1. By: Gail Sakurai Genre: Non-Fiction (not fake or artificial)
Mae Jemison
Strategy Focus: Main Idea
By: Gail Sakurai
Genre: Non-Fiction
(not fake or artificial)

2. requiring a lot of time, skill and effort
demanding
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Prediction: What could this word mean?
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Maybe… * I can infer…
Perhaps… *It could possibly mean…
Definition:
requiring a lot of time, skill and effort
Example Sentence:
Most adults have demanding jobs that require a lot of work.

3. mission
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Prediction: What could this word mean?
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Definition:
-an important job that someone has been given to do
Example Sentence:
Part of the astronauts’ mission was to bring back samples of moon rocks.

4. specialist The doctor is a specialist who treats children only.
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Prediction:
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Definition:
-someone who knows about a certain subject, an expert
Example Sentence:
The doctor is a specialist who treats children only.

5. -something that can be used again
reusable
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Prediction:
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Definition:
-something that can be used again
Example Sentence:
A water bottle is reusable if you wash it daily.

6. -a machine that orbits the earth and receives and sends information
satellite
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Prediction:
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Definitions:
-a machine that orbits the earth and receives and sends information

7. space shuttle
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Definition:
-a spacecraft launched like a rocket that can return to earth and land like a plane
Example Sentence:
The space shuttle is ready to launch towards the moon.

8. launch
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Predictions:
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Definition:
-to send a weapon or spacecraft into the sky with force
Example Sentence:
During fourth of July, fireworks are launched into the sky.

9. -a person trained to participate in the flight of a spacecraft
astronaut
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Prediction:
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Definition:
-a person trained to participate in the flight of a spacecraft
Example Sentence:
An astronaut is someone who trains a lot and gets to launch into outer space.

10. orbit The path of a spacecraft around earth. Prediction:
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Prediction:
*I think… *___means to___ *Maybe.. *Perhaps *I am guessing *It may mean____ *___might be…
Definition
The path of a spacecraft around earth.
Example Sentence
-The nine planets in our solar system orbit the sun.