EverestQuest Reading Trail

Expedition journals
are the basis for
these reading
lesson plans.

Expedition Goals
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Journals:
(most recent is first)

#23: ‘Unfinished Business’

#22: Our Thanks to Everyone

#21: Chomolongma Has Turned Us Away

#20: Weather Woes

#19: We Have to Believe

#18: Preparing for the Summit

#17: Dogs of Everest

#16: ‘My God, What
a Wrenching Loss’

#15: We Send Our
Thoughts and Prayers

#14: Arrival at
Advanced Basecamp

#13: Hard to
Say Goodbye

#12: ‘We’ll do it
right, Jim.’

#11: Jim Wickwire’s Departure

#10: Update on
Ed’s Prostheses

#9: This Honest
Mountain

#8: Sliding Down
the Crevasse

#7: Saddle Up,
We’re Moving Out

#6: Lots of Yaks

#5: Arrival at
Basecamp

#4: Dreaming
of Spam

#3: Crossing
the Border

#2: Kathmandu

#1: Depart
Minneapolis

The reading lesson plans listed below reflect the following recommendations by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association:

Students should read a wide range of print and non-print texts.
Students should apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate and appreciate texts.
Students should employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements to communicate effectively.
Students should conduct research.
Students should use a variety of technological and informational resources.

Note: Available Lesson Plans are underlined.

Expedition Vocabulary	Clarify word meaning using context clues and a variety of resources, including dictionaries and thesauruses.
Cause and Effect	Identify cause and effect structures within nonfiction texts.
Text Structure	Identify text structures within nonfiction texts.
Problem Solving Tree	Use graphic organizer to analyze story structure within nonfiction texts.
Comparing and Contrasting Journals	Compare and contrast the content and organization of selections.
Connecting to Visual Images	Connect information in text to information presented through visual images.
Myths and Legends	Identify definitive features of two different literary forms (journals and fables).
Journal Writing	Compose well-organized and coherent narrative writing for a specific audience using the writing process.
Persuasive Writing	Compose well-organized and coherent persuasive writings.
Researching Why People Climb	Locate, organize and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas.

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