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 ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ 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 ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ 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. .