Man Becomes Oldest Person in Space

Easy News Stories

Beg – Low Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring content adapted from The Associated Press, students read a true story about Ed Dwight, the oldest person to go to space and NASA's first Black astronaut candidate.

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Focus

authentic materials
reading
space
personal interest
simple present
simple past
interpretive

Vocabulary

space
pilot
astronaut
capsule
weightlessness
construction
sculptor
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane