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Inner Planet Research and Video
Astronauts Name: __________________
Planet Destination: __________________
Step One: Research Questions: Use World Book Web or Yahoo Kids to answer the questions
about your assigned planet.
1. How long is one year on your planet in comparison to Earth years?
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2. One day on your planet is equal to how many hours/days on Earth ?
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3. What is your planet made of (compostition)? ____________________________
4. How far is your planet from the sun? ___________________________
5. How big is your planet in diameter? ____________________________
6. How many moons does your planet have? ______________________
7. List five interesting facts about your planet.
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Step Two: Paragraph Writing: Use the questions to write a paragraph on your planet. Make sure you have
an introduction sentence to catch the reader’s attention and a conclusion sentence to leave the reader with
something to think about. You must have detail sentences that includes all of the questions above.
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Step Three: Video: Practice your paragraph and try to memorize what you are going to say. Make sure you
can look at the camera during the video and not read from your paper.
Student Checklist:
_____I have an introduction sentence that
that catches the reader’s attention.
_____ I have all the detail sentences from the questions.
_____I have a conclusion sentence that leaves the reader
with something to think about.
_____I have correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
_____I spoke clearly for the commercial and did not act silly.
Student Grade: (five points each)
___Paragraph has a catch introduction sentence.
___Paragraph has all details from the questions.
___Paragraph has a good conclusion sentence.
___There are no errors in capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling
___I spoke clearly for the commercial and did
not act silly.