Here's how Scope uses proven activities to help build proficiency in understanding literary elements, text structures, essay writing, and higher-order thinking skills:

• 13 Issues per year bring middle school students high-interest language arts reading material written just for them.
• Narrative Nonfiction on thrilling topics that students relate to, turning curious teens into avid readers of nonfiction that can analyze texts, identify factual details, understand cause and effect, and predict outcomes.
• Fiction by today's top young adult authors gives your students new reading material from the writers they know and love.
• Read-Aloud Plays based on classic stories, book-related movies, myths and fables, build reading confidence and are an easy way to boost class participation.
• Skill Focused Nonfiction, including our teacher favorite "Then & Now" for detailed compare & contrast learning and improved debate skills.
• Scope Essay Kit takes students step-by-step as they write a complete essay, practice finding main ideas and supporting evidence, summarizing, writing transitions, hooks and conclusions.and even revising!
• Grammar and Vocabulary builders that reinforce the important rules of English grammar and words that are likely to be featured on standardized tests.
• Writing Practice is included in every issue with a number of writing prompts, writing contests, caption contests, follow-up questions, and more.
• Teacher's Edition with every issue includesstandards-based lessons, graphic organizers, reproducible skills sheets, and more!
• Online Resources are FREE with your subscription. You'll have complete access to digital multimedia lesson plans for your whiteboard or projector as well as digital articles that combine the magazine's high interest content with exciting videos, audio clips, interviews, photographs, interactive quizzes, and web links.

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