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Title: Selection 3: Finding the Titanic by Robert D' Ballard discoverer of the Titanic


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Selection 3 Finding the Titanicby Robert D.
Ballarddiscoverer of the Titanic
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Selection Summary
  • Robert Ballard tells the story of his search for
    and high-tech discovery of the wreck of the
    Titanic. He also tells the story of the
    disaster, focusing on the experience of a young
    girl who survived the dreadful night.

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Key Concept
  • Searching for a shipwreck

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Key Vocabulary
  • Funnels
  • Plaques
  • Shipwrecks
  • Survivors

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Key Vocabulary
  • Unsinkable
  • Voyage
  • Wreckage

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Funnels- smokestacks
  • Smoke was billowing from the funnels as the ship
    left the docks at Southampton, England.

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Plaque- a flat marker that is engraved with words
  • A plaque was made to honor those who lost their
    lives on the Titanic.

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Shipwreck- a wrecked ship
  • The Titanic is the most famous shipwreck of all
    time.

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Survivors- people who have stayed alive
  • Ruth Becker was one of the survivors of the
    Titanic shipwreck.

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Unsinkable- impossible to sink
  • The builders of the Titanic said it was
    unsinkable.

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Voyage- a long journey to a distant place
  • Ruth Becker and her family boarded the Titanic
    for the voyage to America.

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Wreckage- the remains of something that has been
destroyed
  • Robert Ballard and his team discovered the
    wreckage at the bottom of the ocean.

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This map compares the depth of the Titanic
shipwreck to the height of 4 different mountains.
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This drawing of the Titanic shows its size
compared to other objects.
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Now lets take a look at some of the reading
skills we will be learning as we read Finding the
Titanic
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Strategy Focus
  • As you read about the Titanic disaster and the
    search for the wreck, monitor your understanding.
  • Clarify by rereading or by reading ahead.

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Comprehension Skill Focus
  • We will focus on text organization as you read
    this nonfiction selection.

You could use an organizational outline to show
how the author organized his information.
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An organizational outline tells the main idea of
the text and the pictures in each chapter.
  • Chapter One
  • A. Main idea
  • B. What the pictures show
  • Chapter Two
  • A. Main idea
  • B. What the pictures show

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