IV LEVEL UNIT 4 LET ME EXPLAIN Lesson 5

Amelia Earhart was born on July 24 , ____________________ ,
in Atchison , Kansas , USA . As a ____________________ adult ,
she ____________________ to pursue a medical career .

She ____________________ at Columbia University in 1919 and ____________________
to study medicine . But then she took her first plane ride
in 1920 and decided to become a ____________________ .

In 1921 , Earhart ____________________ flying lessons and soon bought
her first airplane . As soon as she ____________________ her pilot ? s license ,
she set a ____________________ for the ____________________ flight by a female pilot .

After this , she continued to set records , becoming
the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean as an air ____________________ in 1928 and participating in the first women ? s air derby in 1929 .

On May 21 , 1932 , she ____________________ the first woman to fly across the
____________________ . She went on to become the first woman to fly across the
US in 1932 . She also became the first person to fly from ____________________
to ____________________ in January , 1935 , and the first person to fly from Los
Angeles to Mexico City in April of the same year .

After these ____________________ , Earhart decided to try a flight around
the world . Her first attempt was in March of 1937 . It was cancelled
because her plane got ____________________ . She began again on June 1 of that
year with a navigator named Fred Noonan . On July 2 , 1937 , however ,
Earhart ? s plane ____________________ near Howland Island in the Pacific . The
US ____________________ began to search for Earhart and Noonan , but the
search was called off on July 19 . She was legally ____________________ dead in
1939 .
Amelia Earhart was an ____________________ ____________________ .