This story is set in the future on the planet Earth. A young man named Kiah discovers problems with the artificial ozone layer that protects Earth and believes this will lead to Earth becoming uninhabitable in 10 years. However, the Earth Commander does not believe him and has Kiah imprisoned. Kiah and his friend Rilla eventually escape prison with the help of the Moon colony commander and flee to the moon colony as Earth begins to suffer serious environmental damage.
This story is set in the future on the planet Earth. A young man named Kiah discovers problems with the artificial ozone layer that protects Earth and believes this will lead to Earth becoming uninhabitable in 10 years. However, the Earth Commander does not believe him and has Kiah imprisoned. Kiah and his friend Rilla eventually escape prison with the help of the Moon colony commander and flee to the moon colony as Earth begins to suffer serious environmental damage.
This story is set in the future on the planet Earth. A young man named Kiah discovers problems with the artificial ozone layer that protects Earth and believes this will lead to Earth becoming uninhabitable in 10 years. However, the Earth Commander does not believe him and has Kiah imprisoned. Kiah and his friend Rilla eventually escape prison with the help of the Moon colony commander and flee to the moon colony as Earth begins to suffer serious environmental damage.
This story is set in the future on the planet Earth. A young man named Kiah discovers problems with the artificial ozone layer that protects Earth and believes this will lead to Earth becoming uninhabitable in 10 years. However, the Earth Commander does not believe him and has Kiah imprisoned. Kiah and his friend Rilla eventually escape prison with the help of the Moon colony commander and flee to the moon colony as Earth begins to suffer serious environmental damage.
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The story In 2222, three hundred years before this story starts, the people of the planet Earth realized that the ozone layer was breaking up. So they made the Artificial Ozone Layer (AOL), and put it between Earth and the sun, to protect them from the sun’s heat for the next thousand years. But when this story begins in 2522, Commander, in charge of the whole of the planet Kiah, a young man working on a spaceship, discovers Earth. There are other people in charge of large areas, there are serious problems with the AOL, which like Australia, or colonies on other planets, like the means that in ten years’ time Earth will die. He and his Moon colony, who obey Earth Commander’s orders. friend, Rilla, tell their captain, Seru, but she is nervous We know today that the ozone layer protects Earth of speaking to the Earth Commander, Gog, about from the heat of the sun, and we also know that the it. Instead, Kiah and Rilla tell Zadak, Commander of ozone layer has holes in it. This story looks into the Australia, a friend of Rilla’s father’s, but he is not very future, to see what could happen if the ozone layer helpful. Almost everyone is afraid of Gog, because broke up completely. Scientists could make an artificial he has his own fixed ideas and punishes people who (man-made) ozone layer, to protect us from the sun. If do not agree with him. When Kiah and Rilla go to see that also broke up (which happens in this story), there Gog to give him the information, he is very angry with would be no rain or water on Earth, and trees, plants, them, saying that the AOL is good for another hundred animals and people would die. years, and sends them to prison. Zadak discovers In our time, we are already sending spaceships into where they are and visits them. He explains he has space, to see if we can live on other planets like the tried to warn Gog about Earth’s problems, but Gog is moon, or Mars. This story describes a colony hanging only interested in the planet Mars. Zadak tries to kill under the moon, where people can live very well – a Gog, but Gog’s wife, Bel, protects her husband and is safe and beautiful place to escape to, from the dying, shot by mistake. Gog orders his guards to kill Zadak, burning planet Earth. and plans to leave Earth to live on Mars. Captain Seru and her brother come to the prison Before Reading to talk to Kiah and Rilla. Seru has phoned Adai, Here are some ways to help your students approach Commander of the Moon colony, for help. That night the story: they all escape from the prison and are rescued by 1 Give students the title of the book and show them Adai (Kiah’s elder brother) in his plane. On their way the picture on the cover. Ask them to try and guess to the beautiful colony under the Moon, they see fires what kind of the story it is. burning all over Earth. Some day, they are going to 2 Give students a copy of the text on the back return to help Earth. cover of the book, and of the story introduction on the first page. When they have read the texts, Background to the story ask them a few questions about the story, or use This story is set in the future, in the year 2522. the Before Reading Activities in the back of each People wear different clothes, and live in very modern Bookworm. buildings. Even the cars and trains look different! 3 Use the pre-reading activity in this worksheet. Everyone is interested in space and other planets, and 4 If there is a recording of this title, play the first few many people work with satellites and in spaceships. pages and stop at an interesting point. There are no longer countries, kings, presidents or parliaments. There is just one person, Earth
2 What is happening here on the left? 3 Who is the woman on the left? 4 What is going to happen next? 5 Can you describe the people’s clothes? 6 Why are there so many computers? 7 What year do you think it is? 8 What are the two young people doing there? 9 Why are there two men standing behind the fat man? 10 Who are they? 11 What kind of work do they do? 12 How is the fat man feeling? 13 What is the fat man saying? 14 What is the young man holding in his left hand?
15 Where is the scene on the right?
16 Why are a lot of men running towards the man getting out of the taxi? 17 Do they look angry, happy, sad or what? 18 Why is the man getting out of the car? 19 What year do you think it is? 20 Can you describe the people’s clothes? 21 What is going to happen next?
To the teacher
Aim: To predict the setting, the characters and groups and give out worksheet. Ask students to possible storylines discuss possible answers together. Do not tell them Time: 20 minutes whether they are right or wrong. Organization: Put students into pairs or small
Kiah Gog wants to marry Rilla wants to save Earth is going to become Earth Commander wants to kill Kiah and Rilla is going to spend time in prison is going to live on Mars hopes to save Earth wants a quiet life with Bel is going to visit Zadak in Australia something different something different Bel Zadak is going to buy more expensive clothes is going to fight Gog is going to prison wants to save Australia wants to ask Gog to kill Kiah and Rilla is going to ask Adai for help something different hopes to live under the Moon is not going to help Kiah something different
Rilla wants to see her family in Brazil is going to return to Ship OM-45 hopes to get help from Gog is going to phone Adai is going to live on the Moon colony something different
Seru is going to a weather ship in the Antarctic is going to eat and drink more hopes to get a better job wants to help Kiah and Rilla something different
To the teacher
Where: At the end of Chapter 3 ask them to consider what could happen next to Aim: To check understanding of the story so far, and the main characters. They should decide which anticipate plot development statements are most likely, and give reasons for their Time: 30 minutes choice. Then the whole class can discuss their ideas Organization: Put students into small groups and together.
1 Kiah 8 A tall, fat woman 15 Captain of ship 22 Plans to live on
" with long red hair OM-45 Mars
2 Rilla 9 A tall man with 16 Gog’s wife 23 Tells Zadak and
brown hair Gog about the AOL holes
3 Seru 10 A tall, fat man 17 Checks satellites 24 Saves Gog’s life
without much hair and AOL on OM-45
4 Adai 11 A very tall young 18 Commander of 25 Goes to prison
man, with dark Australia with Kiah eyes and hair
5 Zadak 12 A beautiful girl 19 Commander of 26 Is afraid to tell
with long black Moon colony Gog about the hair and big eyes AOL holes
6 Gog 13 A tall, big man, 20 Earth Commander 27 Takes Rilla and
with blue eyes and Kiah to the Moon white hair colony
7 Bel 14 A little woman 21 Works on ship 28 Kills Bel
with a fat face OM-45
To the teacher
Aim: To focus attention back on the characters occupations and actions. See how much they can do Time: 20 minutes without referring back to the book. Organization: Give each student or group of Key: 1: 11, 17, 23; 2: 12, 21, 25; 3: 14, 15, 26; 4: 9, 19, students a copy of the worksheet. Ask them 27; 5: 13, 18, 28; 6: 10, 20, 22; 7: 8, 16, 24. to match up the names, physical descriptions,
