1. Focus: Extended Response- One Giant Leap & One Small Step
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2. Day 3 of ELA Copy 2 Paired Passages- one nonfiction, one fictional
3 short response questions
1 extended response (essay)
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3. What to do for the extended response?
Before reading both passages read the questions first.
This is will give a clue to what the passages are about and how are they related.
After reading each passage write 5-8 bullets about main details from the story.
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4. Read One Small Step
Answer the following short response questions below:
Complete the chart below: What two obstacles is Andy facing?
OBSTACLE #1
OBSTACLE #2

5. Answer the following question:
Is One Small Step an appropriate title for this story why or why not? Use details from the story to support your answer.
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6. One Small Step Copy Andy Fractured his vertebra doing gymnastics
He can’t walk/ went to rehabilitation
Frustrated that he can’t walk/ Nurse Parker
Work through the pain
Finally walks a little
Theme- Never give Up!
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7. Read One Giant Leap

8. One Giant Leap Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins- astronauts
Mission- to go on the moon
Set the record
Spacecraft- Apollo 11
Computer alarm- not to land- more time calculate
Landed anyway
Accomplished mission
Theme- Never give up!

9. Extended Response Rules
Is my response in paragraphs based on my notes and graphic organizer? Did I indent for each?
Does my introduction rephrase the question?
Do I use words of my own and extra details beyond the information in my notes and graphic organizer?
Do I use some transition words to make my writing sound smoother with more style?
Have I answered the question and is my information accurate and complete?
Do I have closure in my last paragraph?
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10. Extended Response
Explain why people use the phrase “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” to describe a person overcoming an obstacle. How does this phrase help others get through hard times?
In your answer, be sure to include:
Examples describing obstacles people overcame
Details about what “one small step” symbolizes
Information from BOTH articles
Check your writing for correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation

11. Many people use the phrase “That’s one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind” to show someone overcoming an obstacle.
In the story, “One Small Step” Andy had broken his vertebra and he had to learn how to walk again. Andy wanted to make one small step learning to walk since it would lead to him taking many steps. In “One Giant Leap” Neil Armstrong wanted to set a record of being the first man on the moon. He went with a team Aldrin and Collins which launched in Apollo II. The computer alarm signaled that they might have complications landing. They continued there mission anyway.