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2 Minute Edit• Read this sentence. • Soon she was writing about other memorable events in her life, too. • In which word does able mean the same as it does in the word memorable? • A stable• B lovable• C tablet• D fable• • Read this sentence. • My dog, Tibbs, is a truly extraordinary animal. • In this sentence, what does extraordinary mean? • regular • B amazing • C imaginary • D perplexed
Team Cooperation Goal
Everyone Participates
Title: Talk With an AstronautReading Goal: Fact and OpinionTeam Cooperation Goal: Everyone ParticipatesGenre: ExpositoryAuthor: Angela Bull
What other people flew during the time that Amelia
Flying AceThe story of
Amelia Earhart
Early lifeHappenings during her childhood
•Went to the St. Louis Fair and rode a roller coaster•Loved the speed so much that she built a roller coaster at home•Went to school and went to war to help with the soldiers that were hurt•Went to Canada to help soldiers and saw those soldiers fly airplanes•Moved to Los Angeles and saw an air show that ex-soldiers now flew•Neta Snook gave Amelia her first lessons•Later she bought her own airplane and started flying.
How Amelia became famous
•Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic•Putnam approached Amelia about flying the Atlantic•Amelia flew the Atlantic but was only a co-pilot•She became an instant celebrity•The plane was called Friendship
•She married George Putnam, who had masterminded the first Atlantic trip•George and Amelia decided that she should try flying the Atlantic alone•May 20, 1932 was the day they decided•She bought the plane with the money she accumulated as a celebrity•She became a bigger celebrity•Landed in Ireland•Clothes designer
Amelia Flies the Atlantic on her own!
Talk With an Astronaut
Ellen Ochoa’s life before becoming an astronaut
•Father didn’t want his children speaking Spanish because of the prejudices•Didn’t feel that being Hispanic had any additional pressure•Role models are important•Mother was a big influence•Mother finished college after 22 years•Changed opinion about career many times
•Never considered being an astronaut because no females had been astronauts•Operating the robot arm in space is challenging but fun•Everything is harder to do in training•They prepared for everything that could possibly go wrong in space•Trained for 9 months•Trained for 3 years before first mission•Weightlessness is like being in a swimming pool
Experiences as an astronaut
What would be a good question to develop
Why does Ellen Ochoa talk to students about her life and
career?
Team Talk Questions
1. Describe the setting on the space shuttle.2. On Earth, Ellen dreams of _______, and in
space she has_________.3. Identify two facts in the text.4. You can conclude from the text that…?
Partner Read- 15 minutesPut 2 sticky notes on words that are new or
unfamiliar to youRead and restate pages 572 (Partner)Discuss with team words you clarified Find vocabulary words
Tree Map
• Decide as a group what the main idea was for each section
• Provide at least 3 details to support your main idea
Team Discussion-15minutes
• Discuss answers to team talk questions• Team Talk procedures will be up!• Write answers to question 1 and 3
#1Reads the Question
#2Answers the
Question
#3Agrees or disagrees with evidence from
the text
#4Summarizes what
the groups discussed
Writing Adventures- 15 min
Tell about a dream you’ve had. Give at least two details about what happened in the
dream. How did it make you feel?
Scoring GuideYou answer the question 25 pointsYour answer explains or describeswith at least two details 25 pointsYour answer makes sense and hasPart of the question in it 20 pointsYour answer is written in complete,correct sentences 20 pointsYour writing has correct capitalizationand punctuation 10 points
Vocabulary Practice-10 minWho is to blame when students don’t accomplish their assignments on time? Some
people think the students are influenced by their parents, and that the parents are primarily to blame. I have to make sure that students understand they cannot graduate if they don’t finish their homework. The principal at Oak Ridge Middle School selected me to help students finish their work. From now on, we will operate this school like an army base.
Accomplisha.Finishb.Progressc.Flingd.activate
Influenceda.Evacuatedb.Afforded c.Interruptedd.Affected
Primarilya.Partlyb.Mostlyc.Mainlyd.Slowly
Graduatea.Enter schoolb.Earnc.Purchased.Finish school
Selecteda.Choseb.Sortedc.Savedd.Chased
Operatea.Carveb.Convertc.Containd.Control
Fluency Rubric
100 points ExpressivenessSmoothnessRate and correctness
90 points SmoothnessRate and correctness
80 points Rate and correctness70 points Correctness
Preview
1. Describe Ellen Ochoa’s mother.2. Identify one fact and one opinion from Ellen
Ochoa’s discussion of NASA training.3. Astronaut food is better than it used to be
twenty years ago because…?4. Identify two opinions from the text.5. Describe Ellen Ochoa.6. Ellen is not scared to travel in space because…?