Wednesday, 4/12:HD, Vocab, BOB,

Self Confidence and Conversation

New Space Suit Design!

 

“Warm Up, 4/12.” ANSWER NOT LETTER! NOT COLLABORATIVE!

  1. What is a counterclaim?
  2. “Robotic spacecraft have conducted some of NASA’s most exciting and productive missions.”  Which rhetorical device?  a) direct address  b) rhetorical question  c) loaded language  d) NOTA
  3. “It was determined that during a trip to Mars an astronaut would receive as much radiation in a day as they would in a year on Earth. This significantly increases the risk of cancer.”  a) claim  b) counterclaim  c) reason  d) evidence  e) NOTA
  4. ”Scientists are looking toward Mars as a potential new home for mankind.” a) claim  b) counterclaim  c) reason  d) evidence  e) NOTA
  5. “Our notions about the inevitability of human space travel need to be checked and any plans reconsidered.” a) claim  b) counterclaim  c) reason  d) evidence  e) NOTA
  6. Words like since, unless and because signify that a sentence is… a) Simple b) Compound c) Complex
  7. Give an example of an indefinite pronoun.
  8. When you improperly connect two ______  _____(s) you get a run-on.
  9. Which presidential administration is currently in the White House?
  10. What does the root of the word collaborate mean?

“Vocab, 4/12.”

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. The meeting fell apart when everyone’s ideas started to _____, and they all started talking about different things.
  6. The police ____(ed) the neighborhood trying to find someone who heard something that night.
  7. Her diamond tiara was a little _____ for the somber funeral.
  8. This word can also mean a gap in time.
  9. His first week of school was not _____; he failed two tests and left his homework on the bus.
  10. The prefix of this word means “not.”
  11. The root of this word meant “to display.”
  12. The roots of this word meant “to flow into.”
  13. The roots of this word meant “to thoroughly perform.”

Correct yesterday’s BOB work:

  • DO “Analyze Rhetorical Devices annotation on p277.
  • DO Analyze Argument on p278.
  • Circle and label the OPPOSING VIEWPOINT in paragraphs 10 and 11.
  • Circle and label her COUNTERCLAIM.
  • Circle and label the LOADED LANGUAGE she used to help her COUNTERCLAIM.
  • DO p281
  • DO p282, #1 and #5
  • READ p284 and DO the following 5 questions where you have space on the page. Which word has the more NEGATIVE connotation?
    1. dark v. ominous
    2. slim/scrawny
    3. pasty/fair (?!)
    4. throbbing/painful
    5. dangerous/risky

“Seven Minutes of Terror”

  1. The video includes a print graphic that states: Mars’ atmosphere is 100 times thinner than Earth’s. This fact helps the viewer to understand that —  a) the atmosphere is not thick enough to slow down the space vehicle  b) the space vehicle will be able to easily penetrate the atmosphere  c) the atmosphere could cause the space vehicle to explode upon entry  d) the space vehicle is not affected by atmospheric conditions
  2. What makes Seven Minutes of Terror different from an informational text passage? a) Contrasting perspectives on the topic are shared.  b) Scientists are quoted directly about a topic. c) Viewers get information using multiple senses.  d) Engineering design challenges are explained precisely.
  3. Label the steps of the spacecraft’s landing in the order in which they happen in the video. The first step will be labeled 1, and the last step will be labeled 5.
    ___  The sky crane maneuver prevents a dust cloud from forming.
    ___  The parachute detaches to prepare for the next step.
    ___  The rocket motors turn on and blast the spacecraft away from the parachute.
    ___  The spacecraft slams into Mars’s atmosphere.
    ___  The parachute opens up to decrease the spacecraft’s speed.
  4.  The purpose of this video is to — a) tell why a space vehicle traveled to another planet    b) describe how engineers solved design challenges on a project  c) persuade viewers to be interested in science and technology   d) explain how difficult and terrifying space travel can be
  5. In the video, one of the scientists explains that successfully landing the space vehicle requires perfect sequence, perfect choreography, perfect timing. What is the meaning of the word choreography in this context?   a) A series of known command     b) A series of planned situations    c) A series of landing attempts   d) A series of rocket blasts
  6. What is the most likely reason that the creators of the video chose the title Seven Minutes of Terror?  a) To warn viewers that the content of the video will be frightening    b) To let viewers know how long the video will take to watch   c) To give viewers a hint as to what the content of the video will be    d) To trick viewers by using a play on words that sounds like a horror film
  7. (2) Which two statements from the video best support the answer to #6?
    • a) So, when we first get word that we’ve touched the top of the atmosphere, the vehicle has been alive—or dead—on the surface for at least seven minutes.
    • b) Because we’ve got literally seven minutes to get from the top of the atmosphere to the surface of Mars . . .
    • c) We slam into the atmosphere and develop so much aerodynamic drag, our heat shield, it heats up and it glows like the surface of the sun. (01:36–01:44)
    • d) During entry, the vehicle is not only slowing down, violently, through the atmosphere, but also we are guiding it, like an airplane, to be able to land in a very narrow, constrained space.
    • e) The radar has to take just the right altitude and velocity measurements at just the right time, or the rest of the landing sequence won’t work.

 

“Let Robots Take to the Stars” p286.

Read and follow annotation directions, p286 —>