Exploring Mars: Spirit and Opportunity

Lesson 22
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ELA

Alternate Unit 4

5th Grade

Lesson 22 of 33

Objective


Use details from the articles to revise and add additional information about the challenges Opportunity faced when approaching Victoria Crater.

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

Use details from the articles to revise your target task from lesson 16. What additional information did you learn about what happened to Opportunity on the way to Victoria Crater? What additional information did you learn about how the team responded? 

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Key Questions


  • Summarize “Rover Team Tests Mars Moves on Earth.” 

  • Summarize “NASA’s Opportunity Rover Rolls Free on Mars.” 

Vocabulary


simulate

v.

to imitate the look or behaviors of something else ("Rovers Team")

diligently

adv.

doing something with extreme care and attention ("NASA's Opportunity")

elated

adj.

very happy and excited ("NASA's Opportunity")

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Common Core Standards


  • RI.5.3 — Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
  • RI.5.9 — Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

Supporting Standards

L.5.4
RF.5.3
RF.5.4
RI.5.1
RI.5.4
RI.5.10
SL.5.1
W.5.5
W.5.10
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