Inspired by: Man on the Moon - Week 4

Bob's daily routine on the Moon includes enjoying lunch with his astronaut friends, each day bringing a variety of items in their lunchboxes. The learning focus for the students is on using commas to separate items in a list, a key skill in non-fiction writing. The activity involves a fictional menu from the Space Travel Café, offering choices of sandwiches, fruits, cakes, and drinks, all for a set price. Bob's lunch on the first day includes a cheese and tomato sandwich, a banana, an iced bun, and water. Students are encouraged to explore the different combinations that could compose the astronauts' lunchboxes on subsequent days, possibly leading to an 'all possibilities' mathematical activity to consider the various options available.

Post-lunch activities for Bob involve entertaining Moon tourists, which provides a creative backdrop for students to practice constructing sentences. They imagine and describe the Moon as seen by the visitors, drawing comparisons to familiar objects like cheese or sunflowers. The students are then invited to role-play, expressing their reactions and narrating the sequence of entertaining acts performed by Bob, such as running, cartwheeling, and dancing. This engaging scenario also opens up opportunities for dance and drama, further enriching the learning experience. Additionally, the concept of time is explored with activities like discussing the meaning of 'occasionally' and finding synonyms, as well as writing narratives about personal experiences using time expressions identified in the book.