Perserverance Text Questions

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Warm up Picture Study Look at the pictures What do you notice about Mars and the rovers?

Warm up Picture Study Look at the pictures What do you wonder about Mars and the rovers

In your own words, how do key details help you find the main idea of a section?

Why is it important to find the main idea of each section of a text?

Paragraph 1: MAIN IDEA: Perseverance was sent to Mars to…

• study the size of the planet.
• see if life existed on the planet.
• test the strength of the new rover.
• learn if humans can live on the planet

Paragraph 2: KEY DETAIL: Space rovers are built differently from cars so they can.....

Paragraph 3: KEY DETAIL: Perseverance is different from other rovers because…

MAIN IDEA: What is the main idea of the section “What is a Space Rover”? Hint: Remember to have a key detail from each paragraph of the section in your answer.

Paragraph 5: MAIN IDEA: What is the main idea of the section “Where Did Perseverance Land”?