Moonwalk
Written by Ben Bova
Illustrated by Peter Bollinger
Compiled by:
Terry Sams PES
Melissa Guinn PES
Study Skills
• Genre: Science Fiction
• Comprehension Skill: Draw
Conclusions
• Comprehension Strategy: Monitor
and Fix Up
• Comprehension Review Skill:
Theme
• Vocabulary: Context Clues—
Synonyms
Summary
While daring each other to jump
over rilles, or narrow valleys on
the Moon, Gerry and Vern get into
trouble. Vern falls and hurts his
knee while also knocking his
battery loose, the one that gives
him air to breathe in his spacesuit.
Luckily, the boys are able to get to
a nearby shelter where Vern is out
of danger.
Genre: Science Fiction
Science fiction is a story
based on science. It often
tells about life in the
future. As you read this
story about a walk on the
moon, look for the
scientific information on
which it is based.
Comprehension Skill
Draw Conclusions TE 629b
• A conclusion is a decision you
reach after thinking about
what you have read.
• The small pieces of
information in a piece of
writing are called facts and
details.
Comprehension Skill
Draw Conclusions TE 629b
• When you put these facts and
details together to form a
logical, well thought-out
opinion, you are drawing a
conclusion.
• Good conclusions can be
supported with facts and details
from the story.
Comprehension Strategy
Monitor and Fix Up TE 608
• Good readers think about how
they’re doing as they read.
• At times they realize they no
longer understand what they
are reading.
• If this happens, reread slowly.
• Another suggestion would be to
read on to look for an
explanation.
Practice Drawing
Conclusions PB 243
1. Facts and Details
Martin created a realistic model
of the solar system.
2. Facts and Details
Martin read books about planets
and stars.
3. Facts and Details
Martin arranged plastic stars in
his bedroom into constellations.
Practice Drawing
Conclusions PB 243
4. Facts and Details
Martin wanted to be an
astronaut when he grew up.
5. Conclusion
Martin is very interested in space
and astronomy.
Practice Drawing Conclusions
PB 247
1. What conclusion can you draw about the
Apollo missions?
They have been very important to
science.
2. What is one fact or detail that supports this
conclusion?
Apollo astronauts brought back rocks for
scientists to study.
3. What conclusion can you draw about the
challenge of understanding the moon?
It will take a long time to understand the
moon completely.
Practice Drawing Conclusions
PB 247
4. What is one fact or detail that
supports this conclusion?
Scientists still study the Apollo
mission information.
5. Reread the passage slowly. Did you
understand the passage or any of its
details more fully after this second
reading? Explain.
Comprehension Skill Review
Theme TE 621
• The theme of a story is its big
idea, the idea that holds the
story together.
•The author usually doesn’t
state the theme of the story, so
readers have to figure it out.
Let’s practice by determining the theme of
Moonwalk.
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Vocabulary Strategy
Context Clues: Synonyms Pg. 610
Sometimes when you are reading the
author will give you a synonym for an
unknown word.
A synonym is a word that has the same
or almost the same meaning as another
word.
The synonym may be in the same
sentence as the unknown word or in a
sentence around the word.
They to replace the unknown word with
the synonym to see if it makes sense.
Let’s read Gone to the Moon paying attention to how vocabulary used on
page 611.
Research/Study Skills
Order Form/Application TE 629l
• An order form is used to buy a
product. They can be printed in
catalogs or online.
• To complete an order form, read
the description of the product
you want to buy and record
information (such as size or
color) in the proper blanks.
Research/Study Skills
Order Form/Application TE 629l
• An application is used when a
person applies for a job or wants
to be accepted into a program or
organization.
• Applications ask for identifying
information, such as name,
address, and phone number.
Research/Study Skills
Order Form/Application TE 629l
• They may also request information
such as job history or reasons why a
person wants to be accepted into a
program.
• Fill in all blanks on an application
form unless they are labeled optional.
It is important to fill in information
accurately and write clearly.
Research/Study Skills
Order Form/Application PB 249-250
1. What is the difference between the
two addresses on the form?
One is the receiver’s, and one is the
buyer’s.
2. When would you provide only one
address?
If the buyer will be receiving the
order.
3. What does quantity mean?
The number of each kind of item
ordered.
Research/Study Skills
Order Form/Application PB 249-250
4. What boxes are you not required to
fill in on this form?
To give telephone numbers.
5. What do you do when you are
finished filling out the form?
Click Submit.
6. What is the purpose of this
application?
To apply for a summer internship
with the Lincoln Library Association.
Research/Study Skills
Order Form/Application PB 249-250
7. Why would the library ask for a
reference?
To ask someone who knows you if
you are the right person for the job.
8. In what section would you say when
you could start your internship?
Personal Information section
Research/Study Skills
Order Form/Application PB 249-250
9. In which of the six sections of the
application would you give
information about skills you would
bring to a position at the library?
Other Skills section
10. What would be a good answer to
the question in box number 6?
I enjoy reading and helping people
find good books.
Fun Stuff and Practice
• Drawing Conclusion
Review
• More Drawing
Conclusions
• Synonyms Practice
• Finding a Theme Practice
• Apollo 11
Weekly Fluency Check
Tempo and Rate TE 629a
• Good readers slow down or
speed up according to text
they are reading.
Question of the Week
TE 608m
•What are the risks
when walking on
the moon?
Day 2 - Question of the Day
•Why would the
moon be an exciting
place to explore?
Day 3 – Question of the Day
•What did Vern and
Jerry learn about
themselves when
faced with danger?
Day 4 – Question of the Day
• What questions
would you want to
ask an astronaut who
has walked on the
moon?
Review Questions
1. What happened prior to the father leaving
the shelter?
2. Why did Gerry try the jumps Vern did?
3. Why did Vern end up falling and getting
hurt?
4. How did Gerry’s behavior change after Vern
fell?
5. What was the main problem in the story?
6. What conclusion can you draw about the air
on the moon and about the moon in
general?
Review Questions
7. When did the sun begin to rise?
8. What event in the story support the fact
that people can do extraordinary things in
an emergency?
9. Why was Vern safe once he was inside the
shelter?
10. How did this adventure likely affect the
brothers’ relationship?
11. How did Dad probably feel when he got
back?
12. What is an important theme?
Vocabulary - Say It
• loomed
• rille
• runt
• staggered
• summoning
• taunted
• trench
• trudged
More Words to Know
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conscious
feebly
rift
astronomers
launch
probes
crater
loomed
• appeared dimly or
vaguely as a large,
threatening shape
rille
• a long, narrow
valley on the surface
of the moon; wide
crack
runt
• animal, person, or plant
that is smaller than usual
size. If used about a
person, runt is sometimes
considered offensive.
staggered
• became unsteady;
wavered;
stumbled
summoning
• stirring to action;
rousing; calling
upon
taunted
• jeered at; mocked;
reproached; teased
trench
• any ditch; deep
furrow
trudged
• walked wearily or
with effort; slowly
conscious
• aware of what
you are doing;
awake
feebly
• weakly; without
strength
rift
• a split; break;
crack
probes
• spacecraft
carrying scientific
devices to record
and report
information
crater
• a bowl-shaped hole
on the surface of
Earth or the Moon
astronomers
• experts in the
science that deals
with the sun, moon,
planets, stars, and
so on
launch
• to send into the
air or into outer
space
The first colonists
set up residence in
the huge crater,
Clavis.
The first colonists
set up residence in
the huge crater,
Clavis.
They saw
craters and a
rille, a narrow
valley that looks
like a trench.
They saw
craters and a
rille, a narrow
valley that looks
like a trench.
They name some
craters after famous
astronomers,
philosophers, and
scientists.
They name some
craters after famous
astronomers,
philosophers, and
scientists.
Millions of people
watched on
television as the
Apollo 11
spacecraft was
launched.
Millions of people
watched on
television as the
Apollo 11
spacecraft was
launched.
They trudged along
for an hour, leaving
boot prints in the
dust.
They trudged along
for an hour, leaving
boot prints in the
dust.
The edge of the
rille loomed up like
the rim of the
Grand Canyon.
The edge of the
rille loomed up like
the rim of the
Grand Canyon.
The far side of the
moon was unknown
until space probes
photographed it.
The far side of the
moon was unknown
until space probes
photographed it.
It was easy to pick
up moon rocks under
whose weight they
would have
staggered and
stumbled on Earth.
It was easy to pick
up moon rocks
under whose weight
they would have
staggered and
stumbled on Earth.
How could we not
conquer this small
thing, this runt?
How could we not
conquer this small
thing, this runt?
Summoning up his
courage, Gary
attempted to jump
over the rille.
Summoning up his
courage, Gary
attempted to jump
over the rille.
When Vern moved
his hand, Gary
knew he was
conscious.
When Vern moved
his hand, Gary
knew he was
conscious.
After Vern injured
himself, the boys
feebly made their
way back to the
shelter.
After Vern injured
himself, the boys
feebly made their
way back to the
shelter.
Vern repaid Gerry
by never taunting
him with the name
Runt ever again.
Vern repaid Gerry
by never taunting
him with the name
Runt ever again.
Writing Assignment
Writing Your Opinion TE 629k
• When you write your opinion, you tell
what you think about a topic.
• Use persuasive words to persuade the
reader to feel the way you do.
• Persuasive words include: important,
best, great, awful, worst, terrible, should,
must, etc.
Respond to prompt
What kind of books do you most enjoy reading? Write your opinion in
an essay. Support your opinion with reasons.
Spelling Words
Greek Word Parts
•please
•pleasant
•breath
•breathe
•image
•imagine
•product
•production
•heal
•health
Spelling Words
Greek Word Parts
•triple
•triplet
•relate
•relative
•meter
•metric
•compose
•composition
•crumb
•crumble
CHALLENGE
• origin
• original
• academy
• academic
• inspire
• inspiration
Academic Vocabulary
Terms
• solar energy
• moon phases
• cell
• lunar
• renewable resources
• nonrenewable resources
Academic Vocabulary
Definitions
• Solar Energy – the energy
given off by the sun
• Moon Phases – a particular
appearance or state in a
repeating series of changes;
to do with the moon
Academic Vocabulary
Definitions
• Cell – the basic building block of
life; carry on the basic functions
of life either alone or in groups,
and that include a nucleus and
are surrounded by a membrane
• Lunar – of, relating to, or
resembling the moon
Academic Vocabulary
Definitions
• Renewable Resources—capable
of being replaced by natural
ecological cycles or sound
management procedures—
example: water, wildlife, forests,
grasslands
• Nonrenewable Resources—NOT
capable of being replaced—
example: oil
Day 1—Daily Fix-Its
1. Can you imagin going
for a walk in the moon?
2. Id be able to jump much
highest than I can on
Earth.
Day 1—Daily Fix-Its
Answers
1.Can you imagine going
for a walk on the moon?
2.I’d be able to jump much
higher than I can on
Earth.
Day 2—Daily Fix-Its
1. I don’t suppose
traveling to rocket is
very plesant.
2. Does astronauts eat
good on spacecraft?
Day 2—Daily Fix-Its
Answers
1.I don’t suppose traveling
by rocket is very
pleasant.
2.Do astronauts eat well
on spacecraft?
Day 3—Daily Fix-Its
1. The moons surface is
very dry. And dusty.
2. American astronauts
leaved footprints of the
dust.
Day 3—Daily Fix-Its
Answers
1.The moon’s surface is
very dry and dusty.
2.American astronauts left
footprints in the dust.
Day 4—Daily Fix-Its
1. Space travel is very
expensive, its also
dangerous.
2. Most astronauts are
men but woman also
travel in space.
Day 4—Daily Fix-Its
Answers
1.Space travel is very
expensive. It’s also
dangerous.
2.Most astronauts are
men, but women also
travel in space.
Day 5—Daily Fix-Its
1. Neil Armstrong landed
its spacecraft on the
moon. And went for a
short walk.
2. What an amazing event
that were?
Day 5—Daily Fix-Its
Answers
1.Neil Armstrong landed
his spacecraft on the
moon and went for a
short walk.
2.What an amazing event
that was!
This Week’s Word Wall Words
Click and type your own
words for this week:
Let’s review our Spelling
words. Watch carefully
because they will flash on
the screen for just a
moment. We can clap as we
spell the word, or we might
just practice reading the
words.
please
pleasant
breath
breathe
image
imagine
product
production
heal
health
triple
triplet
relate
relative
meter
metric
compose
composition
crumb
crumble
origin
original
academy
academic
inspire
inspiration