Scope Links for November 2, 2009
Here are some recommended links to help you form pre-reading and extension activities for each article in this issue.
Your World, p. 3
- “Long Live the King”
- Info on the exhibition and a bio of King Henry VIII
www.royalcollection.org.uk/default.asp?action=article&ID=676 - “Warriors Don’t Cry”
- Transcript of a live interview with Melba Pattillo Beals
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4799 - Melba Pattillo Beals’s story
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4958
Readers Theater Play: Sherlock Holmes, p. 6
- Official movie site
http://sherlock-holmes-movie.warnerbros.com - Bio of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=164744 - The Sherlock Holmes Museum Library, includes links to many other Holmes-related sites
www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk
Vocabulary: “Scope 100 Wordhunt on Selena Gomez,” p. 23
- Vocabulary quiz maker
http://wordwizard.scholastic.com/quizmaker
Author Interview: “Writing With Walter,” p. 14
- Official site
www.walterdeanmyers.net - Podcasts of Walter Dean Myers giving writing tips and more
www.adlit.org/second_chances#podcasts - Mini-bio of Walter Dean Myers
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3437
Interactive: “Back to You,” p. 16
- Mini-bio of Harper Lee
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3747358


