Description
In a time when aviation was taking off, eighteen-year-old Jean Batten had a dream of becoming the first woman to fly alone from England to New Zealand. This article explores the many challenges she overcame to do just that.
This pack contains response activities complete with activity explainer videos for supporting teaching and learning reading strategies including:
- Skim and Scan activities
- Summarise activities
- Questioning activities
- Inference activities
- Making Connections activities
- Visualising activities
Themes explored include: achievement, aeroplanes, aviation, bravery, courage, determination, epic journeys, exploration, famous New Zealanders, flying, goals, Gipsy Moth, heroine, Hine-o-te-Rangi, history, inspiration, Jean Batten, Percival Gull, pilots, records, resilience, going for goals, overcoming challenges.
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