Apollo 11- The Eagle has Landed

Tuesday 12/09/25

Objective:

Students will identify figurative language and explain how it helps the reader understand the text using evidence from Apollo 11: The Eagle has landed".

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence below and decide whether the phrase in bold is literal or figurative language.

Sentence:
“The astronauts felt like they were floating on a giant trampoline.”

• Figurative

• Literal

• I have no clue Ms. Cruz

Open Ended

Sentence:
“The astronauts felt like they were floating on a giant trampoline.”

What does it help the reader understand?

Multiple Choice

On July 16, 1969, three U.S. astronauts set off on the Apollo 11 space mission to attempt the...

• first lunar (moon) landing

• first orbit of the Earth

• first journey into outer space

Multiple Choice

Why was the Apollo 11 mission significant for humanity?

• It was the first time humans stepped onto the Moon.

• It was the first time humans orbited the Earth.

• It was the first time humans sent a satellite to Mars.

• It was the first time humans built a space station.

Open Ended

Describe some of the challenges the Apollo 11 astronauts faced during their journey and stay on the Moon. How did they overcome these challenges?

Multiple Choice

The 1st man to walk on the moon was ? in ?

• John Glenn, 1969
• John Glenn, 1962
• Neil Armstrong, 1969
• Dean Rusk, 1962

Multiple Choice

Text:
“Walking felt more like floating.”

Do you remember which type of figurative language was this? (metaphor, simile, onomatopeia, hyperbole, personification...)

• Simile (comparing using LIKE or AS)

• Personification (giving human qualities to non-human things)

• Hyperbole (exaggeration)

• Onomatopeia (represents sounds)

Multiple Select

“The ship stank, but no one cared.”

Is this literal or figurative?

What does it help the reader understand about life on the spacecraft

• Literal

• Figurative

• The conditions were uncomfortable, but the mission mattered more.

• They needed to clean the spaceship, specially the restrooms.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence contains figurative language?

A. “The astronauts ate and drank through tubes and straws.”
B. “Walking felt more like floating.”
C. “Armstrong collected Moon rocks.”
D. “They fired the engine to lift off the Moon.”

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Select the ONE sentence that uses figurative language.

1. “The astronauts had to eat and drink through tubes and straws.”

2. “Their faces swelled because blood moved differently.”

3. “Walking felt more like floating.”

4. “The ship was cramped and uncomfortable.”

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4