Scope Links for November 2, 2009

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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