January 10, 2011
Skill-based reading and writing activities for each Scope article
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SUMMARY: An exciting story about the day Americans mistook Orson Welles’s “War of the Worlds” broadcast for a real Martian attack. The article explores the science behind the search for extraterrestrial life, our fascination with aliens, and recent NASA discoveries. Skill focus: main idea and supporting details GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. DIGITAL LESSON PLAN Bring the story to life with our dazzling multimedia lesson plan, which includes a video clip, the original broadcast, and a writing activity. CONTENT-AREA VOCABULARY
IDENTIFYING NONFICTION ELEMENTS: READ, THINK, EXPLAIN CRITICAL THINKING CONTEST ENTRY FORM • Archival interview with Orson Welles discussing the aftermath of his famous broadcast. • Complete script of Orson Welles’s broadcast. • The New York Times article about the mass panic. (An excerpt of the original newspaper appears on page 9 of our article.) | |
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SUMMARY: A brave 15-year-old girl named Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama—nine months before Rosa Parks did the same. Based on the inspiring true story of one of the civil rights movement’s unsung heroes. Just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Skill focus: exploring setting GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT.
ANALYZING THE SETTING CRITICAL THINKING CONTEST ENTRY FORM | |
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SUMMARY: We didn’t feel like editing this short article about the history of roller coasters. Will your students help us out? Skill focus: grammar and editing GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT PUNCTUATION PRACTICE VERB-TENSE PRACTICE SPELLING PRACTICE AMBIGUOUS PRONOUNS EDITING EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION CONTEST ENTRY FORM | |
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SUMMARY: A look at two singing sensations. This story is designed as an excellent compare/contrast activity. GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. GUIDED COMPARE & CONTRAST ESSAY | |
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SUMMARY: Your students explore the issue and find supporting evidence from the article for two sides of the argument. Then they use our nifty guide to write an opinion essay. A teacher favorite! GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. GUIDED OPINION ESSAY READING-COMP CROSSWORD PUZZLE | |
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SUMMARY: A humorous mystery becomes a fun activity for your students, in which they must locate literary devices and figurative language. GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. LITERARY ELEMENTS QUIZ | |
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EDITING ACTIVITY This campaign flyer is chock-full of mistakes in desperate need of correcting. Includes errors of punctuation, capitalization, and subject-verb agreement, as well as misused homophones. | |
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SUMMARY: A fun take on the SCOPE 100! Students read a tricky text message from “Mom,” then explain what it means and write a response. A contest follows. SCOPE 100 ACTIVITIES A complete vocabulary kit! Includes a word journal graphic organizer; a list of this issue’s words to print or project; a multiple-choice quiz; and a review activity on all words learned up to this issue. Read more about the SCOPE 100 here. | |
HELPFUL DOWNLOADS ANSWER KEY Looking for answers? Visit our top-secret Web site for answers to all online reproducibles and quizzes. The URL is listed on page T-2 of your printed Teacher’s Edition. TEACHER’S EDITION FAQ ABOUT INTERACTIVE PDFS Click here to see all reproducibles for this issue. |
