CKLA U7L18

informative writing:

A Day in the Life of an

Astronaut

Lesson 18

unit 7 - Astronomy

Today you will . . .

• read about the International Space Station and respond

in a variety of ways and for different purposes. [W.3.10]

• use correct punctuation to indicate plural possessive

nouns. [L.3.2d]

• plan and draft an informative piece about a day in the

life of an astronaut aboard the International Space
Station. [W.3.2, W.3.2a, W.3.2b, W.3.2c, W.3.2d, W.3.4]

Unit-level Essential

Question:

what celestial objects make

up our solar system?

Lessons 16–20 Guiding Question:

What is an ordinary day like on

the International Space

Station?

International
Space Station

Vocabulary

international, involving more than one
country

⋆ Chapter 13 – The

International Space
Station

reading time

Activity
Page
18.1

https://youtu.be/1WCiBzYwTk4

Possessive Nouns Video

Hey, that’s

mine!

possessive

to show something
special belongs to a

person or thing

noun

person, place

or thing

‘

‘S

SINGULAR

S’

PLURAL

the boy’s toy

the boys’ toy

Plural Possessive Nouns

⋆ (The offices of the doctors) are crowded today.

⋆ (The tractors of the farmers) are painted green.

⋆ (The ballet shoes of the dancers) are made of

pink silk.

⋆ (The mitts of the catchers) are made of brown

leather.

⋆ (The letters from the boys) made me laugh.

The doctors’ offices
The farmers’ tractors

The boys’ letters

The catchers’ mitts

The dancers’ ballet shoes

Activity
Page
18.2

THE WRITING PROCESS

1. PLAN

2. DRAFT

4. EDIT

Think

brainstorm

3. REVISE

5. PUBLISH

A Day in the
Life of an
Astronaut

on the

International
Space Station

Activity

Pages
17.1-17.2

Main Idea #1

•• Supporting

detail

•• Supporting

detail

Main Idea #2

•• Supporting

detail

•• Supporting

detail

Main Idea #3

•• Supporting

detail

•• Supporting

detail

Introduction: Attention Grabber
Which one would you choose?

Closing: Restate the introduction (In conclusion…, As

you can see…, To summarize…)

review: suffixes

⋆ Added to the END of word - Changes the meaning of word
-ful

(full of)
-less

(lacking)
-ous

(full of)

-ive

(relating to)

-ly

(in a
way)

Review:

QUOTATION

MARKS

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Used to show
EXACTLY what a
person says or has

said.

review:Conjunctions

CONNECT groups of words

⋆ and (plus, along with, also)

⋆ but (something different)

⋆ because (for this reason)

⋆ so (then this happened)

⋆ or (signals a choice, possibility)

words
that

Glue-All

sentences
together

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M
V
E
M

J

U
S

N

ercury

ars

arth
enus

upiter
aturn

ranus

eptune

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