Vocabulary
Main Idea
Story Elements
Inferencing
Sequencing
100

A family member who is older than your parents.

a grandfather

100

The story is mostly about a boy learning this.

What is how to do the moon-cleaning job?

100

Where does most of the story take place?

What is the moon?

100

The boy looks confused when his father and grandfather argue. How is he probably feeling?

What is confused or unsure?

100

What happens first in the story?

What is the boy leaves on the boat with his father and grandfather?

200

To work together to complete a task.

teamwork

200

The father and grandfather teach the boy in different ways, but the boy learns to do this.

What is think for himself?

200

Who are the main characters? 

the boy, the dad, and the grandfather 

200

The father and grandfather both want the boy to follow their way. What can you infer about them?

What is they are proud of their traditions or believe their way is best?

200

After the family climbs the ladder, what do they discover?

What is the moon is covered with giant stars?

300

A solution to a problem.

What is an idea (or solution)?

300

The family must do this to finish their work on the moon.

What is work together?

300

The problem in the story.

What is the father and grandfather disagreeing about how the boy should do the job?

300

The boy comes up with a new way to solve the problem. What does this tell us about him?

What is he is creative or independent?

300

 Put these events in order:

  1. The boy creates a new solution.
  2. The family reaches the moon.
  3. The father and grandfather disagree.

What is 2, 3, 1?

400

A disagreement about how something should be done.

What is a conflict?

400

This lesson is a major message of the story.

What is it is okay to be yourself (or use your own ideas)?

400

What job does the family do?

What is cleaning the stars off the moon?

400

The family smiles after the moon is cleaned. What can you infer?

What is they are proud of their work and happy with the result?

400

What happens right before the boy comes up with his own idea?

What is the father and grandfather continue arguing about how to clear the stars?

500

To carefully look at something and learn from it.

What is observe?

500

State the main idea of La Luna.

What is a boy learns to be himself while helping his family work together?

500

How is the problem solved?

What is the boy creates his own solution and helps everyone finish the job?

500

Why do you think the filmmakers chose not to use words in the movie?

What is so viewers can understand the story through actions, expressions, and visuals?

500

Put these events in order:

  • The moon is cleaned.
  • The family sails out to sea.
  • The boy finds his own way to help.
  • The family reaches the moon.

What is:

  1. The family sails out to sea.
  2. The family reaches the moon.
  3. The boy finds his own way to help.
  4. The moon is cleaned.