{"id":71742,"date":"2020-05-06T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=71742"},"modified":"2022-11-29T16:53:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T21:53:20","slug":"would-you-visit-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-4-6\/connecting-reading-and-writing\/persuasive-texts\/would-you-visit-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Would You Visit Outer Space?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-71743\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/1599px-ISS-56_International_Space_Station_fly-around_08.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of the International Space Station orbiting the earth.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/1599px-ISS-56_International_Space_Station_fly-around_08.jpg 1599w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/1599px-ISS-56_International_Space_Station_fly-around_08-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/1599px-ISS-56_International_Space_Station_fly-around_08-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/1599px-ISS-56_International_Space_Station_fly-around_08-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/1599px-ISS-56_International_Space_Station_fly-around_08-165x110.jpg 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/1599px-ISS-56_International_Space_Station_fly-around_08-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/1599px-ISS-56_International_Space_Station_fly-around_08-945x630.jpg 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/1599px-ISS-56_International_Space_Station_fly-around_08-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Connecting Reading and Writing:\u00a0Persuasive Texts<\/h5>\n<h2>Goals:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore persuasive texts<\/li>\n<li>Write a short opinion piece<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit outer space?<\/p>\n<p>Did you know Canadian Astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asc-csa.gc.ca\/eng\/missions\/expedition58\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Saint-Jacques<\/a> spent 204 days in space!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storyworks.scholastic.com\/issues\/2019-20\/100119\/would-you-take-a-trip-to-space.html#Lower%20Level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read this article<\/a> to learn more about the pros and cons of space travel.<\/p>\n<p>Think about the information in the article and decide: \u201cWould you go on a trip to outer space?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Write a paragraph that explains your position. Use ideas from the article and your own thinking to explain your point of view.<\/p>\n<p>Share your paragraph with a family member. Keep your paragraph for tomorrow\u2019s lesson!<\/p>\n<h3>Other Opportunities:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the encyclopedias from the <a href=\"https:\/\/wrdsb.insigniails.com\/library\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library Learning Commons<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about becoming an astronaut.<\/li>\n<li>Keep on reading <a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/literacy\/literacy-grades-4-6\/exploring-the-library-learning-commons\/\">books you choose every day<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit outer space?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72685,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71742","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71742\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}