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Thanks to Ms. Macias for the initial seed idea for this lesson.
| Wind Beneath My Wings Complements of Midi Might |
Characters:
1. Identify the following characters, and explain their role in the story:
- Amy Alden
- Thomas Alden
- Susan
- David
- Glen Selferts
Setting:
2. Where does the story begin?
(Name the country, and tell where it is located in the world. Also give its longitude and latitude)3. Why does Amy's father take her to a new home?
4. Locate Amy's new home. (Name the country and continent. Also give its longitude and latitude of the Province of Ontario.)
Plot:
5. Describe what Amy does at the beginning of the story that shows how she feels.
6. How do you think Amy's father feels?
7. Amy discovers over a dozen goose eggs. Why do you think she feels compelled to take care of them?
8. After the eggs are hatched, the geese follow Amy everywhere. The forest ranger explains this as "imprinting". What is imprinting?
9. Explain in your own words why the geese follow Amy everywhere.
10. When the geese grew older, why did the forest ranger want to clip their wings?
11. Geese have to migrate. What does migrate mean?
12. What season of the year do the geese migrate, and in which direction do they fly?
13. Describe two things that Amy and the geese have in common. (Explain how they are alike.)
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14. Explain how Amy's attitude had changed by the end of the film.
A) At the beginning, she was...
B) At the end she was...
15. Explain how the relationship between Amy and her father had changed by the end of the film.
After-thoughts:
16. Think of one scene from the film that you really enjoyed. Describe the scene with as many details as you can remember and explain why you enjoyed it.
17. Below are five interesting facts about geese. Read them over carefully and tell what lesson you learn from them about how to treat your friends and family.
18. Find five additional facts about geese to add to the list.
Interesting Facts About Geese
Have you ever wondered why migrating geese fly in V formation ? As with most animal behavior, there is a good reason which teaches us a valuable lesson about helping and supporting one another.
1) As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an "uplift" for the bird following. By flying in their V group formation, the whole flock adds 71% more flying range than if each bird flew alone.
2) Whenever a goose falls out of the group formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone, and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the "lifting power" of the bird immediately in front.
3) When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into formation and another goose flies at the point position.
4) The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep their speed.
5) When a goose gets sick, wounded or shot down, two geese drop out of formation and follow him down to help and protect him. They stay with him until he is either able to fly again or dies. Then they launch out on their own, with another group, or catch up with the flock.
And so it is with those who care.
Fly Together (team project):
Create a multi-media display of what you learned from this lesson using words, images, sounds effects and/or music.
Include the following information:
- A written and illustrated description of your favorite scene
- Show how Amy traveled from New Zealand to Canada.
- 10 facts that you learned about geese from this lesson
- Explain and show the path of migration of the geese in this film. (Measure and show the distance in miles from their origin to their destination.)
- An evaluation of your team's performance in putting together your project.
a) Did you apply any lessons from the behavior of the geese while working with your team? (See facts # 1-5.)
b) Which lessons did you use, and how did they effect your team and the outcome of your project?
There is yet more to learn!
On-line lesson Resourses The Learning Stream
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02/13/05
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