This document appears to be a reading comprehension worksheet asking students to answer questions about a story called "The Third Expedition" by Ray Bradbury. The questions probe the tone used to describe a ship in space, comparisons between the ship in space versus its image on Earth, how the men changed from their space travel to arriving on Mars, differences in the personalities of the story's characters based on their words and reactions, and the conclusion reached by one character based on what they see outside a window.
This document appears to be a reading comprehension worksheet asking students to answer questions about a story called "The Third Expedition" by Ray Bradbury. The questions probe the tone used to describe a ship in space, comparisons between the ship in space versus its image on Earth, how the men changed from their space travel to arriving on Mars, differences in the personalities of the story's characters based on their words and reactions, and the conclusion reached by one character based on what they see outside a window.
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This document appears to be a reading comprehension worksheet asking students to answer questions about a story called "The Third Expedition" by Ray Bradbury. The questions probe the tone used to describe a ship in space, comparisons between the ship in space versus its image on Earth, how the men changed from their space travel to arriving on Mars, differences in the personalities of the story's characters based on their words and reactions, and the conclusion reached by one character based on what they see outside a window.
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CLOSE READ: April 2000: The Third Expedition by Ray Bradbury
Directions: Be sure to support your answers with evidence from the text. 1. What tone does the author create when describing the ship in space? (Look at the underlined text.) _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 2. How does the ship in space compare with the ships image on earth? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 3. How do the men as they arrive on Mars compare with the men as they traveled through space? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ 4. Compare the first words of Capt. Black to those of Lustig and Hickston. What does the Captains comment say about his personality? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
7. Based on their conversation, how is Captain Blacks attitude
different from Lustigs and Hinkstons? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
8. What does Captain Black think of what he sees outside the
window? How does he reach his conclusion?___________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________