1. “Dog Star”
Arthur C. Clarke

2. Think – ink – pair – share
You will see a quote and some prompts
Write a response in your notebook
Turn to a partner and discuss what you wrote
Share as a class

3. A New home “An expression of helpless trust” (Clarke 71).
Why was Laika so trusting of our narrator?
Have you ever been in a situation that this was the case?

4. Vision
“Beyond the atmosphere, I would be like a blind man who had suddenly been given sight” (73).
Why is this so significant?
Can you relate this to your life? How?

5. Abandonment
“[I] was no better than those who had abandoned Laika when she was a puppy, beside the dusty road to Palomar” (74).
Was our narrator better than the others?

6. Brain works
“The human mind has strange and labyrinthine ways of going about its business” (74).
What does this mean?
Have you ever had something like what happened to our narrator happen to you?