Vocabulary Poster Think, Pair, Share Focus Question: How can a focus on the future help us imagine new possibilities?

Vocabulary Words to Know combustion combustion dingy dingy lunar lunar negotiation negotiation traversed traversed waft waft waning waning infinity infinity Focus Question: How can a focus on the future help us imagine new possibilities?

Poster Talk Through Think, Pair, Share This poster is an advertisement for a car of the future. The days of dingy, gas powered cars are waning, or passing away. The shiny new car of the future doesn’t rely on combustion engines that burn gasoline. This car is fueled by garbage. That’s right! Your trash can run your car! And if you’re worried about a waft of garbage smell every time you drive, our engineers are one step ahead of you. They’ve added an odor filter to protect your sensitive nose. We traversed the country to test drive this vehicle. We found it very easy to negotiate with restaurant owners for bags of garbage. Don’t wait for a lunar eclipse to make the change of the future. Act now! Buy one today!

combustion Act or process of burning, Act or process of burning, Combustion is a rapid reaction that usually involves oxygen and generally produces light, heat and a flame.

dingy lacking brightness or freshness, dirty looking lacking brightness or freshness, dirty looking

negotiate to talk over and arrange terms, confer, consult to talk over and arrange terms, confer, consult

traversed passed across, over or through passed across, over or through

waft a breath or puff of air, wind scent a breath or puff of air, wind scent

lunar of, involving, caused by, or affecting the moon

waning going through its reduction in the amount of its visibility, shrinking going through its reduction in the amount of its visibility, shrinking The Moon is said to be waning, which means shrinking. We see a little less of the Moon each day until it completely disappears when the Moon is New

infinity infinity unbounded space, time, or quantity.unbounded space, time, or quantity.

Comprehension Skill Compare and Contrast When you compare, you tell how two or more things are alike. When you contrast, you tell how two or more things are different. While you are reading, compare and contrast the characters by asking yourself, How are these two characters alike and different?