You wouldn't want to be on Apollo 13!: A mission you'd rather not go on, by Ian Graham

Graham, Ian. You wouldn't want to be on Apollo 13!: A mission you'd rather not go on. 
Lexile Level: 940L

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Learning Activity:


Learning Standard: 
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

Learning Goal: 
Students will create a timeline of events on the Apollo 13 mission from the text and from the 1995 Movie Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks.

Learning Outcome: 
Students will compare the timelines presented from in the text with that in the film.

Learning Objective:
Students will create a timeline of events based on the text, You wouldn't want to be on Apollo 13 and based on the 1995 film Apollo 13 and will contrast the two in a class discussion.