How can a focus on the future help us imagine new possibilities What kind of activities would need a Space Station as a hub Why are many people afraid of the vastness of space Do you think it would be fun to live weightlessly Explain why or why not ID: 274632
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How can a focus on the future help us imagine new possibilities?
What kind of activities would need a Space Station as a hub?
Why are many people afraid of the vastness of space?
Do you think it would be fun to live weightlessly? Explain why or why not.
What causes human beings to focus on a perpetual exploration of space?Slide2
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Amazing Words
Habitation
Look at page 266-267. What kind of habitation might someone moving to a space settlement expect?
How would you expect a habitation in space to be like one on Earth?
How might it be different?
What obstacles are there to human habitation in space? How might plants and animals adapt to habitation in space?
What kind of habitation would you choose for yourself in the future?
Infinity
Having no limits; endlessness
The telescope allowed us to see into infinity.
Use infinity in a sentence to show you know what it means.Slide3
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Shades of Meaning
Cry
Dingy
Accidentally
Companionship
responsible
Synonyms for cry: weep, sob. Which one is strongest? Which one is weakest?
Brainstorm synonyms for the other words and put them in order of their shades of meaning.Slide4
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Literary Terms
Flashback
Interrupts the chronological order in a story to show an event that happened earlier. Flashbacks may give background, show how something in the past influences a character’s actions or feelings in the present, or explain how a past event brought about the present one.Slide5
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Story Structure
Rising Action and Climax
Rising action is what the main character does to battle the conflict and achieve the goal or solve the problem.
The climax is usually the most exciting part of a story. It refers to the crisis, or turning point, when the character takes the decisive action that brings about the story’s conclusion.Slide6
Read and Comprehend
Read Lunar Love Affair on page 271.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the vocabulary words.Slide7
Read and Comprehend
Fluency Practice
Read page 271 out loud with your group. Be sure to use expression when you read.Slide8
Read and Comprehend
How far in space have astronauts traveled in the past?
Where in space do astronauts go today?
What do you know about the International Space Station and space shuttles?
Science Fiction
Based on science and it often tells about life in the future. It also contains elements of fantasy that relate to technology rather than to magic.
Look at the title and illustrations of Good-bye to the Moon.Read pages 274-281. Slide9
Language Arts
Subject Verb Agreement
It just takes a little practice, that’s all.
What is the subject of the sentence?
What is the verb?
Read the following phrases. Decide if the subject-verb agreement is correct.
She run fastThey likes campMy name isAnn and Jon knows meSlide10
Language Arts
Give a whisper cheer for each of your spelling words. Use each letter in your cheer.Slide11
Language Arts
Think about a place where people might live in the future. Now write about that place and describe life there.