April 26, 2010

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Bonus materials based on the April 26, 2010 issue!

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• NEW FEATURE! POWERPOINTS FOR WRITING WORKSHOPS
  Play this dynamic PowerPoint about sonnets before you and your students read the article.
  BASED ON: "Be a Sonnet Superstar!" p. 20-21
• NEW FEATURE! SCOPE VIDEO
  Watch "The Vietnam War" video clip as a pre-reading activity for your class.
  BASED ON: "Into the Killing Zone," p. 14-17
• NEW FEATURE! THE WRITING WORKSHOP "Be a Sonnet Superstar" and the NONFICTION ARTICLE "Into the Killing Zone" are available as PDFs so you can project them in your classroom!
  
• Alliteration All Around!
  SKILL: Alliteration
  BASED ON: The News, p. 2-3
• Quiz: “How Do We Stop Thrill Killing?”
  SKILL: Reading Comprehension
  BASED ON: “How Do We Stop Thrill Killing?,” p. 4-5
• Conduct an Interview
  SKILL: Interviewing
  BASED ON: “Taylor Tells All,” p. 6-11
• Guide to Pandora
  SKILL: Writing Clearly and Concisely
  BASED ON: Avatar, p. 8-13
• Jake’s Videolog
  SKILL: Analyzing Point of View
  BASED ON: Avatar, p. 8-13
• Use Your Editing Eyes
  SKILL: Proofreading
  BASED ON: Avatar, p. 8-13
• Identifying the Main Idea
  SKILL: Main Idea
  BASED ON: “Into the Killing Zone,” p. 14-17
• “Into the Killing Zone” Quiz
  SKILL: Reading Comprehension
  BASED ON: “Into the Killing Zone,” p. 14-17
• “Love & Salamanders” Quiz
  SKILL: Reading Comprehension
  BASED ON: “Love & Salamanders,” p. 18-19
• Analyze a Sonnet
  SKILL: Analyzing Poetry
  BASED ON: “Be a Sonnet Superstar!,” p. 20-21
• Making Connections
  SKILL: Making Connections
  BASED ON: Test Prep, p. 22
• Headline How To
  SKILL: Headline Writing
  BASED ON: Your Turn, p. 23
• SAT Prep With the SCOPE 100
  SKILL: Context Clues
  BASED ON: Issue
• The SCOPE 100—Antonyms
  SKILL: Antonyms
  BASED ON: Issue
  
• The SCOPE 100
  SKILL: Vocabulary Acquisition
  BASED ON: Issue

Teacher's Edition

Download this issue's Teacher's Edition here. Please note that the answer key has been removed. Refer to p. T-4 of your printed Teacher's Edition for instructions on how to find online answer keys.

• Support an Argument
  SCOPE Skill: Graphic Organizer
• Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
  SCOPE Skill: Grammar
• Iambic Pentameter
  SCOPE Skill: Understanding meter
• The Scope 100
  SCOPE Skill: Vocabulary