February 14, 2011
Skill-based reading and writing activities for each Scope article
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SUMMARY: Take your class on an icy adventure with 13-year-old Jordan Romero as he attempts to trek up the tallest—and most treacherous—mountain in the world: Mount Everest. Skill focus: text features DOWNLOAD THE TEACHER’S EDITION LESSON PLAN. CONTENT-AREA VOCABULARY
IDENTIFYING NONFICTION ELEMENTS: READ, THINK, EXPLAIN CRITICAL THINKING CONTEST ENTRY FORM ADDITIONAL (MULTIMEDIA!) RESOURCES • Listen to Sir Edmund Hillary talk to Forbes’s Jim Clash about climbing Everest and how expeditions have changed over the years. Includes archival images of Hillary and his team. Length: 5 minutes. • Narrated video about Jordan and his goal to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents. • Jordan’s Web site, featuring photos and videos. | |
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SUMMARY: What is happiness? Matilda thinks she knows: It is the lavish lifestyle that her poor husband can’t provide. This play based on Guy de Maupassant’s classic short story will cultivate meaningful class discussion. Skill focus: analyzing the moral of a story GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. ANALYZING CHARACTER Students keep track of Matilda’s character traits as they read.
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SUMMARY: Which one of these legendary monsters turns out to be real? Your students will be surprised! An excellent compare and contrast activity. GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. GUIDED COMPARE & CONTRAST ESSAY | |
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SUMMARY: Students read our article about elite youth sports teams, then write an opinion essay using our guide. A teacher favorite! GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. GUIDED OPINION ESSAY | |
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SUMMARY: We didn’t feel like editing this short article about selling Oreo cookies in China. Will your students help us out? Skill focus: revision and editing GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS PUNCTUATING QUOTATIONS REDUNDANCY RUN-ON SENTENCES POSSESSIVES CONTEST ENTRY FORM | |
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SUMMARY: Can your students find the figurative language in our silly story about Betty Lou, the fastest runner in town? When a sneaky snake costs her first place in the annual race, she knows she’s been sabotaged. GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. LITERARY ELEMENTS WORKSHEET | |
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EDITING ACTIVITY This silly passage is chock-full of mistakes in desperate need of correcting. Includes errors of punctuation, compound words, spelling, homophones, and capitalization. | |
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SUMMARY: A fun take on the SCOPE 100! Students read a tricky text message from “Cupid,” then explain what it means and write a response. A contest follows. 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 an activity reviewing all words learned so far this year. Read more about the SCOPE 100 here. CONTEST ENTRY FORM Enter students in our text-message writing contest using this handy form. | |
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 NCTE & IRA STANDARDS FAQ ABOUT INTERACTIVE PDFS Click here to see all reproducibles for this issue. |
