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Who is the author?
Joanne Ghio
What is the title of the book?
Outer Space Email
What have the girls been doing for a few weeks?
writing emails
What did Gwen do to get cooler?
She went swimming
What are the characters?
Gwen and Lila
What problem did Gwen write about?
It was hot outside
How does Lila feel about returning home?
excited
What chapter tells the main solution to the story's problem?
Chapter 3
What does fashion mean?
style
Which sentence in the email explain what a lunar eclipse is?
Earth lined up in between the sun and the moon. This caused the earth to cast a shadow over the moon, making it seem like it disappeared.
What chapter tells the main idea of the story?
Chapter 1
What is the solution?
Lila is coming home soon. The girls won't have to use email to keep in touch.
Look at the last paragraph of Lila's email. How does the text wrap up the story's big problem---that the girls miss each other?
It tells us that Lila will come home soon.
What does this story tell us about friendship?
Friends can remain close no matter how far apart they are.
What is the problem in the story?
Lila is moving to the moon
On page 3, what was Gwen's problem?
She loses her connection
What did Gwen do when Lila announced that she would be moving?
she got upset
What clue in the text tells you that Gwen is feeling better about Lila being away?
She's excited to hear about life on the moon.
what chapter tells about how both girls handled the heat?
Chapter 2
On page 4, what three objects do you see in the diagram?
sun, moon, earth