ROAR Book: To Engineer Is Human

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5.Comments:

• I did know that the Crystal Palace was considered one of the most fascinating engineering structure.
• The Crystal Palace was a success because it did not fail; it was a structure that did not collapse like the structures in the past had.
• Joseph Paxton was a the design engineer who built the Crystal Palace; it's cool how Joseph Paxton was initially a gardener but then became an engineer.
• I think it was a good thing that Joseph Paxton started off as a gardener because he was able to use some of his gardening skills to build the Crystal Palace.
• The Crystal Palace is extremely big.

4.Questions:

• What was Joseph Paxton's father's job? Was his father an engineer?
• Who or what cause Joseph Paxton to become an engineer.
• What material was used the most to build the Crystal Palace?
  
• Is the Crystal Palace still here? Is the location still the same?

3.Vocabulary:

• Girder: a large beam, as of steel, reinforced concrete, or timber, for supporting masonry, joists, purlins, etc
• Periphery: the external boundary of any surface or area
• Propensity: a natural inclination or tendency

2.Literary Terms:

• Simile: "Critics described the structure as a 'vast pile of masonry' that they feared would never be removed and would become a 'permanent mutilation of Hyde Park'." (page 139)
• Metaphor: "A rendering of committee's 'camel' of a building was published in the Illustrated London News in June..." (page 139)
  

1.Overview Sentence:

• Described the why the Crystal Palace was a success and the engineer (Joseph Paxton) that built the Crystal Palace.