Trapped by the Ice by Michael McCurdy

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Trapped by the Ice! by Michael McCurdy

• Theme 5

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Awards

• American Bookseller Pick of the Lists

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Genre Narrative Nonfiction

• A narrative nonfiction story is about real
  people, things, and events.
• A series of actual events comes to life in this
  telling of a true story.

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Summary

• During Sir Ernest Shackletons 1914-1916
  Antarctic expedition, his ship was trapped and
  crushed in the frozen Weddell Sea. Shackelton and
  his men made a long and perilous journey across
  ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land. Not
  one man was lost.

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Background Information

• Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry (1874-1922),
  British explorer of Antarctica. Shackleton led
  three expeditions to the Antarctic, on one of
  them coming within 179 km (111 mi) of reaching
  the South Polethe closest anyone had come at
  that time. Shackleton is most remembered for
  leading the fabled Endurance expedition, in which
  his men survived for ten months on ice floes and
  on a barren uninhabited island after their ship
  was crushed by pack ice in the Weddell Sea.

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Key Concept

• Sir Ernest Shackeltons historic Antarctic journey

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Key Vocabulary

• barren
• crevasse
• deserted
• floes
• grueling
• impassable
• perilous
• terrain

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barren
having little plant or animal life
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crevasse
deep hole or crack
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deserted
empty not lived in, or having few or no people
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floes
large sheets of floating ice
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grueling
very tiring
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impassable
not able to be crossed or traveled through
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perilous
very dangerous
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terrain
land, ground, or earth
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Strategy Focus Monitor/Clarify

• You will use this strategy while you are reading
  to make sure you are understanding what you read.
• If something doesnt make sense
• look back
• reread
• read ahead

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Strategy Focus Clarify
Lets try it!

• Look at page 179. Clarify what that illustration
  is showing.

or
The picture on page 197 is confusing-is he going
up or coming down? How do you know?
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Comprehension Skill Focus Organizing Text

• When you organize text, you use
• headings
• photographs, illustrations, and graphics
• captions
• definitions
• dates
• These help to make the text logical and easier to
  understand and process.

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Graphic Organizer
Fill in the organizer with details from the story.
Text Organizer Purpose

• heading
• pictures
• dates
• captions
• definitions

• ____________________
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Meet the Author

• When he was a boy, Michael McCurdy loved
  printing. "I wanted above all to print things,"
  he says. "I wanted to set type, smell printers'
  ink, hear
• the clank of presses, and produce little
  newspapers. I wanted to put words together in a
  way that would please the eye." Later, after
  studying art and then teaching it, his dream
  finally came true. He started his own
• press, where he made fine books by hand.
• Today, Michael McCurdy still loves working
  on printed things. He designs
• and illustrates both his own books and
  books written by others. Some are
• children's books, and some are books for
  adults. He has designed cover and jacket art for
  books and magazines and made posters and prints.
  His art has also been shown in one-person and
  group shows.
• (from www.eduplace.com)

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Link to Houghton Mifflin

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