Vocab
Tell me the term for
A VEST THAT HELPS PEOPLE FLOAT IN WATER
Life-Jacket
Who is the Main Character and what POV is the story?
1st person (I ME MY)
Lisbeth
How is the Green Lady's planet described?
"looks like a desert"
Tell me a synonym for SCOLDS
lectures / tells off / criticize
DESTINATION
n. a place that someone or something is going to.
ANTICIPATION
Lisbeth held her breath in ANTICIPATION of their arrival into New York
(n.) a feeling of excitement that comes when one is waiting for something to happen
What is the Genre of this selection?
What does the Green Lady do to try and communicate with the Rivera family?
She starts to sing and the family join in eventually they can communicate
"music is the language of the universe"
COORDINATES
We will use the ships COORDINATES to find where it is
a set of numbers used to show the location of a destination or thing.
What is the SETTING of Straight up?
INFER / INFERENCING
An educated guess based on evidence in the story.
What can we infer here:
"We hit a gale in October and the weather never improved after that."
a - Challenges began in October and continued from then on.
b - this was the only challenge the people on board faced.
A -
They also faced running out of food and getting stuck on a SANDBANK
What can we INFER about Sara's point of view about going to space here?
"its not as if we are going anywhere special!"
like it will be BORING. she is UPSET and UNINTERESTED in space travel
INTENSELY
"Mr Arthur stated INTENSELY at the oven waiting for it to cook her food."
Adv. in a strong or forceful way.
How could we summarize Lisbeth's personality:
a = Bored but Curious
b = Patient and Restless
c = Afraid or Lonely
d = Brave and Patient
D = as we can prove both words with quotes from the story.
PROVISIONS
When we go camping we will need the right amount of PROVISIONS to eat.
(n.) a supply of food and other things that are needed
What was the THEME of this story?
(Theme = message or moral being conveyed)
Even when things get difficult don't give up /
Don't lose hope during hard times /
Even when you face challenges don't lose hope
(paraphrasing example)
Why is Sara so upset about this trip to begin with?
Because she feels like her dad did not ask her about going first.
MELTDOWN
When Miss Laura saw Monsta X for the first time she had to hold in her MELTDOWN at achieving her dream
n. a sudden emotional outburst (can be a positive or negative thing)
We can infer that the family Rivera crashes on the Green Lady's planet by accident, - HOW? (quote the story)
"you were caught in a space storm."
TOW
"The arrival of the ships Philip and Brazil helped TOW us off the sandbank."
(v.) to pull a vehicle behind another vehicle with a rope or chain
"We were all going with him: me, my mother, my brother and even our nanny Amelia. That's because this wasn't a business trip."
What does this quote tell you about the plot?
The story is about a family moving abroad together.
What can we INFER here:"
"the ship jerks intensely, and the room starts spinning - slowly at first then faster!"
Sara's father has lost control of the ship
Synonym for: FAINT
"Forgive me Ms. Marissa I am feeling rather FAINT."
Lightheaded
UNIVERSE
"let's explore the whole wide UNIVERSE!"
n. everything that is, including earth, the sun planets, starts and all of space.