Nonfiction Reading
Reading Explorer
Foundations
Mysteries
Does anyone have a
favorite mystery to
share?
Course Contents
Unit 1 Lesson 1 A Mysterious Visitor
Mysteries
Lesson 2 The Lost City of Atlantis
Unit 2 Lesson 3 The World of Speed Eating
Eating Extremes
Lesson 4 The Hottest Chilies
Unit 3 Lesson 5 Digging for the Past
Cool Jobs
Lesson 6 Getting the Shot
Unit 4 Lesson 7 I’ve Found the Titanic!
Shipwrecks
Lesson 8 My Descent to the Titanic
Unit 5 Lesson 9 The Disease Detective
Science Investigators
Lesson 10 At the Scene of a Crime
Unit 6 Lesson 11 Planting for the Planet
Plants and Trees
Lesson 12 Fatal Attraction
Let’s watch a video about Atlantis!
Has anyone seen this movie before?
Paraphrase:
A restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words .
Scanning
over 2,000 years ago
in 2004
Meet Me in Atlantis
Richard Ellis
Skimming
Finally
Word Box
Lost
Lost
Struck
Struck Sink
Sink Finally
Your sentence:
Base Past
Comment
Form Form
help helped -ed added
danc dance -d added
e d
cry cried -ed added but
spelling rule applied
(change y to i)
struck
sink
strike
sank
Do you think life exists on other
planets?
If so, what would it look
like?
A moon is a natural satellite,
similar to a small planet that
travels around a planet.
exists
surface
conditions
Why do you think scientists believe there might be life
on Europa?
What conditions might exist there?
1610 robot
Earth
Earth’s moon
ice
Match the alien with its planet!
Defend your answer
Vocabulary Review
Your sentence:
Homework:
Consider the conditions on Europa. If scientists do find
life there, what do you think it will look like?
(1 paragraph)