A DRAGON WITH WINGS
◼︎ Scenes 25 - 27
Watch the scenes below.
After each scene, answer the questions related to that scene.
SCENE 25
25 — "We'll send you a frog" — Erin, Echo and Ellie meet their counterparts in a "cousin universe," where time unfolds differently. The girls also learn that the ecosystems in their counterparts' world are collapsing. To help restore that world, Erin Echo and Ellie offer to teaser a frog to the Wilkes Institute for Advanced Science. "That's impossible." (2 minutes)
Questions for scene 25 — "We'll send you a frog"
(1) The “Erin,” “Echo” and “Ellie” in the parallel universe are theoretical physicists.
• What is physics? — do research if you need to
• What is a theory? — do research if you need to
• What might a theoretical physicist be? — Google: theoretical physicist
(2) “Erin,” “Echo” and “Ellie’s” W.I.A.S. project is unauthorized.
• What does unauthorized mean?
(3) You have read A Wrinkle in Time.
• What is a tesseract?
• Google tesseract if you can’t remember.
(4) What has been lost in “Erin,” “Echo” and “Ellie’s” world?
• Write about at least two things they have lost.
SCENE 26
26 — Cool Einstein's Frightening Message — Cool Einstein tells Erin, Echo and Ellie they must "talk with someone." But Cool won't tell them who it is, or what it's about. "I'm not at liberty." The girls are also warned not to share anything about the interviews with anyone, most especially their parents. "Don't." (3 minutes)
Questions for scene 26 — Cool Einstein's Frightening Message
(5) What animals do we finally meet in this scene?
(6) Cool Einstein looks troubled.
• How do we know this?
• Hint: Think about Cool’s clothing, tone of voice, facial expressions and words.
(7) Erin, Echo and Ellie want to know what will happen if they tell their parents about meeting with the nameless woman.
• Cool Einstein doesn’t answer the question.
• What do you make of this?
(8) The girls mention Mordor twice in this scene.
• What and where is Mordor?
• Google Mordor if you need to.
SCENE 27
27 — WSCH TV: SPECIAL EDITION — A Special Edition of WSCH TV: Hurricane Sandy is devastating the Caribbean. It may soon be headed towards the school! (2 minutes)
Questions for scene 27 — WSCH TV: SPECIAL EDITION
(9) Is Superstorm — Hurricane — Sandy fiction or non-fiction?
(10) Natalie and Cheyenne suggest ways to prepare for the coming storm.
• In a sentence, note at least three of their storm-preparation suggestions.
NOTE: In the 4th quarter, the ABCD answers are now 10 points (instead of 3)
ABCD (Above & Beyond the Call of Duty) — the only way to get to 50/50 (A+); you may also need the points if you’ve dropped points for questions 1-10.
In scenes 26 and 27, what’s happening with Erin, Echo and Ellie parallels what’s reported on WSCH TV.
• Erin, Echo and Ellie talk about Mordor.
• Natalie and Cheyenne talk about Superstorm Sandy, which they also call Frankenstorm.
• There are dragons in Erin, Echo and Ellie’s world.
• Hurricane Sandy is described by Cheyenne as a dragon of a storm.
Why do you think these scenes were written this way?
