Weeks 8-10 Space Literacy Tasks
Term 2 Weeks 9-10
Purpose of these reading activities is to: increase our knowledge
of space exploration and understand how our knowledge and ideas
about space have changed over time (science). We are also learning
to read non-fiction texts and use our writing skills to share our understanding
of this topic and our ideas (literacy). Throughout this task we will need to\
use the skills of ‘Thinking’ and using ‘Language, Symbols and Text.’
of space exploration and understand how our knowledge and ideas
about space have changed over time (science). We are also learning
to read non-fiction texts and use our writing skills to share our understanding
of this topic and our ideas (literacy). Throughout this task we will need to\
use the skills of ‘Thinking’ and using ‘Language, Symbols and Text.’
Learning Intentions
I am learning to skim and scan text to identify the main ideas.
I am learning to locate the key sentences and questions in texts.
I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.
I am learning to summarise the main ideas in the texts I read.
(from the Karoro Programme of work for Reading)
I am learning to write well structured paragraphs.
Success Criteria
I will be successful when I can show….
-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.
-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.
-I have put my answers in chronological order.
-I have written two well structured paragraphs explaining how some of our ideas about
space have changed over time (introductory sentence, supporting detail, concluding sentence).
space have changed over time (introductory sentence, supporting detail, concluding sentence).
Read the three paper based reading activities given to you about Stephen Hawking,
Galileo Galilei and The Telescope. You will be put with a buddy to do this work.
We will mark and discuss our answers together as a class.
Galileo Galilei and The Telescope. You will be put with a buddy to do this work.
We will mark and discuss our answers together as a class.
To add to our learning we will watch/ read and discuss these following videos or articles. 
After we have completed these reading activities and viewing and discussing the
above materials your task is to write at least two well structured paragraphs explaining
how our ideas about space have changed over time.
above materials your task is to write at least two well structured paragraphs explaining
how our ideas about space have changed over time.
Write your paragraphs here.
How Ideas About Space Have Changed.
Over time scientists like Galileo Galilei have changed our thinking
about space. Firstly, Galileo was a an astronomer and a scientist and
he was a frequent inventor, making telescopes, thermometers and a new
kind of compass. He had some ideas that made him unpopular because
they were different to what other people believed. He argued that the Earth
went around the Sun instead of the Sun going around the Earth, but most
people did not believe him. He also made the second telescope and
announced that he saw four objects orbiting the planet Jupiter.
He announced that they were moons. The local church put him under
house arrest for what he believed. Galileo Galilei was in front of his time
and helped us expand our knowledge of space.
about space. Firstly, Galileo was a an astronomer and a scientist and
he was a frequent inventor, making telescopes, thermometers and a new
kind of compass. He had some ideas that made him unpopular because
they were different to what other people believed. He argued that the Earth
went around the Sun instead of the Sun going around the Earth, but most
people did not believe him. He also made the second telescope and
announced that he saw four objects orbiting the planet Jupiter.
He announced that they were moons. The local church put him under
house arrest for what he believed. Galileo Galilei was in front of his time
and helped us expand our knowledge of space.
Stephen Hawking was an English scientist, cosmologist, teacher and an
author who helped us by changing our ideas about the universe. He is best
known for discovering how the universe was formed and predicting what
might happen to it in the future. Stephen studied black holes. At the time,
people thought that black holes were places in space where gravity pulls so
much that even light can not get out. Yet, Stephen discovered that one thing
could escape from a black hole: radiation. Stephen Hawking helped us by
exploring space and learning more about black holes.
author who helped us by changing our ideas about the universe. He is best
known for discovering how the universe was formed and predicting what
might happen to it in the future. Stephen studied black holes. At the time,
people thought that black holes were places in space where gravity pulls so
much that even light can not get out. Yet, Stephen discovered that one thing
could escape from a black hole: radiation. Stephen Hawking helped us by
exploring space and learning more about black holes.
Self assessment
I have an introductory sentence for each paragraph:Yes
I have at least three sentences giving supporting detail: Yes
I have a concluding sentence: Yes
