Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death!

Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death!

Open Ended

JUMPSTART: In what situations do you get bored? How do you deal with boredom?

Concept Vocabulary

• chronic

• stimulus

• subconciously

• excruciatingly

• monotony

• catastrophic

Poll

How well do you know the following vocab word? chronic

• I know this word well and could tell you what it means.

• I've heard this word before, but I'm not 100% sure what it means.

• I've never seen this word before.

Poll

How well do you know the following vocab word? stimulus

• I know this word well and could tell you what it means.

• I've heard this word before, but I'm not 100% sure what it means.

• I've never seen this word before.

Poll

How well do you know the following vocab word? subconciously

• I know this word well and could tell you what it means.

• I've heard this word before, but I'm not 100% sure what it means.

• I've never seen this word before.

Poll

How well do you know the following vocab word? excruciatingly

• I know this word well and could tell you what it means.

• I've heard this word before, but I'm not 100% sure what it means.

• I've never seen this word before.

Poll

How well do you know the following vocab word? monotony

• I know this word well and could tell you what it means.

• I've heard this word before, but I'm not 100% sure what it means.

• I've never seen this word before.

Poll

How well do you know the following vocab word? catastrophic

• I know this word well and could tell you what it means.

• I've heard this word before, but I'm not 100% sure what it means.

• I've never seen this word before.

Open your MyPerspectives books and meet me on p. 153

As you read/listen, highlight evidence that supports the author's claim.

Open Ended

Based on the title of this article, what do you think the author's claim will be?

Comprehension Check

p. 157

Open Ended

1. Why are six people living in a geodesic dome on the slopes of a volcano in Hawaii?

Multiple Choice

2. With our current technology, how long will a journey to Mars take?

• 2 weeks

• 2 months

• 8 months

• 1 year

Fill in the Blanks

3. According to this article, what is one of the biggest threats to a manned Mars mission?

Open Ended

In the space below, write a brief (3-5 sentence) summary of the article we just listened to.

Analyze the Text

p. 158

Open Ended

How is chronic boredom a form of stress?

Open Ended

Which details about the dangers of boredom were MOST convincing?

Open Ended

Which details about the dangers of boredom were LEAST convincing?

Open Ended

What have you learned about the benefits and drawbacks of space travel from reading this article? List 1 benefit and 1 drawback.

Close Read

p. 154

Open Ended

Look again at paragraph 4 on p. 154. What descriptive details does the author use to describe how caged animals sometimes act in zoos?

Open Ended

Why do you think the author included these details? (Hint: what or who is she comparing these animals to?)

Open Ended

Look again at paragraph 8 on p. 155. What are some things that could happen if astronauts get too bored?

Open Ended

Why do you think the author included these details? What is she trying to show or explain?

Analyze Craft & Structure

p. 159

Find & fill in the chart on p. 159.

Informative / explanatory writing...

• uses facts, statistics, and quotes from experts

• does NOT include opinions

• uses transition words like first, next, then, finally, overall, etc. to link ideas

Multiple Choice

What do transition words do in an essay?

• show what the essay is going to be about

• grab the reader's attention

• show how ideas are connected

• prove the argument you are making

Multiple Select

Which of these words/phrases from paragraph 3 are transitions? Choose 2.

• in fact

• manned Mars mission

• and so

• get bored

• research facilities

Conventions

p. 161

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb does this sentence use? I threw the football.

• action verb

• linking verb

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb does this sentence use? The football is brown.

• action verb

• linking verb

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb does this sentence use? I read the book.

• action verb

• linking verb

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb does this sentence use? The book was interesting.

• action verb

• linking verb

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb does this sentence use? Phillip hunted the langosta.

• action verb

• linking verb

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb does this sentence use? Phillip climbed the coconut tree.

• action verb

• linking verb

Multiple Choice

What kind of verb does this sentence use? The langosta tasted delicious.

• action verb

• linking verb

Use your knowledge of action/linking verbs and the vocab definitions on the next slide to complete BOTH sides of the handout.

Vocabulary

• chronic - lasting a long time or happening often

• stimulus - something that causes an action or reaction

• subconciously - occurring in the mind without one's full awareness

• excruciatingly - painfully, miserably

• monotony - sameness, boredom

• catastrophic - disastrous; causing a big problem