Scott Foresman Reading Street

PRACTICE Think about the ways you use online directories at home and at school.

Which links do you use most often? Why?
The next time you access the Internet, use an online directory to help you find information about something that interests you or that you need to complete a homework assignment.

Use the Strategy

Scan the headings on the first page of the directory you are using. Each heading is a link; for example, Science and Nature, Entertainment, and so on. Click once on the link you are interested in.
Usually, the first link you click on in an online directory will take you to other links, also in the form of headings.
Sometimes you have to repeat this process a number of times. Eventually, you will get a list of links similar to the search results in a search engine. Read the information next to each link and click on the link that looks most useful.

USE LINKS In online directories, links appear as categories. They also appear within Web sites, which may refer to other sites. In order to access the information, you'll have to click on the links.

Strategies for Navigation

Possible response: Full name, birth date, birthplace, facts about family background and achievements.

Dates

Call students' attention to all of the dates in this web site. Have them explain how dates are capitalized and punctuated. Encourage them to use proper capitalization and punctuation of dates in their own writing.

CONNECT TEXT TO TEXT

Reading Across Texts

Discuss the ways in which the two athletes are similar and different. Think in particular about their achievements and what it took to become successful. Use a T-chart to help you organize the information.

Writing Across Texts Use the ideas in the T-chart to help you write your paragraph.

When you click on Female Olympians, you get a
list of Web sites. You decide to click on this one:

1. Wilma Rudolph: The 20th of 22 children, Rudolph
overcame many hardships to become an outstanding
African American, female athlete.

On September 7, 1960, in Rome, Wilma became the first American woman
to win three gold medals in the Olympics. She won the 100-meter dash
and the 200-meter dash and ran anchor on the 400-meter relay team.

ACHIEVEMENTS: In high school, she became a basketball star.
She set state records for scoring. She led her team to a state
championship. Then she became a track star, going to her first
Olympic Games in 1956. She won a bronze medal in the 4x4 relay.

NAME: Wilma Glodean Rudolph
BIRTHDATE: June 23, 1940
BIRTHPLACE: Clarksville, Tennessee

Here is what you get.

FAMILY BACKGROUND: Wilma weighed only
4 1/2 pounds when she was born. Because of racial
segregation laws, she and her mother were not
permitted into the local hospital. Over the next few years,
her mother nursed her to health. Then Wilma got polio,
a crippling disease that had no cure at the time. The
doctor told Mrs. Rudolph that Wilma would never walk. But after hard work, Wilma
was finally able to walk with the aid of a metal leg brace. By age 12, she could walk
normally. It was then that she decided to become an athlete.

Writing Across Texts Write a paragraph comparing the
two athletes, and then tell what you think contributed to
their exceptional achievements.

Think about Gertrude Ederle and Wilma Rudolph. How
would you compare the two athletes and their achievements?

Reading Across Texts

Look for facts about Wilma Rudolph that can be proved.

Fact and Opinion



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	Guided Practice If there is time, have students log on to the Internet. Show them how to use an online directory to find information. Help students make connections between the steps they are doing and related vocabulary terms. Practice In pairs, have students take turns describing the process for using online directories to find information. Students can do this online or offline, depending on time and classroom resources.