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Twinkle,Twinkle, Little Star

Twinkle,Twinkle, Little Star. A Close Reading for WWL10. What does the text say?. 1. What were the sun and planets made from? 2. How did they get bigger? 3. What is the largest “lump”? 4. Which 4 planets are furthest from the sun? 5. What are they made of?

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Twinkle,Twinkle, Little Star

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  1. Twinkle,Twinkle, Little Star A Close Reading for WWL10

  2. What does the text say? 1. What were the sun and planets made from? 2. How did they get bigger? 3. What is the largest “lump”? 4. Which 4 planets are furthest from the sun? 5. What are they made of? 6. When will astronauts land on them?

  3. More details 1. What 4 planets are closer to the sun? 2. What are they made of? 3. Which is the closest planet? 4 How hot can it get there? 5. What does Earth cricle? 6. What special thing does Earth have?

  4. Why do these things make the Earth Liveable? 1. Its position to the sun? 2. Water? 3. What it is made of? 4. The sun.

  5. Vocabulary 1. What is a telescope? How does it help scientists? 2. How much bigger is Jupiter’s diameter than Earth’s? What is diameter? 3. Name 3 things you like to gaze at. 4. “Gravity pulled the chunks and pieces together…” What is gravity? How does the text help you know that? 5. If you were an astronomer, what would you study? How does the text tell you that?

  6. Read Aloud With Meaning!!! With your partner, take turns reading the last paragraph aloud. Use emotion and stress words and phrases that seem important. Discuss the feelings this brings up in you and what words or phrases make you feel that way.

  7. Digging Deeper How can you tell that the author thinks 840 degrees is hot? What words does the author use to let us know that s/he thinks that the telescope was a good invention? How do the words “boil away” and “turn to ice” make position of Earth seem important?

  8. Inference

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  10. What do you think? Why? How have people felt about the sky throughout the years? What words or phrases make you think so? Do you think the author believes there is life on any other planets? Why do you think so? What sentences make you feel that way? How to you think the author feels about the planet Earth? Why do you think so?

  11. Words to think about... Universe There's a universe within you, waiting to be explored. Planet, stars, all contents of intergalactic space, in a metaphoric way. Your fears, flaws and weaknesses are the darkness, feeling as if endless. But see those? The stars, the comets... Everything illuminating? Those are your strengths, your talents. The beauty within you.

  12. Writing about it. After reading the poem, how do you think that what is inside of you is a universe? 1. Write about the darkness, your fears, flaws, and weaknesses. 2. Make paragraph 2 about the things that are “illuminated” within you: your strengths, talent, and beauty.

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