January 31, 2011
Skill-based reading and writing activities for each Scope article
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SUMMARY: In March 2008, a commercial fishing vessel went down in the freezing waters of the Bering Sea. Was all hope lost for the 47 souls on board? A fantastic page-turner of a tale about the greatest sea rescue in Coast Guard history. Skill focus: draw inferences from text features GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. DOWNLOAD THE TEACHER’S EDITION LESSON PLAN. DIGITAL LESSON PLAN This issue is all about courage! Use our digital lesson plan to explore this theme. Culminates in a reflective essay writing activity.
IDENTIFYING NONFICTION ELEMENTS: READ, THINK, EXPLAIN CRITICAL THINKING • A recording of the Alaska Ranger’s mayday call. • A four-minute video about the rescue of the Ranger crew. Includes actual footage from the rescue. | |
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SUMMARY: Can Theseus defeat the bloodthirsty Minotaur, hungry to feast on the innocent children of Athens? Your students will love our adaptation of this Greek myth. Skill focus: analyzing character GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT.
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SUMMARY: In 1957, Elizabeth Eckford was tormented at Central High School in Arkansas—all because of the color of her skin. Today in Afghanistan, Shamsia Husseini is risking her life to go to school—all because of her gender. After reading the article, students compare and contrast these extraordinary women. GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. GUIDED COMPARE & CONTRAST ESSAY | |
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SUMMARY: Turn your students into grammar gods and goddesses with our delightful editing activity. EDITING ACTIVITY This silly passage is chock-full of mistakes in desperate need of correcting. Includes errors of punctuation, spelling, and capitalization, as well as misused homophones. | |
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SUMMARY: A fun take on the SCOPE 100! Students read a tricky text message, then explain what it means and write a response. A contest follows. GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. 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 sentence-completion activity; 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. |
