Who's Who
Neil Armstrong
First man on the moon
Who was the Cold War fought between?
Soviet Union (USSR) and United States
Cold War
A period of political rivalry and tension between the US and the Soviet Union from 1945-1991
What type of language is ALAC trying to help you improve?
Academic English
Find the prefix in the following word:
disagree
dis-
John F. Kennedy
President of the United States during the Space Race
Who won the Space Race?
The United States
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
What score do you need to get on you RI in order to reclassify?
800 for 6th grade
850 for 7th grade
900 for 8th grade
What sound does the vowel combination "ir" make?
It makes the "er" sound like in bird
Katherine Johnson
Main character of the novel Hidden Figures
What was President Kennedy’s major goal in the Space Race?
To get a man to the moon by the end of the decade
Module
An independent unit of a spacecraft
A set of parts that can build a complex structure
What is the difference between formal and informal language?
Formal - Used in school and academics
Informal - Used with friends
Which of these words does not have a prefix
A) addict
B) abstract
C) distill
D) digit
D) digit
Yuri Gagarin
First man in space
What did the Soviets launch that began the Space Race?
The satellite Sputnik
Pledge
They could in fact aggravate them further- unless every scientist, every engineer, every serviceman, every technician, contractor, and civil servant gives his personal pledge that this nation will move forward, with the full speed of freedom, in the exciting adventure of space.
a serious promise or agreement
What four English skills will you work on in the class?
Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening
What does the prefix mis- mean?
wrongly, wrong
Alan Shepard
The first AMERICAN man on the moon
What were the two American advancements made after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik?
The creation of NASA
Launching the Explorer 1 satellite
What is the difference between a command module and a lunar module?
A command module goes back to Earth while a lunar module does not (it stays in space)
True or False:
Bilingual students have a bad memory because they have to remember double the amount of words.
False; People who speak two or more languages tend to have greater brain development in the areas related to language, memory and attention than people who speak one language.
What is the difference between a sound and a name for vowels?
The sound is the long version of the vowel (hot)
The name is the short version of the vowel, and sounds like the letter (locate)