Independent Reading Journal 2

Reading Journal By Kantithat Anantawut 6031006017This journal is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirementsfor English reading and writing 1 course of Liberal Arts in English Program, Mae Fah Luang University First semester 2018

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NASA balloon mission examines electric blue clouds A NASA balloon has captured rare images from right at the very edge of Earth'satmosphere, where it has been examining a thin group of electric blue clouds withhigh-powered cameras .Polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) form 50 miles above thepoles during summer. They're mostly made up of ice crystals and appear like faintlines in the sky. The clouds are only visible during twilight, when the angle of thesun reflects off them and causes them to shine a bright electric blue or white color.Over the course of a five-day mission, a NASA research balloon captured picturesof these clouds in the mesosphere - near to the very edge of space. It flew fromSweden across the Arctic to Canada using the sophisticated cameras aboard tosnap six million high-resolution images which the scientists are now analyzing. Week ___ Title: NASA balloon mission examines electric blue clouds Author: Sky news Source: https://news.sky.com/story/nasa-balloon-mission-examines- electric-blue-clouds-11504365 Summary NASA balloon mission found the special images at the edge of Earth’s atmosphere.it was Polar mesospheric clouds. These clouds rarely happened, and they also have special attribute. These kind of clouds are especially visible during twilight because the sun will reflect them to shine an electric blue or white colour. My reaction/reflection: This article contains a lot of easy word that I can understand properly. I think this article is easy to understand, but it also has many difficult words. I am enjoy to read this article because I like to read tech and space books. This article help me to improve my level of tech and space knowledge. Page 3 of 6

New words learned: (At least five new words that you have learned) New Words Definitions1. twilight the period just before it becomes completely dark in the evening I cannot leave my home until twilight.2. faint not strong or clear; slight The lantern gave out faint glow.3. atmosphere the mixture of gases around the earth The atmosphere contains many kind of gases.4. sophisticated having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion He is sophisticated person.5. resolution the ability of a microscope, or a television or computer screen, to show things clearly and with a lot of detail This picture is high resolution. Page 4 of 6

Articles Rubric for Independent Reading Journal (10%) 5 12341. Summary (4 %)2. Reflection (3%)3. Vocabulary Learned (3%) Scores Total scores _______ ÷ 5 = _____ marksCriteria for the above categories1. Rubric for Article SummaryCategory 5-4 3 2 1-0Summarizing Provides a very Provides a clear Provides a clear but Provides a somewhatthe content thorough and clear and concise shallow summary of muddled, unclear and and concise summary of the the article; may be rambling summary of summary of the article context excessively brief or the article. article context and and content. may include some content. extraneous information.Identifying Student recalls Student recalls Student is not able to Student cannot locateDetails several details for details for most locate most of the details with accuracy. each main point. main point. details of the main point. Is characterized byParaphrasing Is characterized by Is characterized Is characterized by the substantial paraphrasing of the by paraphrasing the substantial copying of main idea and of the main idea copying of key indiscriminately significant details and significant phrases and minimal selected phrases or details paraphrasing sentences.Spelling & There are few or There are some There are serious Serious errors inGrammar no errors in usage, errors in usage, errors in usage, mechanics, usage, grammar, grammar, grammar, grammar, or spelling punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, that make the sentence sentence sentence fragments, summary difficult to fragments, or fragments, or or spelling. understand. spelling. spelling.Total ________/20 ÷ 5 = 4 %2. Reflection on the Articles (3%)Students who have completely and clearly responded to the guided questions stated in the reading journalform will get 3 marks.3. Vocabulary Learned (3%) Page 5 of 6

All correct = 3 marks ≥ 70% correct = 2 marks 1 ≤ 70% = 1 mark Page 6 of 6