Lost? Found! 6-pack Author: Various ISBN: 9780176358082 Lesson Plan Grade Level: 8 Theme/Topic: Adventure, Change over Time, Discovery, Earth Science, Exploration, Geography, Journeys, Problem Solving Classification: Fiction, Nonfiction

Key Reading Strategy: Skimming and Scanning

The lesson plans in this issue of High Wire Magazine highlight the reading strategy of Skimming and Scanning.  Opportunities to practice this strategy are indicated by the symbol.  For more information on this strategy, see page 8.  Assessment Master 13 in the Program and Assessment Guide can be used for this strategy.

Curriculum Links: science, technology, social studies

Introducing the Magazine

Setting the Scene

Tell the students that this issue of High Wire Magazine is about losing and finding objects, people, memory, and civilizations.

Making Connections

Tell the students that, as they read this magazine, they will learn about lost civilizations, lost memories, lost treasure, and lost pride.  Ask questions such as the following:

• What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words “lost and found”?
• What ancient (lost) civilizations do you know about?
• What about lost treasure? What stories, real or imaginary, do you know about?

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