Finding the Titanic
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Finding the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard
Summary
Robert Ballard not only tells the story of his 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. Genre Narrative Nonfiction - A series of actual events come to life in a true story. Website Click here to find out more about Mr. Ballard Click here to learn more about the history of the Titanic |
Instructional Goals
Reading
Strategy Focus: Monitor/Clarify Comprehension Skill: Text Organization Comprehension Skill Review: Author's viewpoint; Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details Information and Study Skills: Adjusting Reading Rate Word Work: Spelling: The long and short /I /and /O/ vowel sounds. Structural Analysis: Syllabication Vocabulary: Using a Thesaurus Writing & Language: Grammar: Compound Sentences Writing: Writing on Demand: Response to Literature; Sentence Fluency |
Key Vocabulary
funnels: smokestacks
plaques: flat markers that are engraved with words shipwrecks: wrecked ships survivors: people who have stayed alive unsinkable: impossible to sink voyage: a long journey to a distant place wreckage: the remains of something that has been destroyed |
Other Vocabulary
hull: the main frame or body of a ship
bow: the front of a ship steward: an assistant on a ship or an airplane still: to make quiet third-class: having food and shelter on board of the least quality and price second-class: having food and shelter on board at a quality just below the highest or first class iceberg: a huge floating piece of ice broken off from a glacier distress: needing immediate help stern: the rear of the ship drenched: soaked loomed: came out from mist or darkness portholes: small, round windows in a ship crow's nest: a small lookout structure at the top of a ship monument: a structure in memory of people who have died |
Titanic Expedition 2004
Short video of what Ballard and his crew found when returning to the Titanic wreckage in 2004.
Titanic by the Numbers
Facts and information about the Titanic and its voyage
