March 7, 2011
Skill-based reading and writing activities for each Scope article
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SUMMARY: Take your class on an amazing journey across America with young Robert Symmonds—one of 250,000 “boxcar children” who left home and hopped trains during the Great Depression. For most kids in the 1930s, life on the road was one of hardship and hunger. Skill focus: cause & effect DIGITAL LESSON PLAN Bring the story to life with this captivating multimedia lesson plan. An online exclusive! THROUGH YOUR EYES: TRUE TEEN STORIES FROM HISTORY Read more about this exciting new feature here!
IDENTIFYING NONFICTION ELEMENTS: READ, THINK, EXPLAIN CRITICAL THINKING CAUSE & EFFECT CHART CONTEST ENTRY FORM ADDITIONAL (MULTIMEDIA!) RESOURCES • A recording of Woody Guthrie’s “Ramblin’ Round,” about life on the road during the Great Depression. (Get the lyrics here.) • Riding the Rails from PBS’s American Experience, includes the full 75-minute documentary, a map of railroad lines from the 1930s, a timeline of the Great Depression, and original interviews. Recommended excerpt: 10:10–12:44: A brief summary, with a clip from the 1933 film Wild Boys of the Road, and a brief interview with Robert Symmonds talking about his first train ride. We advise that you preview before showing to students to make sure it’s appropriate for your classroom. | |
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SUMMARY: Your students will love the way the classic fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast” is reimagined as a teen drama set in modern-day New York City. Skill focus: dynamic character GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. ANALYZING DYNAMIC CHARACTER Students keep track of evidence that demonstrates how the character Kyle changes over the course of the play.
CHARACTER ANALYSIS CRITICAL THINKING CONTEST ENTRY FORM ADDITIONAL RESOURCE | |
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SUMMARY: Your students decide, then write an opinion essay using our guide. A teacher favorite! GET A PDF OF THIS ARTICLE TO PROJECT. GUIDED OPINION ESSAY READING-COMP CROSSWORD PUZZLE | |
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SUMMARY: Turn your students into grammar gods and goddesses with our delightful editing activity. EDITING ACTIVITY This silly planner is chock-full of mistakes in desperate need of correcting. Includes errors of punctuation, spelling, homophones, and capitalization. | |
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SUMMARY: A fun take on the SCOPE 100! Students read a tricky text message from a dentist, then explain what it means and write a response. A contest follows. A complete vocabulary kit! Includes a list of this issue’s words to print or project; a word-journal graphic organizer; a sentence-completion activity; and a review activity on all words learned up to this issue. 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. |
