The Unsinkable
Wreck of the R.M.S
Titanic
Day 2
Concept Talk
How does
technology help
adventurers reach
new places?
• If something is foreign to you, is it also
foreign to the people around you?
• Why do people go seafaring to foreign
lands?
• Where can we discover treasure other
than in a pirate’s trunk?
• Pinnacle- the highest point of
something
• Finding the Titanic was the pinnacle
of his career.
• Submersible- a small boat or craft
used for exploring underwater
• They used a submersible to find the
wreckage on the bottom.
• Teach your partner these words
• An acronym is a word formed from the
initial letters in a phrase
• Acronyms should be capitalized
• Can be found in the dictionary to help
understand what it means
• NASA= National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
• SCUBA= self-contained underwater
breathing apparatus
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• Jargon is a special language that belongs
exclusively to a particular group, such as
sailors or explorers (even teachers).
• In our story we will see jargon that is about
the ocean
• Jargon: pier, ice field, starboard
• If I don’t know what these words mean, I
need to look them up in the glossary or a
dictionary
Text Features
• On page 206 and 207 I see a timeline
• The dates and the times on the timeline
help me see how quickly the Titanic sank.
• The captions under the photos help
explain what is happening in each photo
• These features help me understand what
happened to the Titanic so the author can
use the text to explain their exploration of
the wreck
• With technology and what the witnesses of
the sinking of the Titanic they have been
able to recreate how the Titanic sank.
• The sinking of the Titanic
Cramped-not having much space
The space in the sub felt cramped.
Debris-broken pieces
The ground was covered with scattered
debris from the accident.
• Teach your partner these words.
Interior- inside
The interior of the ship was covered in mud.
Ooze- slimy mud
The parts sank in the slimy mud on the bottom
of the ocean.
Teach your partner these words.
Robotic-computer controlled
He moved the robotic arm to pick up the rock.
Sediment- solid matter that settles at the
bottom of a liquid
The sediment swirled around in the current.
Teach your partner these words.
• Sonar- equipment that uses sound waves
to locate underwater objects
• The sonar showed there was a ship on the
bottom of the ocean.
• Teach your partner this word
• Adjectives
• A ugly hat
• An French restaurant
• A orange notebook
• An sleeping cat
• Acronym overload
• Acronyms are words that are made from
the first letter of a group of words that
describe something.
• Use a dictionary and you and your partner
find what these acronyms mean:
• Laser
• NATO
• Radar
Let’s check our Daily
Fix it
Choose several paragraphs from The
Unsinkable Wreck of the R.M.S.
Titanic and take notes
Include:
The most important facts and ideas
Paraphrase or restate in your own
words
• To help me, I will use the outline
• I will include the title, author and page
number
• I will use the headings to remember
information
• Under the headings I will write 3 bullets for
3 different details under the heading