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Schoolhouse Rock Review:
Pronouns, Conjunctions, PREP-O-Sitions, Adverbs.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #5.

Alternative:

  1. What word is missing?   begin, inch, chapel, elastic, ___ ___ ___ ___, edge, gear, arched
  2. Try to figure out the noun or adjective that is common to all the items each group.
  3. What three-letter word can be added to spaces below to form four common words?

    4. T _ _ _ SIT       ST _ _ _ D      F _ _ _ TIC    B _ _ _ ND
  4. Wacky Wordy:

    5. KN
    OT
  5. Wacky Wordy: my you're way

 
 

Seventh Grade: "The Third Expedition"
Some images of the real Mars.

  • Average temperature on Mars is about  -67, Martian surface temperatures range widely from as little as -207 at the winter pole to almost 80 on the day side during summer.
  • A Martian year is  686.98 days.
  • The pressure is only 1% of Earth's. Almost no atmosphere.
  • Mars has permanent ice caps at both poles composed mostly of solid carbon dioxide ("dry ice").

    • Pics and facts courtesy of nineplanets.org.
     

    Quiz for After.

    1. What do the people of Earth think happened to the first two expeditions?
    2. When they first approach Mars, one of the men says that the fact that Mars looks this way might be proof ... a) that life exists on Mars.  b) that Earth and Mars evolved together.  c) that the Martians will be friendly.  d) that God exists.  e) that the Martians are trying to trick them.
    3. The rising action begins almost right away when they land on the green lawn and see the town.  a) True  b) False
    4. One of the men's theories is that people from Earth came to Mars in secret long ago.  a) True. b) False.
    5. The first old lady's reaction to the men is similar to another Martian/Earthman encounter. Which one? ___________
    6. When Captain Black says he's from Earth, she says... a) "That other Earth?"  b) "Out of the ground, do you mean?"  c) "The third planet?"  d) "Do you mean Tyrr?"  e) None of the above.
    7. When Lustig sees his grandparents, we find out they've been dead for 30 years. Lustig reacts to finding them alive... a) fearfully.  b) suspiciously.  c) disbelievingly. d) calmly.  e) sadly
    8. Lustig's grandmother says that they are in a type of heaven. a) True.  b) False.
    9. What causes the men to abandon ship, against the captain's orders?
    10. Captain Black thinks that the Martians chose Lustig's memories of his grandparents' house and town to create this illusion.  a) True.  b) False.
    11. Why does Captain Black think the Martians chose the year 1926 for the illusion?
    12. Why does Captain Black think the Martians might have done this?
    13. "But you're not thirsty." Who said?
    14. "He never reached the door."  a) exposition  b) falling action  c) climax  d) resolution  e) rising action
    15. The ending of this story would be considered the...  a) exposition  b) falling action  c) climax  d) resolution  e) rising action
    16. Umm, Ray Bradbury's ending to the story, while being very dramatic, has a sort of a  logical problem. What is it?

     
     

    Eighth Grade:
    The Million Pound Bank Note  (p264-green)
    How do you decide whether someone is trustworthy if you don't already know them?
    Why do we trust people with money more than people without money?
    Do actor/sports star/celebrity endorsements work? Then why do corporations spend millions on them?

    Read on!