SUMMARY The author assumes the voice of a young girl, who is hiking in the woods with her brother, and comes upon Amelia Earhart. As the famous pilot fixes her engine, she tells the children about flying in the mid- 1930s. The narrator calls Earhart a model of bravery.

BUILD BACKGROUND Ask students if they have ever met and talked with a person who was really brave? Talk about the experience and ask the students to imagine how exciting the very early days of flying must have been.

Encourage students to speak about anyone from their home country for whom they have a great deal of admiration.

PREVIEW/USE TEXT FEATURES Ask students to look through the illustrations to see why the book is focused on meeting Amelia Earhart. Ask the students to guess about how long ago Amelia Earhart lived.

TEACH/REVIEW VOCABULARY Find out which of the vocabulary words are unfamiliar to students by asking them to define aviator, solo, elegant. Ask students to suggest as many words as they can think of that start with avi- (aviary, aviation, etc.) and ask if they can guess what aviatrix means. Also, you may want to ask why birds are associated with words beginning with avi-.

 SEQUENCE As you remind students that sequence has to do with understanding how a story is put together, suggest that they look at this story and find how the author handled time. Talk about why time was important in this story.

 STORY STRUCTURE As most stories revolve around a conflict or problem, the way this conflict is resolved is called the story structure. Ask students what they think the main problem of this story is. Some may think it is the argument between the brother and sister, others may see if as Earhart's problem fixing her plane that day, and others may see it as Earhart's struggle to be first to accomplish a daring flying event. Ask students why this conflict is important to the story.