Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World Nonfiction Book Study

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This is a 185-page Common Core aligned complete book study for the nonfiction text, Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance. This book study teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess the novel. Includes a basic comprehensive quiz and a final exam that includes PARCC-style Part A/Part B questions for increased rigor. The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ALL ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED.

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Included in this Nonfiction Book Study Guide for Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World:

Introductory and Informational Materials:

• Interactive Bulletin Board featuring the crew of the Endurance
• Voyage Map
• Teaching Notes
• List of websites to extend learning, including some videos on YouTube of the PBS show about Shackleton
• CCSS Checklists for grades 6 – 8

Vocabulary Building Materials:

• Vocabulary Master List (digital option)
• “Mark My Words” Student Vocabulary Bookmark
• Word Wall Cards
• Vocabulary and Definition Cards
• Vocabulary Quiz (answer key included)

Student Packet (divided by chapters) (digital option) featuring:

• Anticipation Guide
• Vocabulary
• Chapter Questions
• Focused Instruction on Key Literary Elements
• Discussion Questions
• Student Activities
• Writing Prompts

Skill Building Activities and Worksheets:

• Writer’s Notebook Questions
• Media Format Compare and Contrast
• Link to Current Events – Chilean Mine Rescue – Have students read about their situation and compare it to Shackleton’s
• Explore Text Structures Graphic Organizer Set (digital option)
• Compare and Contrast Fiction and Nonfiction Texts – suggested fictional short story with similar situation/theme for students to read/compare text features, theme development, etc.
• Determining Central Ideas or Themes

Activities Included in this Book Study:

• Team Building Activity – a task for students to accomplish by communicating nonverbally
• Survival Activity – – students choose things to discard or to take with them that will help them survive
• Make a Sextant Activity – students can make a sextant and figure out their latitude
• Q & A Dice Game

Supplemental Worksheets:

• Grouping Similar Items Worksheet (digital option)
• Antarctic Animals Grouping Worksheet (digital option)
• Nautical Terms Crossword Puzzle (digital option)
• Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World Crossword Puzzle (digital option)

Assessments:

• Vocabulary Review Quiz (matching)
• Whole-Book Comprehensive Quiz (M/C and fill-in) (digital option—Google Forms™–self-grading)
• Whole-Book Final Exam with Part A/Part B Questions (M/C) (digital option—Google Forms™–self-grading)

Common Core Standards utilized with this unit:

• R.I. 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.10
• R.I. 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.10
• R.I. 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.10
• L 8.4, 7.4, 6.4
• L 8.5, 7.5, 6.5
• L 8.6, 7.6, 6.6

Skills addressed in this book study guide include:

• inferences
• theme
• figurative language (recognizing and explaining)
• vocabulary in context
• summarizing
• foreshadowing
• synonyms and antonyms
• tone
• identifying action verbs
• interpreting feelings of characters w/ support text
• compare and contrast
• sequencing of events
• Greek and Latin roots
• identifying parts of speech
• identifying protagonist/antagonist

Curriculum tie-ins:

• Antarctica
• explorers
• survival
• winter
• 20th century history
• teamwork

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