Shipwreck at the bottom of the world summary
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and The Endurance
November 18, 2019
Though unconventional, I picked this book for my book club book and was relieved others seemed to like it about as much as I did. Had some fun discussion. I've also sent my family a copy and challenged them to see if all 8 of can't get through and sign a copy within a year. Here's that email :)--- I do love a family project:
Dear Family,
(please feel free to share with your respective partners as desired) I want to share a book with you. I read it a couple years ago and liked it enough to choose it for this month's book club. It's about Shackleton's voyage to Antarctica in 1914. I promise you'll enjoy it.
I'm wondering if the copy can't make it through all of us within a year. It starts today at Dad's.
It's short-- can easily be read within a day or two and has something for everyone: Educational, but not cumbersome, Action and adventure, cute photos of puppies and baby penguins, and fun quotes like one from Hussy, the ship's meteorologist who described the crew playing banjo music for penguins in this way-- "They liked Negro spirituals and Irish jigs. A stro
A Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
A Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
by Jennifer Armstrong is the most exciting book I’ve ever read. It describes one of the most amazing adventures in history.
In 1914, 28 explorers try to cross Antarctica. They never get there. Their ship becomes trapped by ice 100 miles from their destination. The explorers are stranded for almost two years near Antarctica. In Antarctica the temperature can get to -100° Fahrenheit. Ernest Shackleton, the group’s leader, sails 800 miles in a 20-foot boat to look for help.
I loved reading the details of this adventure. With 40 photos from the actual explorers, I felt like I was there with them. I don’t like ice and cold, but I had to keep reading to find out what these explorers did to survive.
The author describes how brave these explorers were. As I read this book, I wondered if I could have been that brave. The author shows how different people can work together as a team. She also tells how important being a good leader is. The book is great from start to finish.
Individual chapter summaries written with English Language Learners and students with learning disabilities in mind. Summaries are detailed enough to allow scholars to follow along with the text and actively participate in class discussions but low enough of a reading level to allow struggling scholars to independently engage with the text.
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The Anchor version includes 20 summaries (19 chapters and the epilogue) each around 300 words. Summaries include all significant events and dates from the chapter as well as major accompanying details. Readability levels range from 5.0-6.5 with the majority of summaries between 5.6-5.8 readability level.
The Wheel version includes 20 summaries (19 chapters and the epilogue) that are all 100 words or less. These contain only the most important details or events and are all under a 5th grade readability level. The majority of summaries fall between a 4.0-4.5 readability level.
Summaries can be used in conjunction with one another and the text used to differentiate classwork or homework or to supplement instruction.
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Module 11: Shipwreck At the Bottom of the World (Book Review 14)
Crew for the Endurance.
Summary:
In the opening pages of
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
, Jennifer Armstrong asks readers to “just imagine yourself in the most hostile place on earth.” But she backs up to explain that the most hostile place is not a hot desert, it’s the coldest desert, even worse than its northernmost glacial sister. She then paints a vivid picture of the cold temperatures (sometimes 100 degrees below zero Fahrenheit in the winter), the cold cold wind (almost 200 miles per hour), and the freezing waters (2 square miles every minute in the winter, creating a frozen sea of 7 million square miles). Ernest Henry Shackleton wanted to be the first to land on the Antarctic, but two other explorers beat him to the ice. The only thing left to do was traverse the frozen continent. In 1913, he announced his plans for an expedition, and by August 1914, he’d had the ship, the crew, and the funding to set out from Britain. Due to the pressure of the freezing waters in Antarctica, the Endurance was lost, and all 28 men on board were stranded with no means to call for hel