7th Grade Reading


"What I Want to Be When I Grow Up" by Martha Brooks
  •   complete and review assessment on "What I Want to Be When I Grow Up"
  •   read and discuss "What I Want to Be When I Grow Up"
    • discuss and locate exaggerations, similes, and metaphors
    • discuss how point of view changes our interpretation
  • Do Now:
    • Would Andrew make a good journalist? Why or why not?
    • What lesson do you think Andrew learned? Explain.
    • What were Andrew's first impressions of "the pork chop man"?
    • How did Andrew's impressions of "the pork chop man" change over the story? Why did they change?
    • Think of a time when you were in a crowd of strangers.                                        List what would lead you to create good impressions of strangers and what would cause you to create negative impressions of strangers.


"Houston, We've Had a Problem" excerpt from Apollo 13
  • read and discuss "Houston, We've Had a Problem"
  • Do Now:
    • What two things have gone wrong so far on Apollo 13? Explain what affect these two events had on the mission.
    • What is foreshadowing? How do authors use it? What is an example of foreshadowing from “Houston, We’ve Had a Problem”?
    • What is the difference between forsake and denounce or between inept and oaf (pick one pair of words)? Use both words in your own sentences. 
    • Pick two of these words: dispatch, denounce, compress, recede, forsake, ingenious. Explain what each word means and use it in your own sentence. 
    • What was the purpose of early space missions to the moon? Why did we send many space missions to the moon?
    • What do you know about NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Administration)? What do you know about the Apollo 13 space shuttle?



 
 
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