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SPACE TEXTS PARTNER PACKET
Students, you will use the following Space Texts Partner Packet in order to prepare for your completion
of the final Life in Space Advertisement project and compare/contrast essay. Read all the space related
texts and fill in this packet. When you are done, you will be ready to work with your partner to develop
your digital advertisement that informs readers on what they would experience if they decide to visit
outer space!
Part 1: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Weather Thats Out of this World (page 75)
When reading a text, the topic is what a selection is about. The main idea of a paragraph is the key point a
writer wants to make. Often, the main idea may be stated in the first sentence of a paragraph, but it could
be found in other parts of the paragraph. Supporting details give more specific information about the
main idea. You will be able to use the information you organize here in order to complete your final
compare/contrast essay and Life in Space advertisement.
Example: Lines 1-9
Main Idea: Venus is a nasty planet to live
Supporting Details:
1. Acid rain
2. Hot today, hot tomorrow, hot the following day
3. Cloudy, no sunshine
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Lines 10-20:
Main Idea: _______________________________________________________________________________
Supporting Details:
1.
2.

Lines 21-26:
Main Idea: _______________________________________________________________________________
Supporting Details:
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Part 2: TEXT FEATURES

Space Settlements and Space Colony (78-80)
A) Directions: Read How Will We Build One and How Big Will the Colonies Be? on page 78-79 from the
Space Settlements text. As you read, take notice of the text features presented in this section of the article.
You will use this text feature review in order to create your advertisement using text features to inform
readers of Life in Space.
1. What text features did you find? List the features found and give an explanation of what the feature is
telling in the text.
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2. What text feature do you think best supports the authors purpose? Explain.
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B) Directions: Read Artists Views of a Space Colony on page 80. As you read, examine the visuals.
3. What text features did you find? List the features found and give an explanation of what the feature is
telling in the text.
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4. What details of life in a space colony do these graphic aids help you visualize? Explain.
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Part 3: Comparing and Contrasting Life in Space from all space articles
Re-Read the articles Weather thats Out of this World, Space Settlements, and Space Colony on pages
75-80 within the textbook. Then, fill out the Venn Diagram based on what you know about Earth, what
youve learned about settlements in space from the texts, and what they all have in common. You will be
able to use the information you organize here in order to complete your final compare/contrast essay
and Life in Space advertisement.

Space Articles

Earth
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