Transcript Mae Jemison - AmazingClassroom.com

Space Scientist
Houghton-Mifflin
Theme Two, Story Four
Strategy Focus: Clarify/Monitor
Comprehension Skill: Topic/Main Idea
Nonfiction selection describing the life and
careers of Mae Jemison, the first African
American female astronaut.
• Puts into action by force.
• A person trained to participate
in the flight of a spacecraft.
• An operation that is assigned to achieve
certain goals.
• The path of a spacecraft around the earth.
• To be able to be used again.
A reusable Kleenex!
• A device made to orbit the earth while
performing a task.
• A spacecraft launched like a rocket
that can return to earth and land
like an airplane.
• One who becomes an expert in
a particular field.
• The condition of being without weight.
• Requiring a lot of effort.
• In a way that involves
extreme effort.
• A drug used to treat an
illness.
• Disciplined
concentration on
particular ideas.
• To move toward
something.
• Pioneer.
• Reliability, trustworthiness.
• Headquarters of the
representative of a
foreign government.
• People who apply for a
job.
• A person versed in
science.
• Developing processes in which the qualities
and properties of materials are changed.
• Which word is:
One who becomes an expert in a particular field.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness
• Which word is:
• Puts into action by force.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness
• Which word is:
• A device made to orbit the earth while
performing a task.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness
• Which word is:
• The path of a spacecraft around the earth.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness
• Which word is:
• An operation that is assigned to achieve certain
goals.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness
• Which word is:
• A person trained to participate in the flight of a
spacecraft.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness
• Which word is:
• The condition of being without weight.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness
• Which word is:
• A spacecraft launched like a rocket that can
return to earth and land like an airplane.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness
• Which word is:
• To be able to be used again.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness
Verbs have forms, or TENSES, that tell WHEN the action happens.
PAST TENSE verbs show action that has
already happened.
Form the past tense of most verbs by adding
–ed.
The Past
This is when an event has already
happened.
I walked across to buy some sweets from the shop.
I shouted to my brother in the playground.
I ran down the lane with the dog.
PRESENT TENSE verbs show action that is
happening NOW or that happens regularly
over time.
Add –s or –es to most verbs to show the
present tense if the subject is singular
The Present
This is when an event is actually happening.
I am walking across to buy some sweets from the
shop.
I am shouting to my brother in the playground.
I am running down the lane with the dog.
FUTURE TENSE verbs show action that is
going to happen, but hasn’t happened yet.
It uses the helping verbs will or shall and the
present tense form of the verb.
The Future
This is when an event has not taken place
yet.
I will walk across to buy some sweets from the
shop.
I will shout to my brother in the playground.
I will run down the lane with the dog.
Look at each of these sentences and
decide what tense it has been written in.
We went for a walk.
George will rush into school today.
City beat United 6-0 last week.
Lucy will be driving me to school today.
I am smelling my supper cooking in the
kitchen.
Shelley will be coming for lunch on
Sunday.
Can you make the following sentences into
the past, the present and the future tense?
I like going to Manchester with my Mum.
PRESENT
I like going to Manchester with my Mum.
PAST
I liked going to Manchester with my Mum.
FUTURE
I will like going to Manchester with my Mum.
I will laugh at the clown in the circus.
PRESENT
I am laughing at the clown in the circus.
PAST
I laughed at the clown in the circus.
FUTURE
I will laugh at the clown in the circus.
I swam in the pool on Wednesday.
PRESENT
I am swimming in the pool on Wednesday.
PAST
I swam in the pool on Wednesday.
FUTURE
I will swim in the pool on Wednesday.
Remember!
Whenever you are writing you should try
to stay in the same tense all the way
through.
The TOPIC of a selection is the
subject most of the paragraphs
tell about.
The TOPIC is usually found in
the TITLE of the selection.
Main Ideas are the most
important ideas about the
topic.
The Main Idea for a
paragraph is often found in
the first sentence of that
paragraph.
However, sometimes the
reader must find the main idea
by inferring it from the
Supporting Details in a
paragraph or passage.
What is the main idea, based on these details?
Mae Jemison loved working on science projects.
She read books about space & science.
She loved to gaze at the stars.
She dreamed of becoming an astronaut.
What is the main idea, based on these details?
Mae Jemison took jazz dance lessons.
She took lessons in African dance.
She was an accomplished dancer in high school.
She was skilled at choreography.
Suffixes are word parts that can be added to the ends of base
words.
• -ive means “full of , or tending towards”
active: act mean “to do”, and –ive turns the verb act into the
adjective that means “busy, or full of energy”.
supportive: mean “full of support”.
Suffixes are word parts that can be added to the ends of base
words.
• -ic means “having the qualities of ”
artistic: artist is a person who practices an art such as painting.
Adding –ic to artist turns it into an adjective that means “having
the talents of an artist.”
Futuristic: means “having the qualities of the future”.
Historic means
having the qualities that deal with history.
Massive means
full of mass
Volcanic means
having the qualities that deal with a volcano
massive
My sister, who is always busy with school clubs or
teams, is an ______ person.
active
My dad is _________
supportive and encourages me to do
well.
My mom likes reading books about astronomy and
other ________ topics. scientific
Did you read the article about _______
volcaniceruptions
on the island?
scientific
majestic
volcanic
historic
supportive
active
massive
massive
The rock was so _______
we could not move or lift
it at all.
The king and queen looked very dignified and
________.
majestic
The day the first person stepped on the moon was
a _______
moment in time.
historic
scientific
majestic
volcanic
historic
supportive
active