“The Martian” (2015)
Prior Knowledge: Before watching, what do you predict this movie might be about just from the title and the movie poster??????
I think The Martian is about a guy getting abandoned on the planet Mars and he has to grow food on a planet where nothing grows. He uses his spaceship and builds solar panels to collect energy.
10 minutes: Pause. What have you noticed so far? Fill in as many of these categories as you can:
Characters: Martinez, Commander Lewis, Mark Watney, and 2 others
Setting: On Mars, mission area.
What have you seen? Three details
Mark survived the storm but the people at NASA have no clue.
The dust on Mars looks very different from the sand on Earth.
Mark got hit by a satellite.
What important events have happened? Record big moments as you watch.
Mark wakes up in Mars to discover a pole from an antenna is lodged into his lower abdomen. He creates a plan to grow food on a planet where nothing grows. He burned hydrogen to make water. He also used vacuum-packed human waste and mixed it with soil to make fertiliser. Radioactive waste from the spaceship they came in was made into a heater for the rover. NASA discovers that he’s alive but they’re not able to communicate.
Mark and NASA work together so they’re able to talk to each other. NASA decides to not tell the crew that Mark is alive for 2 whole months. 7 months pass and NASA communicated with Mark. The crew that was on the Hermes had to orbit the Earth in order
Mark travels in the MAV, the tarp on top of spaceship blows off. He’s forced to cut his suit so the oxygen in his suit makes him blow into space. Commander Lewis goes down in a chair to catch Mark. In the end, Mark Watney is brought into the spaceship.
Ending: what happened? Mark returns back to Earth with the crew. Years later, he gives advice to people and explains how to survive on Mars.
Did any of your predictions come true? Yes, we were correct!
