unit 3: lesson 13 “antarctic journal” copyright © 2011 tiffany thayer
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Unit 3: Lesson 13“Antarctic Journal”
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Turn your Text Book to page 376.
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The author had a vision of herself going to Antarctica. What vision do you have of yourself traveling?
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Answer
Answer:I have a vision of myself
traveling across the country.
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What might happen if someone walked carelessly over moss-covered ground in Antarctica?
Answer
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Answer:Hundreds of years of moss
growth could be destroyed in seconds.
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How long is the author planning on staying on Litchfield Island? How do you know?
Answer
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Answer:At least overnight.She packed extra clothes, food,
and two gallons of water. She says that as twilight falls, she crawls into her tent, unable to sleep.
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Based on what you know so far, what are three adjectives you would use to describe the author? Why?
Answer
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Answer:Brave, adventurous, curious,
sensitive because she stays alone on an island. That is brave.
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What is the topic of the author’s December 3rd journal entry?
Answer
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Answer: a visit to a penguin rookery on
Litchfield Island
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Why might people huddle together?
Answer
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Answer:People huddle together to keep
warm when the weather is cold.
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How are the penguins and the author alike?
Answer
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Answer: They appear curious about
each other. The author is there to learn about penguins; the penguins watch the author.
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Why does the author give a detailed description of the penguins building their nests?
Answer
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Answer:She wants her readers to see
what she sees. She wants her readers to understand how hard-working and determined the penguins are.
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Summarize where krill fit into the Antarctic food chain.
Answer
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Answer:Krill eat phytoplankton,
Penguins, seals and whales eat krill.
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Why do you think they added garlic and butter to the krill?
Answer
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Answer: To make it taste better
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Find text details on page 335 that suggest that the author is both confident and careful.
Answer
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Answer:She goes out alone early in the
morning, but she stays on the flagged path so she won’t get lost.
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What causes the author to drop straight down?
Answer
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Answer: She walks on ice covering a
crevasse and breaks through.
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Why does the author decide to crawl on her hands and knees across the glacier?
Answer
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Because if she stands on the ice it is more likely to crack or fracture and endanger her life.
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Why do you think the author does not want to be rescued?
Answer
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Answer:
She believes she can get out on her own. She doesn’t want anyone to know that she fell into a crevasse.
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Which is more likely to cause weariness- watching a beautiful sky or hiking on ice for hours?
Answer
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Answer:
Hiking on ice for hours
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Why does the author describe the green flash as “a rare, fleeting event” that “lasts less than a twentieth of a second”?
Answer
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Answer:To emphasize its importance
and how lucky she is to have seen it.
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Extension Activity with:Cause and Effect
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Projectable 13.4
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