LET’S START
- Equipment: dictionary (online or paper), tablet or laptop & internet connection and perhaps headphones
- Materials for your Spacesuit & Flyer: coloured pens and pencils
- Time: 20-30 minutes
Step 1: Look at the Cover
| Look | Who do you see on the cover? |
| Look | What is the girl wearing? Describe the cat. |
| Look | What does she see when she looks up at the sky? |
| Solve | What device can you hold in your hands and look down at? |
| Research | Which instruments can you use to look up at the sky? |
| Research | Find out who Mae Jemison is. |
| Research | What is a meteor shower? Have you ever seen one? Would you like to see one? |
| Predict | What do you think the girl wants to be when she grows up? |
| Check | Look up the meaning of these words: orbit, space shuttle, gravity, mission, comet, atmosphere. Do you know any other space-related words in English or your own language? |
STEP 2: Listen and Watch
| Listen & Watch (A) | What are the names of the girl and her big brother? |
| What is her brother always looking down at? | |
| Why was the girl given her name? | |
| What is the girl going to be when she grows up? | |
| How does she prepare herself? | |
| What is her mission? What does she want to see? | |
| What does she do when she is in the supermarket? | |
| What happens to her brother when they leave the supermarket? Look at their facial expressions. How did they feel? | |
| Listen & Watch (B) | Who saves the day? |
| Why is Rocket so excited? | |
| Why do the people start to go home? | |
| What suddenly happens? | |
| How do sister and brother now feel? |
STEP 3: Add your Voice
| Review & Make Notes | Listen to the story again and note down five facts about meteors and space. |
| Research | Find out five facts about Mae Jemison. Find out what astronauts eat. |
| Review & Move | Watch the story again and join in the victory dance with Rocket or create your own victory dance and perform to your family members or classmates. |
| Create | Design and draw your own astronaut suit. |
| Create | Write and illustrate your own flyer to invite neighbours to see a cosmic event (or another incredible event). |
| Act out | Give your own press meeting to inform people about your incredible event! |
| Personal response | How would you describe Rocket, Jamal and their mother? |
| Observe | Look up into the sky at night. Describe what you see. |
| Think | What is the opposite of Look up? Why do you think Nathan Bryon chose Look Up! as the title? |
| Your opinion | Which is Nathan Bryon’s favourite page? Which is your favourite page and illustration? Why? |
| Share | Send your work to your teacher or share in your virtual classroom. |
| Want more? | Draw along with Dapo Adeola and learn how to draw Rocket’s cat Luna (continue viewing video). |
THE END
©Ellis, G. & Gruenbaum, T. for PEPELT 2020
Look Up! By Nathan Bryon and illustrated by Dapo Adeola published by Puffin 2019
Video © Puffin Time for Stories
