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The Astronaut and the Onion By Ann Cameron Illustrated by Anna Rich

Which person in the photo is the leader? How do you know? Besides a teacher, who else might be a good mentor? Explain.

MentorS For what kinds of occuptations, or jobs, might a mentor be especially useful to have?

The Astronaut and the Onion Strategy: Make inferences and analyze Skill: Character Genre Realistic Fiction

This story is called The Astronaut and the Onion. Sometimes an author connects two things that are very different. How might an astronaut and an onion be connected?

Making an inference You can make an inference, or informed guess, based on information you read or know. Character Authors provide clues to a character’s personality through the character’s thoughts and interactions with other characters.

What do you know about astronauts? Astronauts

Let’s start by reading pages 83 - 85. While we read we are going to look for character traits, or the way a character acts. tests herself wild and daring What was wild & daring about Gloria’s actions? Gloria Use inferences about Gloria’s character traits to fill in two boxes of the Character Web.

Topic Sentence What is the topic sentence in the fourth paragraph on page 84? Next to me there was a giant Berkbee’s Baby Food display. What are some “Tell Me Mores.”

Look for a new character introduced at the end of page 87. Remember Let’s read pages 86 - 89. Look for a new character introduced at the end of page 87. Remember some details about her. She has sparkly brown eyes. What details about the woman’s appearance did Gloria notice? Earrings that spin around like planets. Hair is shiny black ringlets.

The Astronaut and the Onion What parts of this story so far seem realistic, or like they could really happen? The parts of the story that seem realistic are _________. The parts of the story that seem realistic are the activity in the grocery store is realistic and astronauts do orbit Earth in space stations.

Let’s continue reading pages 90 - 93. Be prepared to make an inference about why you think Gloria shivers when she tries to imagine what Dr. Street saw. I think Gloria shivered because __________.

Dr. Street believes in trying to succeed is realistic wants to help What do you learn about Dr. Street’s character traits on page 92? believes in trying to succeed is realistic Dr. Street wants to help by offering advice What else?

Character Gloria is daring. How is Dr. Street daring too? Dr. Street was afraid in space. When has Gloria been afraid? Gloria has a lot of energy. Does Dr. Street have a lot of energy? Explain.

Let’s finish reading the story. What does Dr. Street mean when she says, “Big things are really little”? (p. 95) Dr. Street talks about being able to succeed at things that seem difficult. Difficult things seem really big when you think you can’t do them. Once someone learns how to do something, it doesn’t seem like such a big thing anymore.

Using what you have learned about space travel, take 2 minutes and talk to someone at your table about whether or not you would enjoy being an astronaut. Support your decision.