Adrenaline 6-pack Author: Various ISBN: 9780176358099 Lesson Plan Grade Level: 8 Theme/Topic: Challenge, Adventure Classification: Nonfiction, Fiction

Key Reading Strategy: Asking Questions

The lesson plans in this issue of High Wire Magazine highlight the reading strategy of Asking Questions.  Opportunities to practice using this strategy are indicated by the symbol.  For more information on this strategy, see page 7.  Assessment Master 3, in the Program and Assessment Guide can be used for this strategy.

Curriculum Links: science, social studies

Introducing the Magazine

Setting the Scene

Tell the students that this issue of High Wire Magazine is about how people respond to stress and about the pros and cons of stress. It talks about how and why our bodies release adrenaline and the effects it can have on us.

Making Connections

Tell the students that as they work their way through this magazine, they will learn about being pumped, wired, and stressed.  Ask questions such as the following:

• What do you think of when you hear the word “adrenaline”?
• What does “fight or flight” mean? Do you know what the fight or flight response is?
• When have you been so wired that you could feel the adrenaline coursing through you? What were you doing?
• Why do you think some people are constantly in search of the next adrenaline buzz?

The selections in this issue of High Wire Magazine include a variety of genres, although most of them are nonfiction.  Spend some time previewing a variety of nonfiction forms of writing before you start reading the selections.

For more information please see our Lesson Plan