14 According to the timeline and the selections, in what year did Amelia Earhart set and aviation record for both men and women?

O A. 1922

O B. 1930

O C. 1933

O D. 1935

Grade:HS


KeyD

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