All the resources you need to deliver dynamic, cross-genre lessons
Here’s how Scope helps you achieve your most important language arts objectives:
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Complex Texts: To help you effectively meet Common Core Standards, Scope's articles are written at high Lexile® levels and supported by challenging reader tasks that demand close reading.
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A wide range of genres—finding rigorous and engaging texts in multiple genres can be a time-consuming task for busy teachers. That’s why Scope does all the work for you! Each issue features:
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Thrilling Narrative Nonfiction is the centerpiece of each issue. Packaged with a text in another genre like a poem or speech, articles encourage your students to make meaningful connections across a variety of genres and text types.
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Exciting, Original Fiction challenges students to identify literary devices, explore figurative language, and connect short works of fiction to other genres.
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Paired Texts explore a fascinating topic or theme in two or more texts. Students make connections between the texts, compare and contrast, and synthesize key ideas and details from a wide range of genres.
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Readers Theater Plays bring classic stories, myths, and historical events to life and excite students about hard-to-teach genres and cross-curricular topics.
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Debate/Essay Kit takes issues right out of students’ lives and will inspire lively discussion and great argument writing using text evidence.
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Fun Grammar and Editing Activities challenge students to find and fix typical middle-school errors including commonly confused words, punctuation, and sentence structure. These activities are designed to build grammar and revision skills.
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Teacher’s Guides feature focused and easy-to-use language arts lesson plans that include step-by-step instructions for teaching the featured skills, discussion and writing prompts, a guide to the accompanying support materials, and much more just for you.
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Scope Online (www.scholastic.com/scope) is FREE with your subscription. On Scope Online you'll find rigorous activity sheets, fabulous videos, and incredible digital lessons that will challenge and engage students.
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