1. Houghton-Mifflin Theme Two, Story Four
Mae Jemison:
Space Scientist
Houghton-Mifflin
Theme Two, Story Four

2. Genre: Biography Strategy Focus: Clarify/Monitor
Comprehension Skill: Topic/Main Idea
Genre: Biography
Nonfiction selection describing the life and careers of Mae Jemison, the first African American female astronaut.

3. launches
Puts into action by force.

4. astronaut
A person trained to participate in the flight of a spacecraft.

5. mission
An operation that is assigned to achieve certain goals.

6. orbit
The path of a spacecraft around the earth.

7. reusable
To be able to be used again.
A reusable Kleenex!

8. satellite
A device made to orbit the earth while performing a task.

9. Space shuttle
A spacecraft launched like a rocket that can return to earth and land like an airplane.

10. specialist
One who becomes an expert in a particular field.

11. weightlessness
The condition of being without weight.

12. demanding intensely Requiring a lot of effort.
In a way that involves extreme effort.

13. medication meditation A drug used to treat an illness.
Disciplined concentration on particular ideas.

14. gravitate
To move toward something.
trailblazer
Pioneer.

15. responsibility embassy Reliability, trustworthiness.
Headquarters of the representative of a foreign government.

16. applicants scientist People who apply for a job.
A person versed in science.

17. Chemical engineering
Developing processes in which the qualities and properties of materials are changed.

18. Check Your Knowledge! astronaut launches mission orbit reusable
Which word is:
One who becomes an expert in a particular field.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
Check Your Knowledge!
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness

19. Check Your Knowledge! astronaut launches mission orbit reusable
Which word is:
Puts into action by force.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
Check Your Knowledge!
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness

20. Check Your Knowledge! astronaut launches mission orbit reusable
Which word is:
A device made to orbit the earth while performing a task.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
Check Your Knowledge!
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness

21. Check Your Knowledge! astronaut launches mission orbit reusable
Which word is:
The path of a spacecraft around the earth.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
Check Your Knowledge!
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness

22. Check Your Knowledge! astronaut launches mission orbit reusable
Which word is:
An operation that is assigned to achieve certain goals.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
Check Your Knowledge!
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness

23. Check Your Knowledge! astronaut launches mission orbit reusable
Which word is:
A person trained to participate in the flight of a spacecraft.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
Check Your Knowledge!
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness

24. Check Your Knowledge! astronaut launches mission orbit reusable
Which word is:
The condition of being without weight.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
Check Your Knowledge!
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness

25. Check Your Knowledge! astronaut launches mission orbit reusable
Which word is:
A spacecraft launched like a rocket that can return to earth and land like an airplane.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
Check Your Knowledge!
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness

26. Check Your Knowledge! astronaut launches mission orbit reusable
Which word is:
To be able to be used again.
astronaut
launches
mission
orbit
Check Your Knowledge!
reusable
satellite
space shuttle
specialist
weightlessness

27. Grammar Skills: Verb Tenses
Verbs have forms, or TENSES, that tell WHEN the action happens.

28. Grammar Skills: Verb Tenses
PAST TENSE verbs show action that has already happened.
Form the past tense of most verbs by adding –ed.

29. This is when an event has already happened.
The Past
This is when an event has already happened.
I walked across to buy some sweets from the shop.
I shouted to my brother in the playground.
I ran down the lane with the dog.

30. Grammar Skills: Verb Tenses
PRESENT TENSE verbs show action that is happening NOW or that happens regularly over time.
Add –s or –es to most verbs to show the present tense if the subject is singular

31. This is when an event is actually happening.
The Present
This is when an event is actually happening.
I am walking across to buy some sweets from the shop.
I am shouting to my brother in the playground.
I am running down the lane with the dog.

32. Grammar Skills: Verb Tenses
FUTURE TENSE verbs show action that is going to happen, but hasn’t happened yet.
It uses the helping verbs will or shall and the present tense form of the verb.

33. This is when an event has not taken place yet.
The Future
This is when an event has not taken place yet.
I will walk across to buy some sweets from the shop.
I will shout to my brother in the playground.
I will run down the lane with the dog.

34. Look at each of these sentences and decide what tense it has been written in.
Past
We went for a walk.
Future
George will rush into school today.
Past
City beat United 6-0 last week.

35. Future Present Future Lucy will be driving me to school today.
I am smelling my supper cooking in the kitchen.
Present
Shelley will be coming for lunch on Sunday.
Future

36. I like going to Manchester with my Mum.
Can you make the following sentences into the past, the present and the future tense?
I like going to Manchester with my Mum.
I like going to Manchester with my Mum.
I liked going to Manchester with my Mum.
I will like going to Manchester with my Mum.
PRESENT
PAST
FUTURE

37. I will laugh at the clown in the circus.
I am laughing at the clown in the circus.
I laughed at the clown in the circus.
I will laugh at the clown in the circus.
PRESENT
PAST
FUTURE
I swam in the pool on Wednesday.
I am swimming in the pool on Wednesday.
I swam in the pool on Wednesday.
I will swim in the pool on Wednesday.
PRESENT
PAST
FUTURE

38. Remember!
Whenever you are writing you should try to stay in the same tense all the way through.

39. Comprehension: Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details

40. Comprehension Skills: Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details
The TOPIC of a selection is the subject most of the paragraphs tell about.
The TOPIC is usually found in the TITLE of the selection.

41. Comprehension Skills: Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details
Main Ideas are the most important ideas about the topic.
The Main Idea for a paragraph is often found in the first sentence of that paragraph.

42. Comprehension Skills: Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details
However, sometimes the reader must find the main idea by inferring it from the Supporting Details in a paragraph or passage.

43. Comprehension Skills: Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details
What is the main idea, based on these details?
Mae Jemison loved working on science projects.
She read books about space & science.
She loved to gaze at the stars.
She dreamed of becoming an astronaut.
Mae Jemison was
fascinated with science.

44. Comprehension Skills: Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details
What is the main idea, based on these details?
Mae Jemison took jazz dance lessons.
She took lessons in African dance.
She was an accomplished dancer in high school.
She was skilled at choreography.
Mae Jemison loved to dance.

45. Let’s take another LOOK at …

46. Structural Analysis: Suffixes –ive and -ic

47. Structural Analysis: Suffixes –ive and -ic
Suffixes are word parts that can be added to the ends of base words.
-ive means “full of , or tending towards”
active: act mean “to do”, and –ive turns the verb act into the adjective that means “busy, or full of energy”.
supportive: mean “full of support”.

48. Structural Analysis: Suffixes –ive and -ic
Suffixes are word parts that can be added to the ends of base words.
-ic means “having the qualities of ”
artistic: artist is a person who practices an art such as painting. Adding –ic to artist turns it into an adjective that means “having the talents of an artist.”
Futuristic: means “having the qualities of the future”.

49. Structural Analysis: Suffixes –ive and -ic
Historic means having the qualities that deal with history. Massive means full of mass Volcanic means having the qualities that deal with a volcano

50. Structural Analysis: Suffixes –ive and -ic
massive
scientific
majestic
volcanic
historic
supportive
active
My sister, who is always busy with school clubs or teams, is an ______ person. My dad is _________ and encourages me to do well. My mom likes reading books about astronomy and other ________ topics. Did you read the article about _______ eruptions on the island?
active
supportive
scientific
volcanic

51. Structural Analysis: Suffixes –ive and -ic
massive
scientific
majestic
volcanic
historic
supportive
active
The rock was so _______ we could not move or lift it at all. The king and queen looked very dignified and ________. The day the first person stepped on the moon was a _______ moment in time.
massive
majestic
historic