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The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon By Bea Uusma Schyffert. Day 1 Day 4 Day 2 Day 5 Day 3 Vocabulary Definitions Vocabulary Sentences Additional Resources. Study Skills. Genre: Biography Comprehension Skill: Generalize Comprehension Strategy: Ask Questions
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The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon By Bea UusmaSchyffert Day 1Day 4 Day 2Day 5 Day 3 Vocabulary Definitions Vocabulary Sentences Additional Resources
Study Skills • Genre: Biography • Comprehension Skill:Generalize • Comprehension Strategy:Ask Questions • Comprehension Review Skill:Fact and Opinion • Vocabulary: Word Structure—Endings
Day 1 – Question of the Week • How do the achievements of others influence our dreams?
Vocabulary – Say It astronauts capsule hatch horizon lunar module quarantine
More Words to Know impact sphere transmission
The moon looked like an silver goast. • Its hard to believe that people landed their 40 years ago.
Titles • It’s the BIG and little trick!! • Big things and things that can stand on their own, like books, are underlined. • Little things that are dependent or that come as part of a group like chapters, are put into quotation marks.
For example, a CD or album are major (big) works that can be divided into smaller parts, or songs. • The song names (small part) are punctuated with quotation marks. • For example: The Sweet Escape, by Gwen Stefani, includes the song “Wind It Up.”
Underline any published collection, like a book of poetry. • Put the individual entry, like a poem, in quotation marks. • However, a long, epic poem that is often published on its own would be treated like a book. The Odessey is one example.
Titles to Underline • A novel • A play • A film • A painting • A sculpture or statue • A drawing • A CD • A TV series • An encyclopedia • A magazine • A newspaper • A Pamphlet
Titles to Put Into Quotation Marks • Poem • Short story • A skit • A commercial • An individual show in a TV series(like “The Soup Nazi” on Seinfeld) • A chapter • An article • A newspaper story • A ship
More Tips • Some titles are merely capitalized and not given additional punctuation. These include: • Religious works, like The Bible or The Koran • Buildings • Monuments
Spelling Words • island • column • knee • often • known • castle • thumb • half • calf • whistle • autumn • knuckles • numb • Illinois • rhyme • climber • limb • plumbing • ghost • clothes
Challenge Words • raspberry • symptom • Wyoming • salmon • cologne
Day 2 - Question of the Day • Why was the Apollo 11 mission so important?
lunar of, like or about the moon
quarantine Detention, isolation, and other measures taken to prevent the spread of infectious disease
astronauts pilots or members of the crew of a spacecraft
horizon line where the Earth and sky seem to meet; skyline
capsule the enclosed front section of a rocket made to carry instruments, astronauts, etc., into space
hatch a trapdoor covering an opening in an aircraft’s or ship’s deck
module a self-contained unit or system within a larger system, often designed for a particular function
impact • Action of striking one thing against another; collision
sphere • Ball or globe. The sun, the moon, earth, and stars are spheres
transmission • Passage of electronic waves from a transmitter to a receiver
3. “What’s that book your’e reading”? I asked Meg. 4. She telled me she was reading a short story called Earthrise.
Group Work • Readers & WB 284 • Spelling Day 2 • Language Day 2 • Tri-Fold Section 2 • SmartBoard- Vocabulary Review
Day 3 – Question of the Day • What does Michael Collins think of his achievements?
Review Questions • 1. Why was it decided that Neil Armstrong, not Buzz Aldrin, would be the first man on the moon? • 2. What do the astronauts compare the moon’ s smell to? • 3. What do you imagine the moon smells like? • 4. How many people watched the lunar landing on TV?
Review Questions • 5. What opinion does Michael Collins give about not being chosen to walk on the moon? • 6. What might happen if Michael Collins doesn’t make the computer commands in the correct order? • 7. Why does no one know if the astronauts have been exposed to dangerous germs? • 8. Why were the mice that were let into the quarantine trailer raised in a germ-free laboratory?
Review Questions • 9. What are some of the reasons why astronauts left items on the moon? • 10. Why do you think Michael Collins never wants to go back to the moon? • 11. How can we compare and contrast the moon and the Earth?
By the time they landed on the moon, the astronauts were riding in a module.