Space Invaders Day 5

Open Ended

Highlight details from the speech in pink that show how Reagan describes the astronauts.

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What is Reagan’s tone in Paragraph 3? Tone is the speaker’s attitude toward the subject. Highlight words in orange that support your answer.

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Which words and phrases in the first two paragraphs help establish the topic of the speech? Highlight evidence in blue from the text and make annotations to explain your answer.

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Who is Nancy? Why does he mention her?

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Summarize the coincidence Reagan refers to in Paragraph 6. How does acknowledging this coincidence enhance his message?

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What is Reagan’s tone in Paragraph 5? Highlight words and phrases that support your answer.

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What members of his audience does Reagan address in Paragraph 4? How does addressing this audience enhance his argument?

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In Paragraphs 4 and 5, what argument does the president make about the space program? Highlight evidence from the text in purple and make annotations to support your ideas.

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Consider the meaning of pioneers. How are the astronauts pioneers?

Open Ended

How does Reagan end his speech?

Multiple Choice

What is Roosevelt’s primary purpose in his speech?

• To offer an objective, dispassionate take on human nature and the meaning of life.

• To attack his political opponents for being overly critical while accomplishing little.

• To describe a commonly accepted belief and show that it is misguided.

• To inspire listeners to lead lives of action and courage.

Multiple Choice

Which question would best start a discussion about the speaker’s purpose for the presentation?

• Why does the speaker make the ship difficult for the characters to see clearly?

• Why does the speaker end the story with the characters learning a lesson?

• Why does the speaker include three characters who are working?

• Why does the speaker begin the story in a pleasant setting?

Multiple Choice

What might the speaker's purpose be?

• everything in life should be thought about and planned out

• whatever you do in life needs to be rushed and have no regrets

• there is nothing more important in life than to live with "if"

• make sure that your focus in life is on yourself and nothing else

Poll

How confident do you feel about this topic now?

• Very confident
• Somewhat confident
• Not confident