Intro and Vocabulary for "War of the Worlds"

War of the Worlds
Intro and Vocabulary

DIRECTIONS Please read!

This is a guided vocabulary lesson.

• Read the information before proceeding to the next slide or question!

• If you are unsatisfied with your score, you can redo this assignment!

What's "War of the Worlds" about?

The War of the Worlds is one of the most famous science fiction stories, which tells about a "Martian" invasion in southern England. (Martians are aliens that live on Mars.)

This excerpt shows the reaction of Martians when our earthlings approach them.

This genre often includes...
+ Futuristic setting or parallel universes
+ Advanced Science and technology
+ Space travel or time travel
+ Aliens or other extra-terrestrials

​

The Science Fiction Genre

Multiple Select

Choose 3 common elements of Science Fiction!

• Advanced Technology

• Ghosts and vampires

• Space or Time travel

• Aliens

• Stanzas and Rhymes

the highest point of something

​The apex of Griffin is the roof of Building 15.

apex

Hotspot

Click the apex of the mountain.

Multiple Choice

What is the best SYNONYM for "apex"?

• bottom

• top

• climb

• place

• unavoidable

• certain to happen

​

inevitable

​Everything changes!
It's inevitable!

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the best example of something that is inevitable?

• Becoming famous

• Finding $100

• Getting older

• Going to church

Match

Match the following WORDS to their DEFINITIONS

• apex

• inevitable

• science fiction

HIGHEST POINT

CAN'T BE AVOIDED

GENRE ABOUT SPACE & ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

• HIGHEST POINT

• CAN'T BE AVOIDED

• GENRE ABOUT SPACE & ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

a low hill

​

knoll

Sheep wandered happily over the knoll, eating grass.

Poll

What would YOU do on a knoll?

• Roll down the hill

• Watch the sky

• Pick flowers

• Check my phone

• shining

• full of light

​

luminous

​The luminous comet glowed in the sky.

​

Multiple Choice

Which item would be the MOST luminous?

• dirt

• the moon

• a coin

• a flashlight

Match

Match the following WORDS to their DEFINITIONS

• apex

• inevitable

• knoll

• luminous

HIGHEST POINT

CAN'T BE AVOIDED

LOW HILL

SHINING

• HIGHEST POINT

• CAN'T BE AVOIDED

• LOW HILL

• SHINING

• pale

• lacking color in a sickly way

​

pallid

​He looked pallid when he had the flu.

Match

Match the following WORDS to their DEFINITIONS

• apex

• inevitable

• knoll

• luminous

• pallid

HIGHEST POINT

CAN'T BE AVOIDED

LOW HILL

SHINING

PALE

• HIGHEST POINT

• CAN'T BE AVOIDED

• LOW HILL

• SHINING

• PALE

Multiple Choice

Which character would be the MOST pallid?

• vampire

• beach-goer

• runner

• farmer

Drag and Drop

By the time I climbed to the ​

Placeholder

of the mountain, it was night. The stars were ​

Placeholder

in the sky.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

apex

luminous

knoll

pallid

Dropdown

I found a nice, grassy

Select answer

at Cascades Park where we can watch the band play!

Drag and Drop

As the victim's skin became ​

Placeholder

, we knew the wounds were too severe. Death was ​

Placeholder

.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

pallid

inevitable

luminous

knoll

Poll

HOW DID YOU DO?

• Not great... I'm looking a little pallid right now... 😨

• I did pretty well... it was inevitable! 👍🏼

• I reached the apex of mastery!! ⛰💪🏼💯