2008年5月24日 星期六

Dragonwings HW

Scene Map:

Characters: Moon Shadow, Wrights, Windrider
Setting: Moon Shadow wrote a letter to the Wrights about the plane, then Wrights replied a letter to him.
How the scene begins: Moon Shadow wrote a letter about the machine parts of the plane to the Wrights.
How the scene ends: Wrights sent a letter to Moon Shadow that included the plane's tables and diagrams.
Problems: Windrider wanted to fly like Wrights but he didn't know the details of the machine parts of the plane.

Substitute: What do you think if Moon Shadow didn't write the letter to the Wrights?
I think that Windrider would make the plane by his imagination.

Modify: What would have happened Windrider had a long hair?
I think his hair could be a propeller. When there had wind, his hair would swirl and he
could fly by himself.

Rearrange: What would have happened if Windrider knew how to make the plane before Moon
Shadow had written to the Wrights?
I think that Windrider would be very happy because he could make the plane by his
own without anyone's prompting.

Rewritten Scene:

To the honorable Wrights:
This is to inform you that I am a boy of eleven. I have greatly admired your feats of daring. My father wants to fly too. Can you help him? We need to know how to shape the propellers. We need to know how big the wings should be in order to lift my father into the air. Father says the no one else in the whole world knows as much as you do about aeroplanes. Thanks you.

And I signed it with the sounds of my name spelled out in demon letters. I wrote several drafts of it and then copied it out in the fine, elegant hand Miss Whitlaw had taught me. The Next day we went down together and mailed the letter, " You realize though, Moon Shadow, that even if they were to get this letter, there is no guarantee that they'll answer it. They're busy men, you know."
But two weeks later, I received Wrights' letter. However, they gave me a disappointed answer that I didn't want:

Dear Mr.Lee,
My brother and I are always happy to meet another flying enthusiast. However, we are so sorry that we can't tell anything about making the planes information to you. It's because we think that making this plane is our painstaking effort. We don't want to tell the others how we make it. We want to keep it secretly, but we don't mind you transformed our plane and make it to be your new plane. So, sorry for that we can't tell your anything.

I felt so upset and disappointed after reading this letter. When Father came home, he asked me that why I was unhappy. Then I told him what was happened just now. I said that I just wanted to help him but in fact, I can't. Nevertheless, He said thanks to me that I was unexpectedly. He told me that although I can't help him, I have already tried to do it. Despite it was unsuccessfully, I have tried my best.

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