1a. From what perspective is picture #1 taken? What evidence can you see that the picture is of the earth?
2a. What geographical forms do you see in picture #2? in picture #3? How do the images differ?
3a. How do pictures #4 and #5 differ?
1b. How is this perspective different than the perspective in which you see the earth?
2b. Why do you think NASA scientists and other people who study the earth need both kinds of pictures?
3b. How would you know about these differences without the captions?
4a. Compare and contrast the five pictures of the earth shown on pages 824-825. In what major ways do they differ from one another? What do they have in common?
4b. Besides concrete representations of the Earth, what other images are suggested in these pictures? How do these pictures help society? How do you think these pictures have influenced the American public?
5a. How much or how little information do you think people can gather from photographing the earth from space? What non-scientific value do these pictures have?
5b. In "Orbiter 5 Shows How Earth Looks from the Moon," how does May Swenson describe the picture of Earth she had seen? How can abstract images in photographs lend themselves to the creation of poetry? Think of another type of photograph about which a poem could be written.
Perspective. After analyzing and observing these photos, from what perspective are the photos taken? How do the photographers use size and distance to convey their perspective?
Concrete and Abstract Images. What concrete images did you see in the photos? What abstract images did you see? What images are created in your mind as you read the poem, "Orbiter 5 Shows How Earth Looks from the Moon"?
1. Write a short story using one of the photos on pages 824–825 as the setting for your story.
2. Imagine that an astronaut is coming to visit your school. Write five interview questions to ask him or her that would help you gain insight on both the earth and the moon from the astronaut's experience.
3. Create a title or heading for two of the photos that reflect the images portrayed in the photos.
Building Vocabulary. Think of as many words or short phrases that you can think of to fill in the blanks of the following sentences:
1. The crew __________ into space.
2. From the moon, the earth looked __________.
3. Scientists __________ many facts and details about space.
4. Astronauts must train __________ before they travel to space.
5. The mountains look __________ from space.
Interrupters. An interjection is a word used to express emotion. Common interjections are oh, ah, well, say, and wow. An appositive is an interrupter that renames a noun. A noun of direct address says the name of the person or group spoken to and is never the subject of the sentence. Identify the following underlined words as one of the following: interjection, appositive, or noun of direct address.
Examples Wow! Those shoes are awesome! interjection Our football coach, Mr. Martin, is really nice. appositive Jordan, please hand me that book. noun of direct address
1. My sister, Mariella, is five years old.
2. Andy, come here!
3. Where are you going, Kent?
4. Oh no! I forgot my books!
5. Lilly, please go to the grocery.
6. Well, I really have to go now.
7. My friend Maya is going to be late.
8. Yikes! That's a big spider!
9. Mr. Thompson, my favorite teacher, will be at the science fair.
10. See you later, Sean.
Planet Research: Gather into groups of four or five people. Choose a planet that your group would like to learn more about. Use the Internet and library materials to help you find information on your planet. Include information about geography, climate, size, the position from the sun, and other information that makes the planet unique from all the other planets. Then present your information to the rest of the class in an oral presentation. You may want to use visual aids to make your presentation more interesting and more engaging for your audience. Refer to Language Arts Survey 6.11, "Displaying Effective Visual Information." Research Log. Use this log to keep track of the sources you use, the information you find, and your reactions to what you learn.
Internet sources:
Books and other print sources:
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