Neil Armstrong The First Moon Walker Yr 5 Reading to Learn Cycle Term 3

Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 5, students explain how text structures assist in understanding the text. They understand how language features, images and vocabulary influence interpretations of characters, settings and events. They analyse and explain literal and implied information from a variety of texts. They describe how events, characters and settings in texts are depicted and explain their own responses to them. They listen and ask questions to clarify content. Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating) Students use language features to show how ideas can be extended. They develop and explain a point of view about a text, selecting information, ideas and images from a range of resources. Students create a variety of sequenced texts for different purposes and audiences. They make presentations and contribute actively to class and group discussions, taking into account other perspectives. When writing, they demonstrate understanding of grammar, select specific vocabulary and use accurate spelling and punctuation, editing their work to provide structure and meaning.

Teaching Goals:

Identify structure of biography and further development of compound/complex sentences. Space/Religion/Literacy

Topic to be Studied:

Genre of Writing Task: Biography Language: Astronaut, lunar module/surface, propulsion systems, aeronautical and aerospace engineer, federal agency, NASA. The First Moon Walker

Name of the Text: Preparation for Reading: Background knowledge:

An astronaut (in the U.S.) or cosmonaut (in Russia) or taikonaut (in China) is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Federal agency is a part of government which is created by lots of states, for a national purpose. For example each state is Australia has a police force and then there is a federal police force which covers all of the states. NASA is a United States government agency which is responsible for science and technology related to air and space. It started in 1958. Lunar is relating to the moon, lunar surface is the surface of the moon. Aerospace engineer research, design and development of space vehicles and aircraft, similar to the way engineers create cars. Aeronautical engineer craft operations in outer space when it is actually working. Propulsion systems - Propulsion is a means of creating force leading to movement. A propulsion system has a source of mechanical power (some type of engine or motor, muscles), and some means of using this power to generate force, such as wheel and axles, propellers, a propulsive nozzle, wings, fins or legs.

Summary of the text: This text is a biography. Before the orientation there are 4 quick facts about Neil Armstrong, explaining what his job was, when he was born and when he died and why his name is so well known. In the Orientation we are introduced to Neil Armstrong a famous American astronaut who was the first man to walk on the moon. We also here his famous words when he stepped foot on the moon. The last sentence of the orientation tells us that there were so many people watching the first moon landing as it was such a infamous event. In the first stage (paragraph) the text is all about his preparation for his life of exploration. It describes his training to become an astronaut and what jobs he had to do before he actually became an astronaut. In the next stage (paragraph) it tells the reader about his most famous expedition Apollo 11. It talks about the other astronauts and some other attempted missions before telling us what they left on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

Comprehension Questions: Literal: What did Neil Armstrong study to become? What spacecraft was he given command of after only 4 years? Inferential: Why did Apollo 1 not make it to the moon? Which event in his life could have possibly killed Neil Armstrong? Interpretive: Why was it important for the people to watch on TV as Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon? How do you think his previous job experiences would have helped him become an astronaut?

Detailed Reading Lesson Plan One Sentence Prep Cues Sentence Elaborations Sentence Prep Cues Sentence Elaborations Sentence Prep Cues Sentence Elaborations Suffixes/ prefixes Climbed Landing The first sentence introduces us to Neil Armstrong the American astronaut who was the first person to walk on the moon.
At start, what country was he from? Instead of getting down from the ladder they use? Before comma it references the space shuttle in 3 words what is it called?

An American astronaut climbed down the ladder of his lunar landing module,
Lunar landing module is a portion of a spacecraft, which lands on the moon not the whole spacecraft. Module = part.

After the comma it gives the name of the module what is it? One person has only ever walked on the moon how have they told the reader this? What did the first person do?

the Eagle, and became the first human to touch the moons surface.
The Americans and the Russians were competing to reach the moons surface and the Americans were able to do it first which was a momentous defeat.

What is the word used to describe how he stood before saying his famous words? At the end of the sentence is his famous quote what is it?

As he steadied himself, he said: Thats one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
This quote is famous because it was a great accomplishment for the world someone/people having the ability/scientific knowledge to put someone on the moon.

Latin root words Steadied

Subject specific vocab Astronaut Lunar Module

Plurals Moons (ownership compared to many moons)

Detailed Reading Lesson Plan Two Sentence Prep Cues Sentence Elaborations Sentence Prep Cues Sentence Elaborations Sentence Prep Cues Sentence Elaborations Suffixes/ prefixes Docking Latin root words Successful Subject specific vocab Command Controlled Result Plurals The following sentence tells us that because of his command he was able to join two vehicles in space.
What words at the beginning have they used to describe how something has come about? Which word tells us that the result was achieved? What did they actually achieve?

This sentence tells us how long until Neil Armstrong was given before he commanded the spacecraft.
Beginning - How long did it take before he was given command? Which word means in control? What was the name of the spacecraft?

Within four years, he was given the command of the Gemini 8 spacecraft.

As a result of this, he controlled the first successful docking, Successful docking this has been attempted before. When two space vehicles link up in space, similar to docking your ipod on your ipod station.
Which word is an example of docking?

or linkup, of two vehicles in space.

Detailed Reading Lesson Plan Three Sentence Prep Cues Sentence Elaborations Sentence Prep Cues Sentence Elaborations This sentence tells us how they watched the lunar module.
How do we know that their television was different to ours? What word do they use to describe Neil Armstrong lowering down to the moons surface? Reference for moon at the end of the sentence?

This sentence tells us how happy people were to be watching the Apollo 11 mission and how many people there were approximately.
At the beginning the word they use means that it is not the exact amount? What is their estimation? How do they describe that it was a positive event?

Almost 1 in 5 people alive at the time, shared in the excitement.

They watched as blurry television images showed Armstrong descending to the lunar surface. Blurry television there TVs would have been only in black and white not colour TVs like we have now and because it was transmitting from so far away the picture would have been distorted. This sentence tells the reader that gifts were left for anyone else who came to the moon after the Apollo 11 mission.
Who are referencing? What did they leave? Why did they leave mementos?

Sentence Prep Cues Sentence Elaborations

They also left mementos for future space travelers. A memento is like a small token, which is given to another to reference an event. For example if you go to your favourite sports team game and get something like a scarf/sticker from the game, then you got a memento.

Suffixes/ prefixes

Latin root words Television Descending

Subject specific vocab Excitement

Plurals Images Travellers