December 14, 2009

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BONUS: 14 additional reproducibles based on the December 14, 2009 issue!

Use your subscription to Scholastic Scope to the fullest! These skill specific reproducibles are based on articles in the issue. Click the name of the PDF you want to download below, and print for use in your classroom—or click here to download all the PDFs in one file.

• Punctuation Practice
  SKILL: Punctuation
  BASED ON: “Poet’s Bright Star,” p. 4 
• Super Sonnets
  SKILL: Understanding Sonnets
  BASED ON: Your World, p. 3-5
  
• Your World Quiz
  SKILL: Reading Comprehension
  BASED ON: Your World, p. 3-5
• Critical Reading Quiz
  SKILL: Critical Reading
  BASED ON: Star Trek, p. 6-11
• The Starship Inference
  SKILL: Making Inferences
  BASED ON: Star Trek, p. 6-11
• The Venn of Kirk and Spock
  SKILL: Compare and Contrast
  BASED ON: Star Trek, p. 6-11
• The Object of the Game
  SKILL: Identifying Direct and Indirect Objects
  BASED ON: “Rachel Rocks the Rink,” p. 13
• The SCOPE 100—Antonyms
  SKILL: Antonyms
  BASED ON: “Rachel Rocks the Rink,” p. 13
• Meeting Nelson Mandela Quiz
  SKILL: Reading Comprehension
  BASED ON: “Meeting Nelson Mandela,” p. 14-15
• Reading and Thinking
  SKILL: Main Idea Graphic Organizer
  BASED ON: “Meeting Nelson Mandela,” p. 14-15
• What Do You Know?
  SKILL: Reading Comprehension
  BASED ON: “Meeting Nelson Mandela,” p. 14-15
• In Other Words
  SKILL: Appositives
  BASED ON: Back To You, p. 16
• 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

• Conflict Resolution
  SCOPE Skills: Graphic Organizer
• Be a Space Journalist
  SCOPE Skills: Write a News Story
• Double Agents
  SCOPE Skills: Parts of Speech