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The Man Who Went to the Far
Side of the Moon
By Bea Uusma Schyffert
Study Skills• Genre: Biography• Comprehension Skill: Generalize• Comprehension Strategy: Ask
Questions• Comprehension Review Skill:
Fact and Opinion• Vocabulary: Word Structure—
Endings
Day 1 – Question of the Week
•How do the achievements of others influence our dreams?
Vocabulary – Say It
astronautscapsulehatch
horizonlunar
modulequarantine
More Words to Know
impactsphere
transmission
Listen to the Story
1.The moon looked like an silver goast.
2.Its hard to believe that people landed their 40 years ago.
It’s the BIG and little trick!!Big things and things that can stand on their own, like books, are underlined.
Little things that are dependent or that come as part of a group like chapters, are put into quotation marks.
Titles
• For example, a CD or album are major (big) works that can be divided into smaller parts, or songs.
• The song names (small part) are punctuated with quotation marks.
• For example: The Sweet Escape, by Gwen Stefani, includes the song “Wind It Up.”
• Underline any published collection, like a book of poetry.
• Put the individual entry, like a poem, in quotation marks.
• However, a long, epic poem that is often published on its own would be treated like a book. The Odessey is one example.
A novel A play A film A painting A sculpture or statue A drawing A CD A TV series An encyclopedia A magazine A newspaper A Pamphlet
Titles to Underline
PoemShort storyA skitA commercialAn individual show in a TV series(like “The
Soup Nazi” on Seinfeld)A chapterAn articleA newspaper storyA ship
Titles to Put Into Quotation Marks
• Some titles are merely capitalized and not given additional punctuation. These include:
• Religious works, like The Bible or The Koran
• Buildings• Monuments
More Tips
Spelling Words• island• column• knee• often• known• castle• thumb• half• calf• whistle
• autumn• knuckles• numb• Illinois• rhyme• climber• limb• plumbing• ghost• clothes
Challenge Words
• raspberry• symptom• Wyoming• salmon• cologne
Day 2 - Question of the Day
•Why was the Apollo 11 mission so important?
of, like or about the
moon
lunar
Detention, isolation, and
other measures taken to
prevent the spread of infectious disease
quarantine
pilots or members
of the crew of a
spacecraft
astronauts
line where the Earth and sky seem to meet; skyline
horizon
the enclosed front section of a rocket
made to carry instruments, astronauts, etc., into
space
capsule
a trapdoor covering
an opening in an
aircraft’s or ship’s deck
hatch
a self-contained
unit or system within a larger
system, often
designed for a particular
function
module
impact•Action of striking one thing against another; collision
sphere
•Ball or globe. The sun, the moon, earth, and stars are spheres
transmission
•Passage of electronic waves from a transmitter to a receiver
3. “What’s that book your’e reading”? I asked Meg.
4. She telled me she was reading a short story called Earthrise.
Group Work
• Readers & WB 284• Spelling Day 2• Language Day 2• Tri-Fold Section 2• SmartBoard- Vocabulary Review
Day 3 – Question of the Day
•What does Michael Collins think of his achievements?
Review Questions
• 1. Why was it decided that Neil Armstrong, not Buzz Aldrin, would be the first man on the moon?
• 2. What do the astronauts compare the moon’ s smell to?
• 3. What do you imagine the moon smells like?
• 4. How many people watched the lunar landing on TV?
Review Questions• 5. What opinion does Michael Collins give
about not being chosen to walk on the moon?
• 6. What might happen if Michael Collins doesn’t make the computer commands in the correct order?
• 7. Why does no one know if the astronauts have been exposed to dangerous germs?
• 8. Why were the mice that were let into the quarantine trailer raised in a germ-free laboratory?
Review Questions
• 9. What are some of the reasons why astronauts left items on the moon?• 10. Why do you think Michael
Collins never wants to go back to the moon?• 11. How can we compare and
contrast the moon and the Earth?
Astronauts explore the unknown, which is exciting.
Astronauts explore the unknown, which is exciting.
They opened the hatch to get back inside the ship.
They opened the hatch to get back inside the ship.
Early in the space program, there were many lunar flights.
Early in the space program, there were many lunar flights.
They rode in a capsule rather
than the entire rocket.
They rode in a capsule
rather than the entire
rocket.
By the time they landed on the moon, the astronauts were riding in a module.
By the time they landed on the moon, the astronauts were riding in a module.
They stood on the moon’s surface and saw the Earth rise on the horizon.
They stood on the moon’s surface and saw the Earth rise on the horizon.
When they returned to Earth, the astronauts were in quarantine.
When they returned to Earth, the astronauts were in quarantine.
•The impact of the car was forceful.
•The impact of the car was forceful.
•The moon and Earth are shaped like a sphere.
•The moon and Earth are shaped like a sphere.
•The transmission signal from space was loud.
•The transmission signal from space was loud.
5.Autumm is the better season of all for star gazing.
6.My dad once subscribe to a magazine called “Astronomy.”
PUNCTUATING TITLES
• USE QUOTATION MARKS FOR SHORT WORKS:
– NEWSPAPER ARTICLE – MAGAZINE OR JOURNAL ARTICLE– CHAPTER OF A BOOK– EPISODE OF A TV OR RADIO SHOW– SONG– SHORT STORY– ESSAY
PUNCTUATING TITLES (cont.)
• USE ITALICS OR UNDERLINING FOR LONG WORKS:
– NEWSPAPER– MAGAZINE OR JOURNAL– BOOK– TV OR RADIO SHOW– ALBUM– MOVIE– PLAY
PUNCTUATING TITLES (cont.)
• EXCEPTIONS TO ABOVE “RULES”—
THE BIBLE & OTHER SACRED TEXTS
NOTE: DO NOT PUNCTUATE YOUR OWN TITLE.
Group Work
• Partner Read & WB 297-298• Spelling Day 3• Language Day 3• Tri-Fold Section 3• SmartBoard- Abbreviations
Day 4 - Question of the Day
•How are Earth and the moon alike and different?
7.Mr Peters lent its telescope to Sandra and I.
8.We have saw the moons of Jupiter but the rings of Saturn.
Group Work
• Reading Computer Test• Essay Questions• Tri-Fold Section 4• Language Day 4
Essay Questions
1.Look at the notepaper shown on pg 755. Who probably wrote those words, and when were they most likely written?
2.Why was landing on the moon the “major experiment”?
3.Why did the astronauts have to stay in a trailer when they returned to Earth?
Day 5 – Question of the Week
•How do the achievements of others influence our dreams?
9. Here’s a book called Planet of the Apes, wasn’t that a movie?
10. Yes ms. Summers told us the story.
Additional Resources
• Vocabulary Crossword• Vocabulary Review• Vocabulary Quia• Abbreviations• Paragraph Editing• Quia Challenge Board: Homophones• Fractured Fairy Tales