Part 1 Dark They Were and Golden- Eyed

​Based on the information in the selection, write a response to the following: Why is the setting of Mars divided into the camp and the area beyond the hills? Support your answer with evidence from the article.

​ECR aka essay question

Open Ended

Places affect us. You are different at home than you are at school.You speak differently, dress differently, sit differently, walk differently, and even put your stuff down differently.

Explain how you are different depending on where you are.

I am different at ______ and ______ because

Open Ended

Who are the main characters so far? What is the problem?

Multiple Choice

What is the mood in paragraphs 1-6?

• Tense

• Joyful

• Disdainful

• Thoughtful

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Identify the 2 pieces of text evidence that proves the mood is tense in paragraphs 1-6. ​

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his face was cold

leaving the man alone among his family

The children, small seeds

“What’s wrong?” asked his wife

Open Ended

How are Mr. Bittering's and his wife Cora's responses different about being on Mars?

Sentence Stem: Mr. Bittering is ________ while Cora is _________

Multiple Choice

19 Something made him check everything each morning—warm hearth, potted blood-geraniums—precisely as if he expected something to be amiss. The morning paper was toastwarm from the 6 a.m. Earth rocket. He broke its seal and tilted it at his breakfast place. He forced himself to be convivial.

The reader can conclude from paragraph 19 that Mr. Bittering is__________?

• Paranoid

• Unhappy

• Anxious

• Displeased

Multiple Choice

27 “Mother, Father—the war, Earth!” she sobbed. “A radio flash just came. Atom bombs hit New York! All the space rockets blown up. No more rockets to Mars, ever!”

29 “Oh, Harry!” The mother held onto her husband and daughter.

30 “Are you sure, Laura?” asked the father quietly.

31 Laura wept. “We’re stranded on Mars, forever and ever!”

In paragraphs 27-30 how has the overall mood sifted?

• Ominous

• Mellow

• Exciting

• Uplifting

Drag and Drop

38 In the following days, Bittering wandered often through the garden to stand alone in his fear. As long as the rockets had spun a silver web across space, he had been able to accept Mars. For he had always told himself: Tomorrow, if I want, I can buy a ticket and go back to Earth.



The actions of Bittering in paragraph 38 are

significant because they show that ​ ​ ​

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there is no more hope.

he will accept is fate.

adventures await the family.

he has to get over his fear.

Open Ended

What is Mr. Bittering noticing around him?

He is noticing....

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How is Cora reacting? ​ ​

Select answer

Open Ended

How would you react if you were trying to tell your family and friends something was happening and they didn't take you serious?

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What is happening to the settlers on Mars?

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Do you think Harry and his family will be able to get away?

Match

Match the following

• The feeling the reader gets as they read

• Identifying key words/phrases in the selection

• tense/regret

• Panic/worry/

  dread

What is mood?

How can the reader identify the mood?

What is the mood in the beginning of the selection?

What is the mood at the end of Part 1?

• What is mood?

• How can the reader identify the mood?

• What is the mood in the beginning of the selection?

• What is the mood at the end of Part 1?