November 2, 2009
NEW! This Issue's Scope Links
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BONUS: 13 additional reproducibles based on the November 2, 2009 issue!
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- Fact Versus Opinion
SKILL: Fact Versus Opinion
BASED ON: Your World, p. 3-5 - Headlines That Wow
SKILL: Writing Headlines
BASED ON: Your World, p. 3-5 - Your World Quiz
SKILL: Reading Comprehension
BASED ON: Your World, p. 3-5 - Abstract & Concrete Nouns
SKILL: Understanding Abstract and Concrete Nouns
BASED ON: Sherlock Holmes, p. 6-11 - Searching for Sarcasm
SKILL: Understanding Sarcasm
BASED ON: Sherlock Holmes, p. 6-11 - Solving Syllogisms
SKILL: Deductive Reasoning
BASED ON: Sherlock Holmes, p. 6-11 - Find the Foreshadowing
SKILL: Understanding Foreshadowing
BASED ON: Sherlock Holmes, p. 6-11 - Brush Up on Your Latin
SKILL: Context Clues/Latin Roots
BASED ON: “Getting to Know Selena,” p. 13 - The SCOPE 100—Antonyms
SKILL: Antonyms
BASED ON: “Getting to Know Selena,” p. 13 - Character Sketch
SKILL: Characterization
BASED ON: “Writing With Walter,” p. 14-15 - “Writing With Walter” Quiz
SKILL: Reading Comprehension
BASED ON: “Writing With Walter,” p. 14-15 - Jane & Austin’s Literary Laughs
SKILL: Understanding Character
BASED ON: “Jane & Austin’s Literary Laughs,” p. 16 - Writing Rubric
SKILL: Developing Good Writing Habits
BASED ON: Issue
Teacher's Edition
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Reproducibles from the Teacher’s Edition- Cause and Effect
SCOPE Skills: Graphic Organizer - Do Not Not Do?
SCOPE Skills: Double Negatives - Writing Similes
Writer’s Toolbox: Similes - Deduce Like Sherlock
SCOPE Skills: Deductive Reasoning


