Name: ______Period: ______Date: ______***Article of the Week*** Directions: Read the following article carefully and annotate. You need to include at least 1 annotation per paragraph. Be sure to include all of the following in your total annotations.
Annotation = Marking the Text + A Note of Explanation
1. Great Idea or Point – Write why you think it is a good idea or point – ! 2. Confusing Point or Idea – Write a question to ask that might help you understand – ? 3. Unknown Word or Phrase – Circle the unknown word or phrase, then write what you think it might mean based on context clues or your word knowledge – 4. A Question You Have – Write a question you have about something in the text – ??
5. Summary – In a few sentences, write a summary of the paragraph, section, or passage – #
New spaceship is ready for testing ... and eventually for tourists By Associated Press, adapted by Newsela staff 02.29.16 Picture and Caption ______Paragraph #1 ______
Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson (left) and Scaled Composites LLC Paragraph #2 founder Burt Rutan wave from the mothership aircraft White Knight Two "Eve" during an unveiling ceremony at a Scaled Composites hangar in Mojave, ______California, July 28, 2008. On Feb. 19, Virgin Galactic rolled out a new version of its SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket. Photo: AP/Stefano Paltera ______
Para #1 MOJAVE, Calif. — Airplanes already allow people to ______travel all over the world. Soon, there might be planes anyone could take into space. Paragraph #3
Para #2 The company Virgin Galactic is working to develop ______space flights for tourists. Someday, passengers might be able to buy a ticket and ride a rocket plane into space. For a few ______minutes, passengers would get to float in zero gravity and look ______down on the Earth from above. Paragraph #4 Para #3 On Friday, Virgin Galactic showed off a new rocket plane called SpaceShipTwo. The company will begin test flights ______soon. ______Para #4 SpaceShipTwo is designed to be flown by a crew of two and carry up to six passengers. The spaceship will get more than ______62 miles away from the Earth.
Accident Killed One Pilot, Injured Another Paragraph #5 ______Para #5 SpaceShipTwo has some help getting off the ground. It is carried into the air by a huge airplane. The plane releases the ______spaceship when it is about 45,000 feet off the ground. After gliding for a few moments, SpaceShipTwo's pilots then start the ______rocket engine. This sends them hurtling toward space. Paragraph #6 Para #6 After reaching the top of its flight path, the spaceship ______begins falling back toward Earth. It glides downward and lands on a runway. ______
Para #7 Virgin Galactic was founded by English billionaire Sir ______Richard Branson. On Feb. 19, he unveiled SpaceShipTwo at California's Mojave Air & Space Port. Paragraph #7 ______Para #8 The program had been on hold since an accident in 2014. The company was testing an earlier model of ______SpaceShipTwo. It broke apart, killing one of its two pilots. It was the spaceship's fourth flight. Paragraph #8
Para #9 "When we had the accident, for about 24 hours we were ______wondering whether it was worth continuing," Branson said. In the ______end, he decided that space travel was too important to give up on. ______
Company Will Make Sure New Spaceship Is Safe Paragraph #9
Para #10 After the accident, scientists tried to figure out what ______had gone wrong. They found that pilot Michael Alsbury had ______unlocked the "feathering" system too early. The feathering system slows the spaceship as it re-enters the atmosphere. ______Small flaps pop out of the wings to slow it down. Paragraph #10 Para #11 Alsbury was killed in the crash. Pilot Peter Siebold was able parachute to safety, although he was severely injured. ______Para #12 Scientists also said the designers should have made the spaceship safer. They concluded there should have been ______protections in place in case a pilot made a mistake. On Thursday, Virgin Galactic said it would make sure the new spaceship is Paragraph #11 safe. "Our team's job is to plan out not just the obvious tests but also the strange and inventive ones," the company wrote. Virgin ______Galactic said it would watch the test flights closely and be ______careful moving forward. Paragraph #12
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Testing Could Be Time-Consuming Paragraph #13
Para #13 The company did not say when flights would be open ______to passengers. Testing might take some time. The company said ______the "vehicle will remain on the ground for a while after her unveiling, as we run her through full-vehicle tests of her electrical ______systems and all of her moving parts." ______
Para #14 SpaceShipTwo is a re-design of an earlier spaceship Paragraph #14 called SpaceShipOne. SpaceShipOne was a winged rocket ______plane that won the Ansari X Prize in 2004. The prize was awarded to the first spaceship that could take passengers on two ______trips to space within two weeks. The prize was worth $10 million. ______Para #15 The Ansari X Prize was announced in 1996. The goal was to encourage scientists to make advances in rocket ______technology. Paragraph #15
Para #16 Prizes like the Ansari X Prize have been around since ______the early days of air travel. For example, the Orteig Prize was offered in 1919. It challenged pilots to try to fly across the Atlantic ______Ocean. Charles Lindbergh won it with his nonstop flight from New York to Paris, France, in 1927. ______Paragraph #16
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TURN TO BACK PAGE FOR QUESTIONS
Quiz Standard 1: What the Text Says 1. Read the introduction [paragraphs 1-4]. Which paragraph BEST describes the experience of riding in a spaceship?
(A) Paragraph #1
(B) Paragraph #2
(C) Paragraph #3
(D) Paragraph #4
Standard 1: What the Text Says 2. Select the sentence from the article that supports the idea that building a spaceship can be very dangerous.
(A) After gliding for a few moments, SpaceShipTwo's pilots then start the rocket engine. This sends them hurtling toward space.
(B) The company was testing an earlier model of SpaceShipTwo. It broke apart, killing one of its two pilots.
(C) The feathering system slows the spaceship as it re-enters the atmosphere. Small flaps pop out of the wings to slow it down.
(D) The company did not say when flights would be open to passengers. Testing might take some time.
Standard 2: Central Idea 3. Which of the following statements is a CENTRAL idea from the article?
(A) Many tourists would like to ride in a spaceship.
(B) Building spaceship is risky, but worth the effort.
(C) Sometimes pilots make mistakes when they fly spaceships.
(D) A company is testing its new design for a spaceship.
Standard 2: Central Idea 4. Which detail would be MOST important to include in a summary of the article?
(A) An airplane helps to carry the spaceship into the air.
(B) A feathering system unlocks small flaps to slow the plane.
(C) An earlier model of the plane had a major accident.
(D) Charles Lindbergh won the Orteig Prize for flying to Paris, France.