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✨ #9 Language Dive

Last updated over 4 years ago
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Today we are doing a Language Dive! Please answer the questions AS THE VIDEO IS PLAYING


Please watch the video below.
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(Stop clip at 3:30)
How does the word compact-car-size help us better imagine the size of the command module?

Sentence Starter:
I think that it helps me imagine the size of the module because...

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(Stop clip at 3:38)
Sketch how big (or small) you think a “The compact-car-size” module is

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(Stop clip at 4:40)
What do the words "searing" and "white-hot" mean?

Sentence Starter:
I think that searing means...
I think that white-hot means...

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How do you know that is what “searing” and “white-hot” mean?
How did you figure it out?

Sentence Starter:
I know that searing and white-hot mean ____ because ...

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What IMPACT do words like “searing” and “white-hot” have?
Why would the author choose those words over others?

Sentence Starter:
Searing and white-hot were used in the sentence over other words like hot because...

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(Stop clip at 7:25)
What do these adjectives (“searing” and “white-hot”) hint about the author’s point of view toward the return mission of Apollo 11?

(point of view = the way someone thinks about something)

Sentence Starter:
This hints that the author thinks that the Apollo 11 mission was...

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(Stop clip at 7:50)
When do you usually hear or use the verb greet?

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(Stop clip at 8:08)
Does this verb generally have a positive or negative connotation or FEELING ?
(Connotation = feeling the word gives you )

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Why would the author use greet, a happy word that has a POSITIVE connotation, in a sentence that is describing a negative event?

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(Stop clip at 9:32)
Which words in this chunk further support the author’s point of view that Apollo 11’s return to Earth would be very dangerous?

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(Stop clip at 10:18)
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?

Sentence Starter:
I think the meaning of the sentence would change becuase...

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(Stop clip at 10:57)
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?

Sentence Starter:
The author talked about how dangerous the mission was because...