Coldest Place on Earth Day 1

Coldest Place on Earth : Day 1

Chapter 1

Learning Goal

Students will be able to read a nonfiction novel and demonstrate comprehension by answering questions using the text.

Students will be able to compare and contrast two main people by using the information in the text.

Open Ended

Where is the South Pole? What continent is it on?

Open Ended

What do you know about the South Pole? What lives there? What is the weather like?

The South Pole is located in Antartica. It is the most southern point of the earth.

Only penguins live there. It is the coldest place on earth.

Before Reading

You will answer questions about the story introduction. Read the story introduction then answer YES or NO to tell how much you already know about the story.

Intro: The Coldest Place On Earth

At the South Pole today there is a building called the Amundsen-Scott Station. Inside the buiding it is warm and people live and work there both in summer and in winter. Planes fly easily to and from the station, and the rest of the world is only a few hours away. But walk five hundered meteres away from the station, and Antartica is once again the coldest, emptiest place on earth.

continued....

In 1911, there were no place and no buildings at the South Pole. There was nothing. Only snow and ice and wind. There was no British flag, and no Norwegian flag. But across the ice, men were moving slowly south. Scott's men had ponies, and Amundsen's men had dogs and skis. The temperatures were -30 degrees Centigrade and worse. The men were tired, hungry, cold... Who was going to be the first man at the South Pole.

Inside the Amundsen-Scott Station today, there are some words written on the wall - words that Captain Scott wrote in his diary in 1912:

"Great God! This is an awful place."

Coldest Place on Earth

Back Cover Introduction

Multiple Select

A race to the North Pole began in 1910.

• YES / True

• No / False

Multiple Select

Scott was English and Amundsen was Norwegian.

• YES / True

• No / False

Multiple Select

There was nothing at the South Pole in 1911.

• YES / True

• No / False

Multiple Select

All of the travelers returned home after their journey.

• YES / True

• No / False

Multiple Select

Scott wrote: 'The South Pole is a beautiful place.'

• YES / True

• No / False

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