Martian Metropolis

Informational text can:

• provides factual information

• Includes evidence to support ideas

• contains text features to convey information

• can be presented in many forms, such as science writing, news articles, and essays

• all of the above

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A classification pattern

• presents objects, ideas, and information in groups, or classes, based on common characteristics.

• shows the relationship between events and their causes.

• divides ideas about a topic into the positive and negative points, or advantages and disadvantages.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Advantages and disadvantages

• shows the relationship between events and their causes.

• presents objects, ideas, and information in groups, or classes, based on common characteristics.

• divides ideas about a topic into the positive and negative points, or advantages and disadvantages.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Cause and effect

• divides ideas about a topic into the positive and negative points, or advantages and disadvantages.

• presents objects, ideas, and information in groups, or classes, based on common characteristics.

• shows the relationship between events and their causes.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Colonize means

• Atmospheric gasses that surrounds earth

• People go to a new place and set up a colony or settlement

• Cosmic rays that send particles and waves through the atmosphere

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What are some natural resources that Mars has on its planet?

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which of the following would you find in Earth atmosphere?

• a mixture of rock, fluids, and minerals

• a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases

• a mixture of plants, dirt, and water

• none of these above

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Why does the author propose that human colonize Mars rather than another planet?

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Mars has plenty of ______________________to allow people to produce glass and steel.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does geothermal means

• internal heat found deep in the earth

• gases found in the atmosphere

• dunes and rock found on Mars

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A