Moonwalk

Written by Ben Bova

Illustrated by Peter Bollinger

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Day 4
Day 5

Vocabulary Definitions
Vocabulary Sentences
Additional Resources

Study Skills
Genre:

Science Fiction

Comprehension Skill:

Draw Conclusions

Comprehension Strategy:
Review Skill:
Vocabulary:

Monitor and Fix Up

Theme

Synonyms

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.

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

Skill Review- Theme

The theme of a story is its

big idea, the idea that holds
the story together.
The author usually doesnt
state the theme of the story,
so readers have to figure it
out.
Lets practice by determining the theme
of Moonwalk.

Day 1 - Question of the Week

What are the

risks when
walking on
the moon?

Vocabulary - Say It
loomed
rille
runt
staggered
summonin
g
taunted
trench

More Words to
Know

conscious
feebly
rift
astronomers
launch
probes
crater

-Monitor and
Fix Up

Comprehension Strategy

Good readers think about how

theyre 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.

Listen
to the
Story

Draw
Conclusions
A conclusion is a decision
you reach after thinking
about what you have
read.
Comprehension Skill-

The small pieces of

information in a piece of
writing are called facts

Draw
Conclusions

Comprehension Skill-

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.

Practice Drawing Conclusions

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

Practice Drawing Conclusions

4. Facts and Details
Martin wanted to be an
astronaut when he grew up.
5.Conclusion
Martin is very interested in
space and astronomy.

Drawing Conclusions

1. Can you imagin going

for a walk in the
moon?
2. Id be able to jump
much highest than I can

PREPOSITION POWER

Click here to start

Lesson One: Prepositions

A preposition is a part of
speech that shows a
relationship between two
things.
Location (on, under, in)
Timing (before, after, during)
Direction (from, toward, to)

Lesson One: Prepositions

(cont.)

The mouse is on the table.

Two things: mouse + table

elationship: one is on the other
On is a preposition!

Lesson One: Prepositions

(cont.)

The mouse is under

the table.

Two things: mouse +

table
Relationship: one is
under the other
Under is a preposition!

Lesson One: Prepositions (cont.)

aboard

along

behind

but
(except)

from

off

past

until

about

amid

below

by

in

on

since

up

above

among

beneath

down

inside

onto

through

upon

across

around

beside

during

into

out

to

with

after

at

between

except

near

outside

toward

within

against

before

beyond

for

of

over

under

without

Test Your Knowledge 1

Which word is a
preposition?
The pizza in the oven is
pizza
in mine.
oven mine
Check the list of prepositions.

RIGHT!
Two things are related to
each other
by the preposition!
You have PREPOSITION
POWER!

WRONG!
Click here to try
again
Click here to check
the list of prepositions
before trying again!

Test Your Knowledge 2

Which word is a
preposition?
The girl by the door is my
girl sister.
by
door
my
Check the list of
prepositions.

Lesson One: Prepositions (cont.)

aboard

along

behind

but
(except)

from

off

past

until

about

amid

below

by

in

on

since

up

above

among

beneath

down

inside

onto

through

upon

across

around

beside

during

into

out

to

with

after

at

between

except

near

outside

toward

within

against

before

beyond

for

of

over

under

without

RIGHT!
Two things are related to
each other
by the preposition!
You have PREPOSITION
POWER!

WRONG!
Click here to try
again
Click here to check
the list of prepositions
before trying again!

Test Your Knowledge 3

Which word is a preposition?
The runners raced around the
track.
runner aroun the
track
s
d
Check the list of
prepositions.

Lesson One: Prepositions (cont.)

aboard

along

behind

but
(except)

from

off

past

until

about

amid

below

by

in

on

since

up

above

among

beneath

down

inside

onto

through

upon

across

around

beside

during

into

out

to

with

after

at

between

except

near

outside

toward

within

against

before

beyond

for

of

over

under

without

RIGHT!
Two things are related to each
other
by the preposition!
You have PREPOSITION POWER!

WRONG!
Click here to try
again
Click here to check the list of
prepositions before trying
again!

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
compositio
n
crumb
crumble

CHALLENGE
origin
original
academy
academic
inspire
inspiration

Day 2 - Question of the Day

Why would the

moon be an
exciting place to
explore?

Vocabulary Strategy 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.

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

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

probes
spacecraft
carrying
scientific
devices to
record and
report

crater
a bowl-shaped
hole on the
surface of Earth
or the Moon

Weekly Fluency Check

Tempo and Rate

Good readers slow down

or speed up according to
text they are reading.

3. I dont suppose
traveling to rocket is
very plesant.
4. Does astronauts
eat good on a

Lesson 2: Prepositional
Phrases

Lets look again at the sentences

you practiced with.
The pizza in the oven is mine.
The girl by the door is my sister.
The runners raced around the
track.

Lesson 2: Prepositional
Phrases
in the oven
by the door
around the track
These are prepositional phrases.
Prepositional phrases start with a
preposition and end with the object
of a preposition.

Lesson 3: Object of a
Preposition
The object of a preposition
must be a noun or a pronoun
always comes at the end of a
prepositional phrase
Example: The cookies are in the
oven.
Oven is a noun that ends the
prepositional phrase. Oven is the
object of the preposition.

Test Your Knowledge 4

Identify the
prepositional
phrase.
I sat
with
I sat with
my
mom.
with my
with my
mom

RIGHT!

You found the

prepositional
phrase!
Well done!

WRONG!
Remember: a
prepositional phrase
starts with a
preposition and ends
with a noun or
pronoun.
Try the question
again!

Test Your Knowledge 5

Identify the prepositional
phrase.
After gym class, we got a
drink. After gym
After gym
class
After gym class,
we

RIGHT!

You found the

prepositional
phrase!
Well done!

WRONG!
Remember: a prepositional
phrase starts with a
preposition and ends with
a noun or pronoun.
Try the question
again!

Test Your Knowledge 6

Identify the prepositional
phrase.
I chose a book from the
library.
chose a book
book from the
library
from the
library

RIGHT!

You found the

prepositiona
l phrase!
Well done!

WRONG!
Remember: a
prepositional phrase
starts with a preposition
and ends with a noun or
pronoun.
Try the question
again!

CONGRATULATIONS!
Youve shown
your
PREPOSITION
POWER!

Group Work

Readers & WB 244

Spelling WB 98
Language WB 97
Trifold Section 2
SmartBoard- Vocabulary

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Day 3 Question of the Day

What did Vern and

Jerry learn about
themselves when
faced with danger?

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 Gerrys 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

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?

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

They saw
craters and a
rille, a narrow
valley that
looks like a

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.

5. The moons surface

is very dry. And
dusty.
6. American
astronauts leaved

Group Work

Partner Read & WB 247248

Trifold Section 3
Language Arts WB 98
Spelling WB 99
SmartBoard- Synonym

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d
- Synonym

Day 4 Question of the Day

What questions
would you want to
ask an astronaut
who has walked on
the moon?

Drawing Conclusions pg- 626

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

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.

SmartBoard
-Preposition
s

7. Space travel is very

expensive, its also
dangerous.
8. Most astronauts are
men but woman also
travel in space.

Group Work
Reading Computer Test
Language Arts WB 99
Trifold Section 4
Essay Questions

Essay Questions
1. How did Gerrys behavior
change after the accident?
2. How will Verns relationship with
his brother probably change
after the events in the story?
3. How did Dad probably feel when
he returned to the shelter and
saw the boys?

Day 5 - Question of the Week

What are the risks

when walking on
the moon?

Research/Study Skills
Order Form/Application
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
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
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
1. What is the difference between
the two addresses on the form?
One is the receivers, and one is
the buyers.
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
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
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
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.

9. Neil Armstrong
landed its spacecraft
on the moon. And
went for a short walk.
10. What an amazing
event that were?

Group Work

Reading WB 249-250
Language 100
SmartBoard Game
synonym
Writing Assignment
Trifold Section 5

Writing Assignment
Writing
Your Opinion
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.

Additional
Resources
Finding a Theme Practice
Apollo 11
Vocabulary Practice
Synonyms
Prep Phrases
Reading Review
BrainPop: Dialogue
Editing Game: Punctuation
, Commas, Quotations