Know Your World Extra articles from October 2005

Know Your World Extra archives from October 2005

From the editor.(Teacher's Guide)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
October 14, 2005... This is a good old-fashioned spooky issue. Halloween is just around the comer, and it's the kind of holiday that is simply crawling with creepy things that get kids reading. If the cover of the issue doesn't tell you, the inside will--we 're...

Real-life monsters.(Cover Story)
October 14, 2005... Reading Level 3.5 OVERVIEW Students read about three creatures--or "monsters"--that are known to exist only in legend and rumor. Whether or not they are real is a matter of opinion. Scientists have been trying to prove or disprove the...

Frankenstein.(lessons)
October 14, 2005... Reading Level 3.5 OVERVIEW Students read a dramatic adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel. The play presents Victor Frankenstein's horrible journey through the dark side of science. Students will meet the original characters,...

The mystery of bigfoot.
October 14, 2005... Read the passage below. Five words are in boldface. Try to figure out what the boldfaced words mean. Does a creature that is part man and part ape live in North America? Some people say yes. They call the creature Bigfoot. Other people say...

The Italian Peninsula.
October 14, 2005... Study the map of Italy below. Then circle the correct word or words to finish each statement. 1. The capital of Italy is Rome | Naples. 2. Serbia | Sardinia is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. 3. The country directly north of...

Freaky Frank.(about Frankenstein)
October 14, 2005... How well do you remember the play Frankenstein? Answer the questions below. Make a check mark next to each correct answer. 1. Where does the story take place? --a. New York --b. Geneva, Switzerland --c. Paris, France 2....

Real monsters?
October 14, 2005... You've read the article about the chupacabra, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness monster. Now see if you can tell fact from fiction. Mark each statement T (true) or F (false). -- 1. Stacy Womack found a strange creature under her mother's house in...

Things that go bump in the night.(word games)
October 14, 2005... Hiding in the word search grid are 14 scary things. You may read the letters forward, backward, up, down, or diagonally. All the words or names are in a straight line. A letter may be part of more than one word, and words may overlap. Refer to...

Eye of the sky.(glowing building in Rome, Italy)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2005... Here's one eye that never blinks! It's in the Pantheon (PAN-thee-on), a great, round 2,000-year-old building in Rome, Italy. In the center of the ceiling is a giant oculus (OK-yoo-lus), or eye. As the sun moves during the day, light shines...

Sci-fi high!(Science Fiction Museum in Seattle. Washington)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2005... If you are a science fiction fan, Seattle. Washington, is the place for you. That's the home of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. At the museum, you can see "Spacedock." It has models of all the greatest spaceships of science...

Zorro rides again.(The Legend of Zorro to have same starcast as that of The Mask of Zorro)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2005... Zorro, the bandit hero of old, wowed fans in the 1998 movie The Mask of Zorro. Now the masked crusader is back in another Zorro movie, The Legend of Zorro. The new movie is set to open October 28 and promises even more action than the first...

Fame lives forever.(tombs of dead Hollywood stars)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2005... It's your first trip to Hollywood, and you're looking for some celebrities. Good luck! Most celebrities stay out of sight. There's one way, however, you can see all the Hollywood stars you want. They won't flee, and you can visit them...

Cool dates.(birthdays, World Series and Halloween)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
October 14, 2005... * October 16 Pop singer John Mayer turns 28. * October 17 Rapper Eminem turns 33. * October 22 Listen for the bats of October! The 2005 World Series begins in the home city of baseball's American League champion. *...

Crop circles: do pranksters make them?
October 14, 2005... Reading Level 3.5 OVERVIEW Crop circles are large, elaborate designs cut into farm fields. They started showing up in southern England in 1972, and they have been appearing regularly since then. Most credible scientists believe that...

Read, listen, repeat: changing the world, one word at a time.(RepeatAfterUs.com)
October 14, 2005... Repeat after us: Ellie Wen is on a mission. She wants to help people from all over the world learn to speak English. Wen, 18, created a Web site called RepeatAfterUs.com. The Web site has nursery rhymes, poems, and speeches. There are...

What are you eating?(food labels and nutrition values of food)
October 14, 2005... Yum. Everyone loves mac and cheese. But before you spoon up some of that cheesy orange stuff, pick up the box. Check out the food label. Do you really know what you're eating? Food labels contain information about nutrition. Nutrition is...

What's so funny?(Stuff)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2005... Is the U.S. space program going underground? Give this astronaut something funny to say. We can't return your entries, but we will post our favorites on our Web site. So go to www.weeklyreader.com/kywto see the entries we chose.

Brainteaser.(Stuff)
October 14, 2005... The boxes below contain a word puzzle. The size and position of the words suggest common phrases, Can you guess each phrase? BAD WOLF miss muffet AGE BEAUTY EGG EGG EASY Brainteaser (page 16) 1. big bad wolf, 2. age...