Scott Foresman Reading Street

PRACTICE Think about the ways you use headings when reading online at home and at school.

The next time you're working on a report, brainstorm a list of important words and phrases related to your topic. These will be the words to look for when you scan headings online.
The next time you access the Internet to find information, scan the headings on the Web pages you visit. Use them to help you evaluate online sources and to locate relevant information quickly.

Use the Strategy

The next time you are looking for information on a Web page, scan the headings to figure out what each section will likely be about.
Keep your research topic in mind. Ask yourself: Will this section tell me what I want to know?
Decide which sections would likely contain the most useful information and read those sections first. Skip sections that are not related to your research topic. If none of the headings on the Web page seem relevant, you may want to visit another page or try a different Web site.

USE HEADINGS Point out that, like print sources, headings in online sources can help readers predict the content of a Web page and find relevant information quickly. Good researchers scan headings to see if the Web page is likely to have the information they need.

Strategies for Navigation

Possible response: I would look at the ending of the Web site's address to see what kind of site it is and whether it is likely to be reliable.

CONNECT TEXT-TO-TEXT

Reading Across Texts

Suggest students work in small groups to review the texts and brainstorm descriptive words. They may also want to consult a thesaurus to find synonyms.

Writing Across Texts Remind students to include words from their lists in the job description. You may want to provide students with a few Help Wanted ads from the newspaper to use as models.

You click on the online encyclopedia link to connect to the Web site.
The following information appears on your screen.

You take notes on Louise Arner
Boyd for your report. Then you
search for information on other American women explorers and evaluate the sources you find. As
you learn about these women, you
take notes and finish your report.

2. American Louise Arner Boyd spent many years
exploring the Arctic. In 1955, at age 68, Boyd became
the first woman to fly over the North Pole.

1. In 1869, Alexandrine Pieternella Françoise Tinné
became the first Dutch woman to cross the Sahara Desert.

Columbus, Magellan, Lewis and Clark, Hiram Bingham—
their stories are well known. But what about the ladies?
Here are some extraordinary women adventurers.

Louise Boyd was born in 1887 into a rich San
Raphael, California, family. She made her first
trip to the Arctic in 1924. Boyd first became known
in the Arctic in 1928, when she searched for the
missing explorer Roald Amundsen. Boyd received
a medal from the king of Norway for her efforts.

trips to the Arctic. During some of those trips, she worked for the United
States military.

In 1955, at age 67, she chartered a DC-4 aircraft to fly her over the North
Pole. The 16-hour flight flew nonstop to the Pole and back. She became the
first woman to go to the North Geographic Pole. Boyd died in 1972 at age 85.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Boyd made five

Looking through the list, you decide to
research Louise Arner Boyd. You type
“Louise Arner Boyd” into the SEARCH
window of a search engine and you get
these results.

Voyage Round the World.

3. Austrian Ida Reyer Pfeiffer traveled around the world

Writing Across Texts Use your list to write a job
description for an adventurer.

Both this article and Amelia and Eleanor describe
adventurous women. Think about what these women
were like. Make a list of words that describe them.

Reading Across Texts

You click on the link
A biography Web
site — Louise Arner
Boyd and a new
window opens
with the following
information.

Female Explorers Homepage

An online reference source — Louise Arner Boyd

A biography Web site — Louise Arner Boyd

An educational Web site — Louise Arner Boyd

Sites about Louise Arner Boyd
and other Female Explorers

When evaluating a Web site, what should you do first?

Sequence



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	Guided Practice If time allows, have students log on to the Internet. Show them how to use headings to predict the content of a Web page and locate helpful information quickly. Help students make connections between the steps they are doing and related vocabulary terms. Practice In pairs, have students take turns describing the steps for using headings to evaluate sources and locate relevant information.