A level 2 Novel guide Punctuating dialogue When we write out someone’s exact words, we quote

When we write out someone’s exact words, we quote them. We use punctuation to show which words are being said. We start the quote with a set of quotation marks, and we end it with another set. Take a look at these example quotes from Apollo 13. What rules can you make about punctuating quotes? Look at the examples, then punctuate the sample sentences and put capital letters in the correct place.

Ex. 1: “WHAT WAS THAT?” he shouted.

Ex. 2: “What happened?” Jim asked again.

1. 
   who are you going to meet? Jenny asked.
   

2. 
   what time is the meeting? Bill wondered.
   

3. 
   The teacher asked, how many of you have your books today?
   

4. 
   Wow! said GaIn. the snow is really falling hard now!
   

5. 
   I know! answered Jinho. I hope we don’t have school tomorrow!
   

6. 
   we’ll see you tomorrow at noon said Ming.
   

7. 
   The traffic on Route 1 is really bad today said Stacey.
   

8. 
   I’ll stop at the grocery store I said if you pick up the kids from school.
   

9. 
   I can’t decide she said whether to stay or go.
   

10. 
    My name he uttered is Inigo Montoya.
    

The events of Apollo 13 happened chronologically, or in time order. Put the following events in order by time. Number the first event with a 1, and so on.

_____ The astronauts appeared on TV.

_____ Jim Lovell took Alan Shepard’s place on the Apollo 13 mission.

_____ The module landed in the Pacific Ocean.

_____ Ken Mattingly worked in the simulator to find extra power for the astronauts in space.

_____ A controller got the measles and Ken Mattingly couldn’t fly.

_____ The module passed behind the moon and the astronauts could not hear the radio from Earth.

_____ The astronauts walked out onto the Iwo Jima.

_____ One rocket light went out.

_____ Something went wrong and the oxygen tanks broke.

_____ Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.

_____ The astronauts had to move to the lunar module.

_____ The astronauts had to fly the module without the computers and point it toward Earth.

_____ Fred was very sick. His face was gray and he didn’t look well.

_____ Apollo 13 launched.

_____ Nobody could see the Odyssey and everyone was worried.

Vocabulary

Directions: Write the part of speech and the definition for each word. Use each word in a sentence.

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     LHD-7 is the second ship to bear the name “IWO JIMA.” The first, LPH-2 was launched September 17, 1960 at Bremerton, Washington.

     In September 1963, IWO JIMA (LPH 2) was sent to the Western Pacific, one of six trips the ship would make to the region. In April 1970, IWO JIMA (LPH 2) made history while serving as the Primary Recovery Ship for Apollo 13, the failed lunar landing mission.

     In June 1976, IWO JIMA (LPH 2) went to the Mediterranean and participated in the evacuation of civilians from Beirut, Lebanon. In August 1990, two weeks after the initial deployment of troops to the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Shield, IWO JIMA (LPH 2) became the first ship to travel to that area.  USS IWO JIMA (LPH 2) stopped being used in 1993, after 32 years of service.

The new USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) was built at Ingalls shipyard on September 3, 1996.  The ship was launched on February 4, 2000.   The first crew moved aboard in April 2001 and made the ship’s first trip on June 23, 2001. Shortly thereafter, the ship and crew began training to go on a mission.

     The USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) went on an eight-month trip. The ship brought marines into Northern Iraq, patrolled the Persian Gulf, and kept peace off the coast of Liberia. The ship traveled more than 45,000 miles on the water. After all that travel, the IWO JIMA needed to be fixed The ship participated in many experiments with the navy over the next few years.

On August 31, 2005, the IWO JIMA went to the Gulf of Mexico to help after Hurricane Katrina. The ship sailed up the Mississippi River to New Orleans to act as a command center for the disaster. The ship was also the only air field where helicopters could land. They gave hot meals, showers, and water to many National Guardsmen and workers. They worked as a hospital to do surgery and clean up the city.

                IWO JIMA was proud to serve as flagship for the commander-in-chief, George W. Bush, and is only the second Navy ship to have been presented the flag of the President of the United States of America. 

Directions: Put a check mark next to the sentences that contain important facts (or main ideas) about the USS Iwo Jima.

_____ There have been two ships named Iwo Jima.

_____ The Iwo Jima helped recover Apollo 13.

_____ The first Iwo Jima was named LPH 2.

_____ The ship traveled 45,000 miles.

_____ The ship helped many people recover from Hurricane Katrina.

Section 2:

Directions: Below is a list of main ideas. Under each main idea, write two supporting details that tell more about that main idea. Use the reading on page 6 to help you.

1. 
   The Iwo Jima helped after Hurricane Katrina.
   

2. 
   The Iwo Jima had an important place in history for several reasons.
   

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Directions: Cross out the sentence in the paragraph that is NOT related to the main idea.

1. 
   The USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) went on an eight-month trip. The ship brought marines into Northern Iraq, patrolled the Persian Gulf, and kept peace off the coast of Liberia. The ship traveled more than 45,000 miles on the water. After all that travel, the IWO JIMA needed to be fixed. The mechanic who fixed the ship was named Bill Preston. The ship participated in many experiments with the navy over the next few years.
   

1. 
   Fred watched the numbers on the controls.
   

2. 
   There was a noise.
   

3. 
   Jack Swigert is a good pilot.
   

4. 
   It was a beautiful warm Saturday.
   

5. 
   The engine noise stopped.
   

6. 
   Jim saw its four legs.
   

7. 
   Fred looked at his notes.
   

8. 
   The big problem is power.
   

9. 
   Fred thought about the warm weather.
   

10. 
    There was a loud noise.
    

Legs moon rock machines pilot

1. 
   The astronauts from Apollo 13 were flying to the __________________.
   

2. 
   Ken Mattingly was supposed to be the _________ of the command module, but Jack Swigert took over instead.
   

3. 
   The lunar module had four _________.
   

4. 
   Four _____________ broke in the command module.
   

5. 
   Jim couldn’t bring Jeffrey a moon ____________.
   

1. 
   What moon phase comes AFTER the third quarter? ____________________________
   
2. 
   What moon phase comes BEFORE the full moon? ______________________________
   
3. 
   Draw a picture of how the moon looks from Earth in the first quarter:
   

4. 
   The moon looks dark when it is new. Why? ___________________________________
   
5. 
   The moon takes four weeks to complete one revolution around the Earth. About how long is each moon phase? _____________________________________________
   
6. 
   
   

The suffix at the end of a verb tells us what tense it is.

-s and –es: present tense

-ed: past tense (regular)

-ing: progressive

Directions: Look for clues in the sentences below to figure out the tense and fill in the blank space with –s, -es, -ed, or –ing.

1. 
   Neil Armstrong looked up into black space. He looked down at the gray rocks. The Moon wait____.
   
2. 
   “I am a better pilot when I am not tired. I am go_____ home to my family.”
   
3. 
   Outside the window, the lunar module looked close. Jack carefully mov(e)____ the controls.
   
4. 
   When an astronaut goes to the moon, he usually take_____ water with him for the trip.
   
5. 
   Today, there are twenty astronauts in the space program. These astronauts do not fly into space very often. Flying is expensive; it cost____ the government a lot of money.
   
6. 
   When the Apollo landed, people around the world watched their televisions and wait____ to see the astronauts.
   
7. 
   When the machines in Apollo stopped working, smoke was flying everywhere and the astronauts were wonder______ how they would get home.
   
8. 
   The astronauts were quiet. They listen_____ for the sound of an airplane. When they heard it, they smiled.
   
9. 
   When pilots fly, they use parachutes. Parachutes save lives. A parachute open____ when a pilot pulls a special cord.
   
10. 
    The Apollo 13 mission did not land on the moon. Jim did not collect moon rocks for his son. He wish_____ he had brought some rocks back for Jeffrey.
    

Reflexive pronouns can only be used when the sentence subject also receives the action of the verb. For

example: I hurt myself. The “myself” reflects back onto the “I.” A reflexive pronoun must have something to reflect onto. For example, I can’t say “Bob and myself went for pizza” because there is no “I” in the sentence for “myself” to reflect back onto.

Directions: Read the sentences below. Decide whether they would get a personal pronoun (I, you, he/she/it, we, they) or a reflexive pronoun (myself, yourself, himself/herself/itself, ourselves, themselves). If the sentence is INCORRECT, fix the sentence. If the sentence is correct, you don’t have to do anything.

She

1. 
   She wanted to go to the beach by herself.
   

2. 
   Lidia ate lunch by she.
   

3. 
   Sungbin and CJ drove to the mall by themselves.
   

4. 
   Joe and I read the book to we.
   

5. 
   India bought a sandwich for herself.
   

6. 
   My mother and myself don’t get along.
   

7. 
   The cat let itself outside.
   

8. 
   When the movie was over, they didn’t know what to do with they.
   

9. 
   You can make your lunch for you.
   

10. 
    We can’t believe we fooled herself.
    

1. 
   Visit www.nasa.gov to learn more about the space program and current space missions.
   
2. 
   Rent the movie Apollo 13. Listen for the vocabulary words you learned from the book. Check off each vocabulary word as you hear it in the movie. Practice pronouncing each word.
   
3. 
   Print out the chart showing the phases of the moon. Look at the moon tonight, and decide what phase it is in right now. Follow the moon every night for the next 28 nights, and write down which dates you notice each phase.
   
4. 
   Jim Lovell is a very strong person. Write a paragraph that tells about what makes him so strong. Be sure to include an introduction sentence and a conclusion sentence.