Tuesday, 3/27/01
Warm Up:
  1. What was the first "test" that Father faced in Chapter 4? (At least in Moon Shadow's opinion it was a test!)
  2. "against name" : antonym :: "alphabet name" : ___________
  3. (2) If you drove 450 miles and you used 30 gallons of gas, your gas *________ would be _______ m.p.g.
  4. career : livelihood :: annoyance : *________
  5. post : after :: pre : *_________
  6. miles : gallons :: pitch : *_________
  7. "alphabet name" bonus: a) AFDC b) CIA c) SCUBA
Dragonwings aloud--p61-70--
Wright Brothers flight.

"After a failed attempt on 14 Dec 1903 by Wilbur, the Wrights flew the world's first powered airplane at Kitty Hawk on 17 Dec 1903. Beginning at 10:35 AM, Orville flew it about 120-feet (in about 12 seconds), Wilbur, about 175 feet; Orville, about 200 feet, and, about 12:00 PM, Wilbur flew it 852 feet in 59 seconds." (from First-to-Fly.com)
 
 

Opium dens.
View inside a Chinese opium den
view inside a Chinese opium den in the 1870s
(Pics are from the SF Museum.)

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