The Balloon Adventure

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Series:

Flying Start to Literacy

Level:

Text Type/s:

Narrative

ISBN:

9781742341354

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Description

Synopsis:

The Balloon Adventure is a narrative about three animals that are put in the basket of a hot-air balloon as part of an experiment to see if living things can fly. The animals become reluctant heroes when they are the first living things to successfully fly in a machine.

Curriculum link:

Technologies: Design and technologies

Key Concepts:

The first machine to fly and carry people was a hot-air balloon. Hot air rises and can lift things. Some inventions are tested on animals first to check that they are safe for humans

Reading Strategies:

Using context to determine the meaning of an unknown word

Extent:

Supporting Materials

Paired Title:

The First Flight

Supporting Materials:

Lesson Plan - The First Flight / The Balloon Adventure