PR-6785UK Astonishing Headlines Teacher Resource Book
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1<br />
Shot down<br />
Initial understanding<br />
Identify structure<br />
Date:<br />
Name:<br />
The ideas in a well-written paragraph can be related to each other in one of these ways:<br />
• Main idea and supportive details<br />
• Cause and effect<br />
• Sequence of events<br />
• Compare and contrast<br />
Write the following abbreviations in the blanks to show how the ideas are related: MI/SD = main idea and<br />
supportive details, C/E = cause and effect, SOE = sequence of events and C/C = compare and contrast.<br />
(a)<br />
(b)<br />
(c)<br />
(d)<br />
(e)<br />
(f)<br />
(g)<br />
(h)<br />
It was a dangerous mission. German fighter planes protected the airfields. They<br />
patrolled the skies, looking for American and English planes to shoot down.<br />
As the bullets hit the plane, they cut its elevator cables. Yeager could not control his<br />
plane’s altitude.<br />
Yeager pulled open the cockpit. He rolled into the air. He fell toward the ground. Then<br />
his parachute opened.<br />
Yeager’s parachute snapped him to an almost dead stop in midair. Below him, his<br />
plane fell until it crashed to the earth.<br />
Yeager spoke no French. The French people spoke no English.<br />
Because of its long wings, the U-2 could fly higher than any other plane.<br />
At first his instruments did not show any problems. But then he felt a change. The<br />
plane tipped forward a little. Then, it tipped a little more!<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
The U-2 had one small bomb. But it was not for dropping on the enemy. It was to<br />
destroy the plane itself, before it crashed.<br />
(i)<br />
Because Powers was caught with a spy plane, the Soviet government said that<br />
Powers was a spy.<br />
(j)<br />
The Su-15 fighter pilots called to Flight 007 by radio. The pilot did not answer. The<br />
Su-15 fighter pilots then flew in front of Flight 007. The plane did not turn.<br />
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