A wildfire in Yellowstone Park.Courtesy of NOAA Paleoclimatology Program.Student poems based on "Summer of Fire."

Poem is open-ended / free form / no rules...

except to use at least 3 of the vocabulary words from the story in your poem.

These vocab words are in the "Words to Know" box.

Homework: Thursday 11/18/10.

Matthew Henson, an Arctic Explorer

Matthew Henson helped Peary explore the Arctic
CREDIT: Matthew Alexander Henson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing fur hat and fur coat, 1910. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Reproduction Number LC-USZC4-7503.


Assigned: Wednesday, November 10th, 2010.

We recently read the story in our literature book titled, Matthew Henson at the Top of the World. (pages 101-110.)

Pretend that you are an Arctic explorer. What will you pack on your sled to take with you in order to survive your expedition to the North Pole?

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Thank you, Ms. Kaplanis