1. Name: Date: Where and how did you get this information? What do you know about this topic? They wear protective clothing. Things float in their spaceship because there is no gravity in space. They travel in rockets. They’re brave. They travel in groups. They travel in space. Astronauts need to be physically fit. Only special people can go to space. Astronauts are extremely intelligent. They’re sent on missions.

2. Name: Date: Clue s Wondering s Problems Why is Mae Jemison in the water if she’s going to be in space? How can we students become astronauts? Why did Mae Jemison want to be an astronaut? It’s about space shuttles and astronauts Mae Jemison is training hard to be an astronaut Mae Jemison is experimenting in space People might die in space or on the way Only special people can be astronauts The training is extremely difficult

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5. By: Gail Sakurai Summary by: In the beginningDuring collegeAfter college Shortly after becoming a doctor When she returned from the Peace Corps While in spaceIn 1993

6. Name: Date: Title: Reflection—What do you feel about what you’ve read and written? What did do? What were those around doing? What does feel? What does think? What did the scene look like? Who did what and when? “Mae Jemison” is an autobiography about the first female African American astronaut Therefore, through all the risks she took in her life, Mae Jemison was able to attain her dreams. Mae Jemison was born Eventually Mae became an astronaut. Mae did many things after high school on October 17 th, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama. When she was in kindergarten she told her teacher she wanted to be a scientist. Her teacher told her she should be a nurse instead. Back then African Americans were not treated well or expected to be important people. She went to college at Stanford University. There she studied science and Afro-American studies. After college Mae Jemison went to medical school. She became a doctor and went to Africa to help people in the Peace Corps. On September 12, 1992 she went to outer space in the space shuttle Endeavour. She conducted experiments on using biofeedback to combat space sickness and the effects of microgravity on pregnant frogs. Close to a year later, Mae Jemison quit being an astronaut. She founded the Jemison Group which uses science to help struggling countries.

7. Directions: Answer each question in a complete sentence. Write the page number down where you found your answer!!! 1.How can you summarize this story in one sentence (What is it about)? 2.How are rockets different from space shuttles? 3.Why is teamwork so important inside the space shuttle? 4.What was the biofeedback experiment for? 5.Why were people worried about her age when she was in the Peace Corps? 6.How do you know that Mae Jemison is a humble/modest person? 7.Aside from space and dancing, what else is Mae Jemison really into? 8.What is the company the Jemison Group for? 9.Why do astronauts lose bone cells in space? 10.What kind of astronaut did Mae Jemison become? 11.What do these words mean?: astronaut, excel, specialized, simulates, techniques 12. In a 5 sentence paragraph – Out of all the risks Mae Jemison took, which one do you think is the most important? Why? 13.In a 5 sentence paragraph – What is your dream for your future?

8. What adjectives (describing words) describe the characters, setting, problems, and solutions in your story? Find adjectives from the story for the “text” bubbles Use what you know about the story to do the “inference” bubbles Name: Date:

9. What have you learned from what you’ve read? How are you going to remember what you’ve learned? Are you going to draw a sketch, write a song, or write a journal about how you feel about what you’ve learned?

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