1. Banner in the Sky Vocabulary Chapter 5

2. Ascent describes a movement in a certain direction. Do you think it means a movement up or down? Ascent

3. Definition: the act of climbing or moving upwards Ascent Ascent Ascent

4. Description: something that “juts out” sticks out further than the other things around it Sample sentence: “The tall jagged rocks were jutting out over the land below.” Try it! If you jut your chin out, you move it so that it sticks forward. Jutting

5. Definition: A raised, flat surface Try it! Make a raised, flat surface with your arm and hand. Platform Try it again! Now make your platform jut, or stick out.

6. Jutting Platform When Rudi stands on a “jutting platform,” it is a flat surface that sticks out from the mountain. It looks something like this.

7. What do you already know about the root word “steep”? Which of the following “mountains” would be considered steep? Mountain 1 Mountain 2 Steepness

8. What do you already know about the root word “steep”? Therefore, Mountain 2 is steep. Steepness just describes the property of being steep. Mountain 1 Mountain 2 Steepness Steep = slopes at a high angle

9. Ascent is the act of moving upwards. Descent is the process of moving down. Descend Descend Descended When someone has descended, he or she has moved from a higher level to a lower one.

10. Make a steep mountain with your arms. Show what the ascent up that mountain would look like. Now show the descent down. Make a platform with your hand. Now make your raised, flat surface jut. Review