✣ I can read the historical fiction genre, research using reliable nonfiction sources, and compare the fictional and nonfiction versions. (Book-of-the-Month Project) ✣ I can read, research, and present. (How They Croaked Project) ✣ I can recognize and write complete, correct sentences. (sentences and clauses) ✣ I can correctly spell commonly confused words. (it's/its, and to/too/two)
Today’sAgenda: Your test on sentences, clauses, and spelling it's/its and to/too/two is next time! Know how to spell it's/its and to/too/two. Know the definitions of sentence and clause. A sentence is a unit of written language that contains a subject and a verb and makes complete sense on its own. It must begin with a capital letter and end with a period, exclamation point, or question mark. A sentence is a unit of _____________________ ______________________ that contains a ______________ and a ____________________ and makes complete ___________________ on its own. It must begin with a ___________________ _____________________ and end with a _________________, _____________________ _________________, or ____________________ __________________.
A clause is the key element of a sentence.It is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.
It can be a main or independent clause which can form a complete simple sentence, or
it can be a subordinate or dependent clause which can form part of a sentence, but cannot stand on its own.
A clause is the _____________ __________________ of a sentence. It is a group of words that contains a ______________________ and a _________________.
It can be a _________________ or ___________________________ clause which can form a complete simple sentence, or
it can be a ________________________ or ________________________ clause which can form part of a sentence, but cannot stand on its own.
I need information on a famous person, and it has information about him or her.
http://www.aenetworks.com/about
Every thing I've looked up here has agreed with other trusted sources.
"We are in the business of telling stories. They may be stories about real people or made-up people, but our true talent is imagining, finding, cultivating and bringing to life the most entertaining parts of the human experience."
Video -- Find a video (probably on biography.com), create a new slide, click on "Insert" and "Video." Use the window that opens to search on YouTube for the tile of the video you found. Select and insert it. You may not be able to view it at school. You will share your slideshow with me, and I can show some of the videos.
Timeline-- use lines, arrows, and text boxes, or use a template that you find by going to "Insert," "Diagram," and "Timeline." Click on the timeline template to see more timeline templates.
The Epitaph
An epitaph is a short inscription engraved on the headstone, grave marker, monument, or memorial plaque on the tomb or grave of a deceased person. And epitaph is written in honor or memory of the deceased. An epitaph may also be a short poem or verse written in memory of the deceased. - http://pennyborn.com/memorialpreferences/writeanepitaph.html
R.I.P. Mister Sewell The victim of a dirty duel, Peaceful rest
Rest in Peace Cousin Huet We All Know You Didn’t Do It
Here Lies Good Old Fred A Great Big Rock Fell on His Head, R.I.P.
The full, blue supermoon is coming to the night sky near you
By Shannon Schmoll, The Conversation, adapted by Newsela staff
Word Count 872
Image 1. A picture of the moon. It shows a lunar eclipse during totality. Photo from NASA
On January 31, 2018, in the early hours of the morning, there will be a full moon, a total lunar eclipse, a blue moon and a supermoon all at the same time. None of these events are all that unusual on their own. What is rare is that they are happening all together on one day.
What Makes The Moon Look Full?
Image 2. The phases of the moon visible from Earth are related to its revolution around our planet. Image from: Orion 8, CC BY-SA. [click to enlarge]
Like Earth, the moon is illuminated by the sun. At any given time, half of the moon is bright and half of it is in darkness. The moon orbits around the Earth and as a result, we see different amounts of the bright side. About once a month, the moon is "full," which means we can see the whole face of the moon that is illuminated.
Full moons happen every 29.5 days, when the moon is opposite the sun and Earth is between them. January 31 will be our next full moon in the cycle.
What Is A Lunar Eclipse?
Earth goes around the sun tracing a path called an orbit, while the moon orbits around Earth. However, the moon's orbit is not on exactly the same plane. It is tilted by an angle of about 5 degrees. Because of the tilt, most of the time the moon is a little above or below Earth's orbit around the sun.
Image 3. A total lunar eclipse happens when the moon is completely in the Earth’s shadow. Image from: Tomruen, CC BY-SA. [click to enlarge]
Sometimes, however, the moon lines up directly behind Earth. When this happens, our planet stops the sunlight from illuminating the moon's surface. In other words, the moon passes into Earth's shadow. These events are called lunar eclipses, and they happen a couple of times a year on average. Lunar eclipses can only take place during a full moon.
To see a lunar eclipse, you need to be on the side of Earth where it is nighttime. The eclipse on January 31 will be visible mostly in Asia, Australia, the Pacific and North America.
A Blue Moon That Looks Red
During a total lunar eclipse, the moon is completely covered by Earth's shadow or umbra. Its surface becomes darker but it also gains a reddish glow.
The red look is due to a process called Rayleigh scattering. Light from the sun might appear colorless, but it actually contains more colors than we can see. Rayleigh scattering happens when light passes through certain substances, like air or water, which make different colored lights go in different directions.
Image 4. Stages of the January 31, 2018, super blue blood moon are depicted in Pacific Time with moonset times for major cities across the U.S., which affect how much of the event viewers will see. While viewers along the East Coast will see only the initial stages of the eclipse before moonset, those in the West and Hawaii will see most or all of the lunar eclipse phases before dawn. Credits: NASA. [Click to enlarge.]
When sunlight hits Earth's atmosphere, blue light gets scattered and makes the sky look blue. During an eclipse, this blue light does not make it through our air to the moon. However, some reddish light gets bent in the moon's direction and does make it through. That is what gives the moon a reddish glow.
The January 31 full moon is also considered to be a "blue" moon because it will be the second full moon in January. A "blue" moon happens any time two full moons occur in the same month. This is possible because the cycle of a moon around Earth takes 29.5 days, which is less than a full month. Blue moons happen once every few years, which explains why the expression "once in a blue moon" is used to mean "rarely."
A Supersized Supermoon
Image 5. Appearance of an "average" moon versus a supermoon. Photo by: Marcoaliaslama, CC BY-SA. [click to enlarge]
On top of all this, the moon on the morning of January 31 will also be a supermoon. The moon's orbit is not perfectly circular, meaning that its distance from Earth changes as it makes its way around. The closest point in its orbit is called the perigee.
Full moons that happen near the perigee are called supermoons. They look slightly bigger and brighter than usual because they are a bit closer to us.
So, on January 31, be sure to look up at the early morning sky. You might catch a glimpse of a full, blue, red supermoon.
Shannon Schmoll is the director of the Abrams Planetarium in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University.
![Image 2. The phases of the moon visible from Earth are related to its revolution around our planet. Image from: Orion 8, CC BY-SA. [click to enlarge]](https://media.newsela.com/article_media/extra/phases.jpg)
![Image 3. A total lunar eclipse happens when the moon is completely in the Earth’s shadow. Image from: Tomruen, CC BY-SA. [click to enlarge]](https://media.newsela.com/article_media/extra/lunareclipse.png)
![Image 4. Stages of the January 31, 2018, super blue blood moon are depicted in Pacific Time with moonset times for major cities across the U.S., which affect how much of the event viewers will see. While viewers along the East Coast will see only the initial stages of the eclipse before moonset, those in the West and Hawaii will see most or all of the lunar eclipse phases before dawn. Credits: NASA. [Click to enlarge.]](https://media.newsela.com/article_media/extra/lunareclipse01182018a.png)
![Image 5. Appearance of an "average" moon versus a supermoon. Photo by: Marcoaliaslama, CC BY-SA. [click to enlarge]](https://media.newsela.com/article_media/extra/superregular.jpg)
![Image 6. Global map showing areas of the world that will experience the Jan. 31, 2018 super blue blood moon. The eclipse will be visible before sunrise on Jan. 31 for those in North America, Alaska and Hawaii. For those in the Middle East, Asia, eastern Russia, Australia and New Zealand, the super blue blood moon can be seen during moonrise the evening of the 31st. Credits: NASA [click to enlarge]](https://media.newsela.com/article_media/extra/globallunareclipse01182018.png)