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Grade: Grade 4
Subject: English Language Arts
Created by:
Alyssa Dodge
Lesson Length: 2 hours
Keywords/Tags: Astronaut Diary
Lesson Description: By using \"The Astronaut\'s Diary\", students will be able to identify the meaning of specific vocabulary, make inferences, and provide their own ideas in connection to the story and the purpose of the text.
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Common Core Standards Covered with This Lesson
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1b: Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
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Lesson Content: Reading
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| Instructions: Please read the following reading passage as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the passage if needed. |
The Astronaut's Diary
We were exhausted from all the work. We slept in shifts. One of us had to be awake all the time. There was so much work to do.
Finally, we got to our destination. We had reached the space station. There, we would do more work, but we would have less pressure. We had so much to do every day on our ship. Now there would be mo re people to help us. We would be on a collaborative team. We would be able to share the work.
When we moved into the space station, I felt great. There was so much more space. We would have real beds to sleep in. We would have better food. They had a garden on the space station. They grew vegetables.
The six astronauts on the space station were happy to see us. They said, “We have been waiting for you.” We were glad to see them, too. We had been worried. We heard that one of them had been sick.
We asked how she was feeling. She said she was better now. It had been a cold. We were relieved. We could stop worrying now.
That first night on the space station wa s great. We had good food. We had a good dinner. Then we were going to sleep. But one of the astronauts said, “We need to give you a job. Each person has to take turns staying awake. Here is the schedule.” So I had a shift again.
I saw I was first. I would have to stay awake tonight. I was disappointed. I felt fatigued. I had been awake and work ing for 20 hours. But I knew it was my duty. So I sighed and said, “See you in the morning.”
I became an astronaut so that I could travel in space. Now I’m here. It is hard work. It’s even more challenging than I expected.
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Task 1: Vocabulary Activity
(20 points)
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| Instructions: Please complete the following vocabulary activity by choosing the correct meaning of each word selected from the passage and use of each word correctly in a sentence. |
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| Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.4, |
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Task 2: Discussion Activity
(40 points)
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| Instructions: This discussion forum will have questions for students to respond. Read the posted questions, and respond to each. Students are responsible for posting one initial and and two peer responses for each topic.
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Why does the author say "It's even more challenging..."
Why does the author say that being an astronaut is more challenging than he expected? What was he expecting he would do as an astronaut?
Sent on: Oct 8, 2018 by: Alyssa Dodge |
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What does the author mean by, "One of us..."
In the story, the author says, "One of us had to be awake all the time." Why would someone have to stay awake on the space station at all times? What would happen if they all slept at the same time?
Sent on: Oct 8, 2018 by: Alyssa Dodge |
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Why were the astronauts worried that...
Why does the author say, "We could stop worrying now" when she/he found out that the astronaut only had a cold? What was the author so worried about?
Sent on: Oct 8, 2018 by: Alyssa Dodge |
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| Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.8, |
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Task 3: Writing Activity
(40 points)
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| Instructions: At the end of the story, the author says that being an astronaut is more challenging than she/he expected. You are to write and post here a 500-word essay discussing the challenges that come with working on a space station. Include three (3) specific examples from the text as well as two (2) examples not seen in the text.
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| Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1b, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.4, |
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