Within Reach 6-pack Author: Various ISBN: 9780176358228 Lesson Plan Grade Level: 7 Theme/Topic: Character Education, Overcoming Obstacles Classification: Fiction, Nonfiction

Key Reading Strategy: Asking Questions

The lesson plans in this issue of High Wire Magazine highlight the reading strategy Asking Questions.  Opportunities to practice this strategy are indicated by the symbol.  For more information on this strategy, see page 11.  Assessment Master 3 in the Program and Assessment Guide can be used for this strategy.

Curriculum Links: social studies, science

Introducing the Magazine

Setting the Scene

Tell the students that this issue of High Wire Magazine is about overcoming challenges.  It contains stories and articles about people who have
triumphed over barriers and achieved amazing results.

Making Connections

Explain to the students that this magazine includes a variety of both fiction and nonfiction selections about everyday people who have strived to achieve a goal while overcoming enormous barriers.  Ask questions such as the following:

• Have you worked really hard for something that means a lot to you?
• Have you had a personal goal that has been difficult to achieve because of obstacles?
• Who are some of your role models who have overcome hardships to achieve their goals?
• Why do you think this magazine is titled Within Reach?
• What is within your reach right now?

For more information please see our Lesson Plan