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Mission to Jupiter

WALT: Identify the Author’s Purpose

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Remembering...

  • What were the two big problems scientists had to fix on Galileo?p29
  • Explain the difference between a high gain attena and a low gain attena? p29
  • What are Io, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto?
  • Read p31. What did two NZ scientists do for NASA?
  • Read p31. What was the exciting discovery on Europa?
  • Read p32. Which planet was the Cassini spacecraft going to?
  • Read p15. Why do you think NASA used the name GALILEO for this mission? Explain your answer.

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Understanding....

Use a dictionary to find the words below. Write a NEW sentence to show you understand its meaning

  • contanimation(p29)�____________________________________________________________

2) glitch (p30)� ____________________________________________________________

3) turbulent(p31)� ____________________________________________________________

4) successor(p32)� ____________________________________________________________

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YOUR TURN!

Go to KIWIKIDS NEWS - find 6 articles

Decide - what is the author’s purpose?

  • to persuade
  • to inform
  • to entertain

Create a new slide with the headlines, links to each story and an appropriate picture/graphic.

Use SCREENCASTIFY (or another similar programme), record yourself explaining the purpose of each article… e.g. The headline for this article is______. This is a persuasive text because….

REMEMBER: A text can have more than one purpose!

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