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Differentiated for Common Core • Nonfiction Text Features Interactive Notebook Annotations • Comparing Multiple Accounts Survivor’s Stories ©2014 erin cobb imlovinlit.com Titanic! Nonfiction Text Features & Comparing Multiple Accounts Table of Contents Unit 1: Nonfiction Text Features – Teacher’s Guide 3-4 Unit 1: Nonfiction Text Features – Titanic Book 5-11 Unit 1: Nonfiction Text Features – Titanic Book Annotating Guide 12-18 Unit 1: Nonfiction Text Features – Article Option 19-22 Unit 1: Nonfiction Text Features – Titanic Comprehension Questions 23 Unit 1: Nonfiction Text Features – Titanic Comprehension Answer Key 24 Unit 2: Comparing Multiple Accounts – Teacher’s Guide 25 Unit 2: Comparing Multiple Accounts – Lawrence Beesley’s Story 26 Unit 2: Comparing Multiple Accounts – Margaret Brown’s Story 27 Unit 2: Comparing Multiple Accounts – John Thayer’s Story 28 Unit 2: Comparing Multiple Accounts – Activity Version 1 29-30 Unit 2: Comparing Multiple Accounts – Activity Version 2 31-32 Unit 2: Comparing Multiple Accounts – Answer Key 33-34 Credits 35 Titanic! ©2014 erin cobb imlovinlit.com Table of Contents imlovinlit.com The Birth of the RMS Titanic . 1 The The Voyage Begins . .2 cobb The Ship of Dreams . 3 erin Titanic ©2014 Lifeboats . 4 Iceberg. 4-5 Tragedy 5 The Titanic Sinks. 5-7 Rescue . 8 Aftermath. 8-9 i Titanic! Nonfiction Text Features Rescue As hundreds of people entered the frigid imlovinlit.com waters with the ship, their cries for help were largely ignored by those in nearby lifeboats out of fear that the frantic victims might storm and topple over the lifeboats. Eventually, one lifeboat would return to cobb rescue survivors from the water, but only after erin waiting until a considerable amount of time had ©2014 passed. In the end, only seven people were pulled Titanic survivors wait to be rescued. This photograph was taken from the water after the ship sank. from the deck of Carpathia on the morning of April 15, 1914. Those in lifeboats would wait until around 4:15 in danger, traveling at dangerous speeds and dodging for the RMS Carpathia to arrive and take passengers nearby icebergs to reach the distressed Titanic. aboard. Some passengers climbed up rope ladders to 9 At around 2:15am, the ship suddenly began to reach the Carpathia while others had to be hoisted in sink more rapidly. The bow, or front end of the ship, slings. By 9:00am, all surviving passengers were dipped under and water began to pour onto the ship. onboard the RMS Carpathia. It would take three full The angle of the ship increased as the stern, or back days for the Carpathia to reach New York due to end of the ship, lifted into the air, exposing the ship’s icebergs and thick fog. It was then that the public giant propellers. Then, the ship began breaking into two became aware of the depth of the Titanic tragedy. pieces, and the bow separated from the stern and Fate of Titanic’s Passengers, by Class sank to the bottom of the ocean. The stern bobbed in Class People on Board Percentage Saved the water for a few minutes before the back end rose to nearly a vertical angle, straight up and down, and First Class 325 62% sank into the Atlantic Ocean. Those who remained on Second Class 285 41% the Titanic either jumped into the frigid waters or sank Third Class 706 25% with the ship. 7 8 Titanic! Nonfiction Text Features Glossary imlovinlit.com bow – the front of a ship; the forward part of the hull of a boat don – to put on (clothing); to assume or take on cobb erin embarkation – the boarding of passengers onto a ship stateroom – a private compartment on a ship, usually ©2014 Aftermath sleeping quarters As the details of the Titanic’s sinking were stern – the rear part of a ship revealed, the public was outraged. Questions emerged. vertical angle – in a position that is straight up and Why had the ship proceeded at full speed despite the down 10 iceberg warnings? Why had the Titanic carried so few lifeboats? Why had J. Bruce Ismay rescued himself while women and children were still onboard? In response to the public’s outcry, laws were changed, requiring ships to carry enough lifeboats for the number of passengers onboard. Furthermore, the US government passed the Radio Act of 1912 to require that ships leave radio communications on 24 hours a day in order to be able to receive distress calls from nearby ships. By 1913, the United States Coast Guard formed the International Ice Patrol to monitor and report on icebergs in the northern Atlantic Ocean. 9 10 Titanic! Nonfiction Text Features Index imlovinlit.com accommodations . .3 Captain, see Smith, Edward Carpathia . .6, 8 cobb Cherbourg. .2 erin construction . .1 Cork Harbour. .2 ©2014 Fleet, Frederick. .4 iceberg . .4 Ismay, J. Bruce. .1, 6 Ismay, Thomas Henry . .1 11 lifeboats . .4, 6 Liverpool, England. .1, 2 Murdoch, William. .5 Queenstown, Ireland. .2 Radio Act of 1912 . .9 rescue. .8 sinking . .5, 6, 7 Smith, Edward (Captain) . .4 Southampton. .1 White Star Line. .1, 6 11 12 Titanic! Nonfiction Text Features imlovinlit.com Heading - the title of a Subheading page or article cobb erin Caption – words Subheading under a photo ©2014 • a smaller that give a “heading” short under a main explanation or 13 heading description of • gives the the photo topic of only one part of the text Photographs Caption Photographs – pictures that show Visual Aid – a map, chart, graph, or table used to how things look in real life illustrate facts or data in a way that can be best shown in a format other than plain text Titanic! Nonfiction Text Features The Titanic Tragedy minutes before the back end rose to nearly a vertical angle, straight up and down, and sank into the Atlantic Ocean. Those who remained on the Titanic either jumped into the frigid waters or sank with the ship. Fate of Titanic’s Passengers, by Class Rescue Class People on Board Percentage Saved As hundreds of people entered the frigid waters with the ship, their First Class 325 62% cries for help were largely ignored by Second Class 285 41% those in nearby lifeboats out of fear Third Class 706 25% that the frantic victims might storm and topple over the lifeboats. Eventually, one lifeboat would return to rescue survivors from the water, but only after waiting until a considerable amount of time had passed. In the end, only seven people were pulled from the water after the ship sank. Those in lifeboats would wait until around 4:15 for the RMS Carpathia to arrive and take passengers aboard. Some passengers climbed up rope ladders to reach the Carpathia while others had to be hoisted in slings. By 9:00am, all surviving passengers were onboard the RMS Carpathia. It would take three full days for the Carpathia to reach New York due to icebergs and thick fog. It was then that the public became aware of the depth of the Titanic tragedy. Aftermath As the details of the Titanic’s sinking were revealed, the public was outraged. Questions emerged. Why had the ship proceeded at full speed despite the iceberg warnings? Why had the Titanic carried so few lifeboats? Why had J. Bruce Ismay rescued himself while women and children were still onboard? In response to the public’s outcry, laws were changed, requiring ships to carry enough lifeboats for the number of passengers onboard. Furthermore, the US government passed the Radio Act of 1912 to require that ships leave radio communications on 24 hours a day in order to be able to receive distress calls from nearby ships. By 1913, the United States Coast Guard formed the International Ice Patrol to monitor and report on icebergs in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Titanic! Nonfiction Text Features 22 ©2014 erin cobb imlovinlit.com The Titanic Tragedy Comprehension Questions 1. The White Star Line was founded in 7. Which detail from the text best supports the a) 1845 idea that the White Star Line was in some b) 1891 way responsible for the loss of passengers? c) 1907 a) There were not enough lifeboats on d) 1908 board for all of the passengers. b) The Carpathia was too far away to 2. At which of the following places did the rescue the Titanic in time. Titanic not pick up passengers? c) Captain Smith ordered that the a) Queenstown Titanic proceed at full speed despite b) New York the iceberg warnings. c) Southampton d) Many passengers ignored warnings to d) Cherbourg report to deck. 3. Why did the author include photographs of 8. Which of the following statements about the first and third class staterooms? fate of Titanic’s passengers is true? a) to show you how tiny the third class a) Most of the passengers bought second staterooms were class tickets. b) to show you how luxurious the first b) First class passengers were more class staterooms were likely to have survived the sinking c) to show you the differences between than second or third class passengers. the first and third class staterooms c) Most of those who survived were third d) to encourage you to ride on a ship like class passengers. the Titanic d) Second class passengers were more likely to have died than first class 4. What was the main problem with the passengers. lifeboats? a) There wasn’t enough time to load all 9. What is the main idea of the section of the passengers before the ship sank “Aftermath”? b) The lifeboats were lowered only half a) J. Bruce Ismay rescued himself full instead of helping women and children.