Current Events Journal #5

1/14/12

Bailey Levy 802

Current Events Journal #5

Title: To Preserve History on the Moon, Visitors Are Asked to Tread Lightly

Author: Kenneth Chang

Source: The New York Times

Topic: Preserving space history

Main Idea (Implied/Stated): The main idea of this article is that the Apollo Program is trying to create new laws to protect historic artifacts on the moon. This is implied because it is not clearly stated in the article.

Author’s Purpose: The author’s purpose for writing this article is to inform the readers about how people are trying to preserve the moon’s history.

Author’s Perspective: The author’s perspective in this article is objective because he does not state his personal beliefs or opinions.

Pattern of Organization: The pattern of organization of the article is argument and support.

-The reason the author chose this pattern for the article is because readers can better understand the main point the author is trying to make: why people are trying to make laws to protect historic artifacts.

Text Features: The texts features included in this article are title, picture, and caption. The title helps by giving the readers a little hint on what the article is about, the picture helps by giving the readers a visual of what the article is talking about, and the caption underneath the picture helps by explaining the picture.

Summary (in your own words): The article is about how the Apollo Program are trying to preserve the historic artifacts on the moon and keep the history of it.

Importance: The significance of this article is that people are working so hard to preserve the history of space and the moon.

What I Learned: What I learned from this article is that the last two men on the moon were Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt.

What I Liked: What I liked about this article was that it included a picture to help me visualize what I was reading about.

What I Disliked: What I did not like about this article was that the author didn’t give his opinion.

Recommendations: I would recommend this article to anyone that interested in space exploration or space history.

Text-to-Self Connections: This article reminded me of the time when I was little and I dreamed of going into space.

Text-to-Text Connections: This article reminded me of the book, Ilan Ramon – Israel’s Space Hero because both the article and this book have to do with space.

Text-to-World Connections: This article relates to the world because people used to travel to space and explore the moon.

Vocabulary

Word	Context Clues	Meaning
1. Tranquility	#5- infer “at a place called Tranquillity Base.” Since it is a base that everyone meets at, I inferred that it must mean at peace or peaceful.	Calm or peaceful
2. Obliterate	#5- Infer “But for archaeologists and historians worried that the next generation of people visiting the moon might carelessly obliterate the site of one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments,” Since this article is about preserveing the history, I inferred that obliterate meant to erase.	To erase
3. Sovereignty	#5- Infer “But 100 nations, including the United States, have signed the Outer Space Treaty, in which they agree not to claim sovereignty over any part of the moon.” Nations usually claim power or control so I inferred that it means power or control.	Power or control