1-59336-491-1 2-9 My Uncle Louis: A Memoir | Mondo Publishing 1 Ahead of time, cover the photo on the Text Poster. Display the poster so that all students can see it, and help them read the title. Talk about the word memoir. Let’s look at this word, and say it with me: memoir. What does this word make you think of? Lucy, you say it makes you think of memories. Will, you say it makes you think of the word remember. These are all good ideas because a memoir is what someone remembers about something. A memoir is a person’s memories. Help students read the subtitle: “Remembering the Moon Landing.” Ask students what the words moon landing might mean. Initiate a discussion about traveling into space and landing on the moon. What do you think of when you hear the words moon landing? Good, Tyler. A moon landing is when something lands on the moon. What do you know about moon landings? You’re right, Lucy. People landed on the moon a long time ago. What do you think it might have been like for people watching the moon landing at home? Make sure students understand that this text describes someone’s memories about watching the first moon landing, long ago. Make sure students understand who that person is by reading the title and the first paragraph. Provide background as needed. Let’s read the title and subtitle again. Now let’s read the first sentence, or paragraph. What did we learn? Good, Will—we learned that someone’s uncle remembers when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the very first man to do that. What sorts of things might Uncle Louis remember? That’s possible, Hassan, he might remember what Armstrong wore. Any other ideas? Let’s keep reading to find out. Continue to read, pausing after each paragraph to discuss features of this memoir. Point to the quotation marks, and ask students why these words are noted as speech. What do you notice about the next three paragraphs? That’s right, Megan. These paragraphs have words in quotation marks. What do quotation marks tell us? Exactly! They tell us that someone is speaking. Let’s read the next paragraph to find out who is speaking. Who is it, Tyler? Right—it’s Uncle Louis. And what is Uncle Louis saying? Good, Lucy. He is telling about watching the first moon landing on TV. Talk with students about how this memoir tells about something that really happened in the world. Point out that the memoir is like a bit of history, and help students make the connection between the memoir and the real world as they discuss specific aspects of the text. What did you think about reading this memoir? Hassan, you say that reading the memoir helped you understand better what it was like when people first saw the astronauts walking on the moon. What aspects of the memoir helped you feel this way? Comprehension Strategies I ntroducing THE TEXT D iscussing THE TEXT My Uncle Louis: A Memoir Remembering the Moon Landing Nonfiction • Recount Memoir Session Text Poster 1 1 Focusing discussion on specific aspects of the text T eaching Focus eaching Focus R eading THE TEXT 2 1 Determining importance Making connections to self Remembering the Moon Landing My uncle remembers when Neil Armstrong became the first person ever to set foot on the moon. “The day was July 20, 1969. I was just about your age,” Uncle Louis said. “It was a summer night, way past my bedtime. My parents let me stay up to watch it on TV.” “In school, our teacher had told us that one day astronauts would land on the moon,” Uncle Louis continued. “I didn’t believe it was possible! Then my parents turned on the TV. I watched Neil Armstrong climb slowly down a ladder. He stepped onto the moon. He began to walk around! It was absolutely amazing!” “I’m glad my parents let me stay up,” laughed Uncle Louis, “because that’s when I decided I wanted to be a space scientist someday. And now here I am, working for NASA!” My Uncle Louis: A Memoir The first thing Neil Armstrong said as he stepped onto the moon was, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Write the words memoir, memories, and remember on the board. Help students notice the spelling pattern mem in all three words. V ocabulary ocabulary Use these Mondo titles and lesson plans for guided reading practice using this compre- hension strategy: My Lucky Hat; You Don’t Look Like Your Mother; Miss Geneva’s Lantern; and Whales. G uided Reading Links uided Reading Links
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Ahead of time, cover the photo on the Text Poster. Display the poster so that all students can see it, and help them read the title. Talk about the word memoir.Let’s look at this word, and say it with me: memoir. What does this word make you think of? Lucy, you say it makes you think of memories. Will, you say it makes you think of the word remember. These are all good ideas because a memoir is what someone remembers about something. A memoir is a person’s memories.
Help students read the subtitle: “Remembering the Moon Landing.” Ask students what the words moon landing might mean. Initiate a discussion about traveling into space and landing on the moon.What do you think of when you hear the words moon landing? Good, Tyler. A moon landing is when something lands on the moon. What do you know about moon landings? You’re right, Lucy. People landed on the moon a long time ago. What do you think it might have been like for people watching the moon landing at home?
Make sure students understand that this text describes someone’s memories about watching the first moon landing, long ago. Make sure students understand who that person is by reading the title and the first paragraph. Provide background as needed.Let’s read the title and subtitle again. Now let’s read the first sentence, or paragraph. What did we learn? Good, Will—we learned that someone’s uncle remembers when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the very first man to do that. What sorts of things might Uncle Louis remember? That’s possible, Hassan, he might remember what Armstrong wore. Any other ideas? Let’s keep reading to find out.
Continue to read, pausing after each paragraph to discuss features of this memoir. Point to the quotation marks, and ask students why these words are noted as speech.What do you notice about the next three paragraphs? That’s right, Megan. These paragraphs have words in quotation marks. What do quotation marks tell us? Exactly! They tell us that someone is speaking. Let’s read the next paragraph to find out who is speaking. Who is it, Tyler? Right—it’s Uncle Louis. And what is Uncle Louis saying? Good, Lucy. He is telling about watching the first moon landing on TV.
Talk with students about how this memoir tells about something that really happened in the world. Point out that the memoir is like a bit of history, and help students make the connection between the memoir and the real world as they discuss specific aspects of the text.What did you think about reading this memoir? Hassan, you say that reading the memoir helped you understand better what it was like when people first saw the astronauts walking on the moon. What aspects of the memoir helped you feel this way?
Comprehension Strategies
Introducing THE TEXT
Discussing THE TEXT
My Uncle Louis: A MemoirRemembering the Moon Landing
Nonfiction • Recount Memoir
Session Text Poster11Focusing discussion on specific aspects of the text
Teaching Focuseaching Focus
Reading THE TEXT
2
1 Determining importanceMaking connections to self
Remembering the Moon Landing
My uncle remembers when Neil Armstrong became
the first person ever to set foot on the moon.
“The day was July 20, 1969. I was just about your
age,” Uncle Louis said. “It was a summer night,
way past my bedtime. My parents let me stay up
to watch it on TV.”
“In school, our teacher had told us that one day
astronauts would land on the moon,” Uncle Louis
continued. “I didn’t believe it was possible!
Then my parents turned on the TV. I watched
Neil Armstrong climb slowly down a ladder.
He stepped onto the moon. He began
to walk around! It was absolutely amazing!”
“I’m glad my parents let me stay up,”
laughed Uncle Louis, “because that’s when
I decided I wanted to be a space scientist
someday. And now here I am,
working for NASA!”
My Uncle Louis: A Memoir
The first thing Neil Armstrong said
as he stepped onto the moon was,
“That’s one small step for man,
one giant leap for mankind.”
Write the words memoir, memories, and remember on the board. Help students notice the spelling pattern mem in all three words.
Vocabularyocabulary
Use these Mondo titles and lesson plans for guided reading practice using this compre-hension strategy: My Lucky Hat; You Don’t Look Like Your Mother; Miss Geneva’s Lantern; and Whales.
Guided Reading Linksuided Reading Links
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Megan, you point out that the text is told from Uncle Louis’s point of view. Uncle Louis’s point of view is a critical part of this memoir. His specific point of view is what makes the text a retelling of someone’s memories. What do you think about this point of view?
Photocopy this text passage using the reproducible on page 3. Have students read it independently or buddy-read it in pairs.
Encourage students to recall the recount memoir they read during Session 1. Have students generate questions they might still have about the piece.Yesterday, we read the memoirs, or memories, of a man who remembered watching the first moon landing on TV. Let’s briefly recall what we read. Does anyone still have any questions about the memoir? Tyler, you wonder how the astronauts got off the moon. Does anyone know the answer? That’s a good idea, Ivan. Another spaceship may have picked them up. Who knows how people return from voyages in space today? Tina, tell us how it works. Who has another question?
Before rereading the Text Poster, introduce students to the Comprehension Poster. Point to the idea web, and explain that the center circle is for the author’s message; the surrounding circles are for readers’ responses to this message.Authors usually write for the purpose of conveying a message to readers. Who do you think the author of this memoir is? Uncle Louis is a good idea, Will. Let’s read the first paragraph again. I think you’re right, Greta. I think the author is a nephew or a niece of Uncle Louis. What clues tell us this? Right, Lucy, the words My uncle. Let’s write niece or nephew in the center circle.
Invite students to read the memoir with you again. This time, ask them to consider the message that the author is trying to convey. Have them think about and answer these questions: “Why did the author write this?” “What does the author want me to learn?”Let’s read the memoir again. This time, consider what the author wants you to learn or the message the author is trying to get across. Now, what do you think is the author’s message? That’s good, Con. The author wants us to know that it is important not to miss history. Great, Megan. People older than us have interesting stories to tell about history. Let’s write one of these messages in the center circle.
Speculate with students why Uncle Louis talked about the moon landing. Wes, you think that maybe they were watching the space shuttle on TV, and Uncle Louis started telling his story. Hassan, you have another idea? Maybe someone was writing a report about space, and he or she asked Uncle Louis about the moon landing.
Review with students the author’s message or messages that you wrote in the center circle of the Comprehension Poster. Then invite students to respond to the message, and write their responses in the surrounding circles.What do you think about the author’s message? Will, you say you will be more aware of things happening in the news. Claire, you feel sorry that you weren’t there to see the first moon landing. Lucy, you learned that history happens all the time. Tyler, you think it would be interesting to find out what things your uncle remembers. These are all excellent understandings.
Make copies of this comprehension template using the reproducible on page 4. Have students add additional information individually or in small groups.
Analyzing THE TEXT
Reflecting ON THE TEXT
Reading THE TEXT
Session Comprehension Poster 22 Formulating responses to author’s message based on personal experience, beliefs, and understandings
Teaching Focuseaching Focus
Use these Mondo titles and lesson plans for guided reading practice using this comprehension strategy: Butterflies in My Garden; Jake Greenthumb; Sounds of a Summer Night; and Buster.
Guided Reading Linksuided Reading Links
Words that are written as actual speech are some-times easier to read fluently than standard text. Point out how the natu-ral speech of the words in quotes aids fluency.
F luencyluency
Children whose first language is not English must have access to English through peer group work and teacher models.
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Remembering the Moon LandingMy uncle remembers when Neil Armstrong becamethe first person ever to set foot on the moon.
“The day was July 20, 1969. I was just about yourage,” Uncle Louis said. “It was a summer night, way past my bedtime. My parents let me stay up to watch it on TV.”
“In school, our teacher had told us that one day astronauts would land on the moon,” Uncle Louiscontinued. “I didn’t believe it was possible! Then my parents turned on the TV. I watched Neil Armstrong climb slowly down a ladder. He stepped onto the moon. He began to walk around! It was absolutely amazing!”
“I’m glad my parents let me stay up,” laughed Uncle Louis, “because that’s when I decided I wanted to be a space scientist someday. And now here I am, working for NASA!”
My Uncle Louis: A Memoir
Mondo, Now I Get It! Nonfiction/Recount Memoir Text Passage2•9
The first thing Neil Armstrong saidas he stepped onto the moon was, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Nonfiction • Recount Memoir
Photography: (background) NASA/CORBIS, (bottom left) Courtesy of Nasa
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