Today we are doing a Language Dive!
Please watch the video below.
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Please answer the questions AS THE VIDEO IS PLAYING
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How does the word compact-car-size help us better imagine the size of the command module?
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Sketch this sentence chunk
Sketch how big (or small) you think a “The compact-car-size” module is
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What do the words "searing" and "white-hot" mean?
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How do you know that is what “searing” and “white-hot” mean?
How did you figure it out?
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What IMPACT do words like “searing” and “white-hot” have?
Why would the author choose those words over others?
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What do these adjectives (“searing” and “white-hot”) suggest about the author’s point of view toward the return mission of Apollo 11?
(point of view = the way someone thinks about something)
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When do you usually hear or use the verb greet?
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Does this verb generally have a positive or negative connotation?
(Connotation = feeling the word gives you )
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Why would the author use greet, that has a POSITIVE connotation, in a sentence that is describing a negative event?
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Which words in this chunk further support the author’s point of view??
Author’s point of view = that Apollo 11’s return to Earth would be very dangerous
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What if we rewrote the sentence to say:
“The compact-car-size space capsule was greeted and surrounded by searing white-hot flames as it slammed madly back down to Earth.”
How would the meaning of the sentence change?
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Dangers of returning:
The author talked about how dangerous it would be to return, and used words like “slammed” and “madly”
Why do you think the author talked about how dangerous it would be for Apollo 11 to return to Earth?