Cross Genre Catalogue by Ivette Menendez

Drama: The Experiment

ivemen98_ — 2023-11-11 21:48:26 UTC

Dr. Heidegger’s water will keep you young forever. Want a sip?

Based on the short story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”

By Jennifer Dignan and Spencer Kayden From the May 2022 Issue

Learning Objective: to analyze the theme of a story through a narrative, in-role writing prompt.

Click on the link below in order to see the Assignment Choice Board:

https://scope.scholastic.com/content/dam/classroom-magazines/scope/issues/2021-22/050122/the-experiment/SCOPE-050122-Play-ChoiceBoard.pdf

Paired Passages: Welcome to 2122 & What is yet to be is but a guess...

ivemen98_ — 2023-11-12 20:30:40 UTC

Here’s what life could be like in 100 years. By Adee Braun and Kristin Lewis

From the November 2022 Issue

Learning Objective: to compare and contrast three texts on the same topic.

Click on the link below to view your assignment:
https://scope.scholastic.com/content/dam/classroom-magazines/scope/issues/2022-23/110122/welcome-to-2122/SCOPE-110122-PairedTexts-ChoiceBoard2.pdf

Narrative Non-Fiction

ivemen98_ — 2023-11-12 20:37:05 UTC

The story of the September 11 attacks and the largest boat rescue in history

By Allison Friedman From the September 2021 Issue

Learning Objective: to write an essay about the hope, courage, and heroism that can be found in a story about September 11, 2001

Click on the link below to see your assignment:

https://scope.scholastic.com/content/dam/classroom-magazines/scope/issues/2021-22/090121/rescue-at-the-waters-edge/SCOPE-090121-Nonfiction-PTW.pdf

Short Read: A Toilet on the Moon

ivemen98_ — 2023-11-12 20:46:40 UTC

Going to the bathroom in space is tough. A new toilet might make it easier.

By Kristin Lewis From the September 2021 Issue

Learning Objective: Write a Short-Constructed Response.

Prompt: Why is it challenging to deal with human waste during a mission to the moon? Support your answer with at least two pieces of text evidence.
Click on the link below to see you assignment:
https://scope.scholastic.com/content/dam/classroom-magazines/scope/issues/2021-22/090121/a-toilet-on-the-moon/SCOPE-090121-ShortWriteKit.pdf

Paire Texts: Jeans Nation

ivemen98_ — 2023-11-27 18:35:08 UTC

How did all of America end up wearing the same type of pants?

By Allison Friedman

From the September 2022 Issue

Learning Objective: to synthesize information from two nonfiction texts

Click on the link below in order to see the assignment:

https://scope.scholastic.com/content/dam/classroom-magazines/scope/issues/2022-23/090122/jeans-nation/SCOPE-090122-PairedTexts-CloseReadingCriticalThinking.pdf

Narrative Non-Fiction: Trapped in a Cave

ivemen98_ — 2023-11-27 19:21:16 UTC

Deep inside this mountain in Thailand, a soccer team and their coach are stranded in a flooded cave. Thousands of people will race against the clock to save them.

By Christina Soontornvat

From the November 2021 Issue

Learning Objective: to identify problem-solution relationships that appear in a narrative nonfiction article

Click on the link below to see your assignment:

https://scope.scholastic.com/content/dam/classroom-magazines/scope/issues/2021-22/110121/trapped-in-a-cave/SCOPE-110121-Nonfiction-ChoiceBoard.pdf

Debate: Should Artifacts Be Taken From the Titanic?

ivemen98_ — 2023-11-27 19:27:00 UTC

Over the years, some 5,500 items have been removed from the wreckage of the ill-fated ship. Is this right?

By Mackenzie Carro

From the December 2023/January 2024 Issue

Learning Objective: to analyze the arguments in two essays and decide which argument is the strongest

Click on the link below to see your assignment:

https://scope.scholastic.com/content/dam/classroom-magazines/scope/pages/misc/evergreens/SCOPE-Reference-EthosPathosLogos-EvergreenActivity.pdf