The First Flying Man

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Activity Key
BEFORE READING GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
1 a, c, d a 1
2 c, d, f b 3
c 2
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READING CHECK Activity page 19
b It is the time of the Ottoman Empire. READING CHECK
c Hezarfen is a clever young man. b True
d The Galata Tower is across the Bosphorus / water from his house. c False (He says, ‘I want to fly over the Bosphorus.’)
e Every morning, Hezarfen watches the birds in the sky. d True
f Every morning, the simit man comes with some simits. e True
g Hezarfen never speaks to the man. f False (The Sultan says, ‘You must fly tomorrow.’)
h Hezarfen wants to fly over the Bosphorus. g True
GUESS WHAT h False (‘Is a flying man good in God’s eyes?’ he asks.)
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers i False (‘The first flying man must be an Ottoman,’ he says.)
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: j False (Hezarfen is not happy because there is no wind.)
b and d GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
Activity page 7 now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
READING CHECK a lots of
b friend b jumps
c brother c flies across the Bosphorus
d Leonardo d money
e rocket e leaves for Algeria
f hill
g dangerous Activity page 23
GUESS WHAT READING CHECK
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers b 1
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: c 2
a No d 1
b Yes e 2
c Yes GUESS WHAT
d Yes Open answers.
e No
f No Project A pages 24–25
g Yes FAMOUS FLYERS OF THE PAST
1 Name and dates of flyers: Wilbur and Orville Wright
Activity page 11 Nationality: American
READING CHECK Famous for which ‘flying first’: first flight in a plane with an engine
Hezarfen falls down from the hill. Mehmet hears a noise and a cry Place of this ‘flying first’: near Kitty Hawk
from the foot of the hill. He runs down to his friend, now with Ali. Date of this ‘flying first’: December 17th 1903
Hezarfen’s wings are broken, but he is OK. Hezarfen take the wings to Things to do these days connected with the brothers: visit the Wright
his workshop with his friends. He must make better wings. Hezarfen Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina, USA; see models of
wants to fly from the Galata Tower. So he and his friends go across their planes
the Bosphorus to Galata. Hezarfen wants to speak to the district chief 2 The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph (1740–1810) and Etienne
there. Two guards stop them in the street. Ali and Mehmet are afraid. (1745–1799) – are famous French flyers. Many people know their
Hezarfen gives his name to the guards. One of them knows about names today because of their flight of a hot-air balloon in front of
Hezarfen’s brother, Lagari Hasan. Lagari is a rocket maker. The guard lots of people in the town of Annonay on 4th June 1783 – a first in
goes and speaks to the district chief. the history of flying. These days you can visit the Science Museum in
GUESS WHAT London and see a model of one of their balloons.
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers 3 Open answers.
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a, c, and e

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READING CHECK
a 6
b 2
c 4
d 10
e 5
f 1
g 7
h 8
i 9
j 3

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 The First Flying Man
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Activity Key
Project B pages 26–27 WORD WORK 3
WRITING ABOUT YOUR DREAM 1 b coin
1 The simit man c mosque
2 a G d gold
b B e wind
c B f brain
d B 2 b nervous
e G c Your Highness
f G d vizier
g B e reward
h G f lands
i G g exile
j B
3 Open answers.
4 Open answers.

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WORD WORK 1
1 b tower
c ring
d wing
e rocket
f workshop
2 a design
b Empire
c clever
d district
e fly
f dream
g practise
h tasty
i top
j jump
k dangerous
WORD WORK 2
1
F D J Y O J P G S F U Z
H U D F J N E O U K E D
V C R A S H R K D A L G
O H H L Q T M B C C R E
S L U L W P I L B H H D
G C X L I L S D X I H H
S J X Q I Z S M B E L B
X U M E E T I N G F C O
K Y L G B R O K E N G A
G G A T F G N R I E O T
P E H K A K L J K R S G
R A C E U N A L S K U D
2 b broken
c fall
d permission
e chief
f crash
g race
h sultan
i meeting
j boat

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