Rescued : 21 stories of daring rescues- with exercises for developing reading comprehension and critical thinking skills / Henry Billings and Melissa Billings.
Title
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Rescued : 21 stories of daring rescues- with exercises for developing reading comprehension and critical thinking skills / Henry Billings and Melissa Billings.
Personal Author EPSB
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Henry ; Billings, Melissa. Billings
Summary
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All of these articles, drawn from newspaper articles and magazines, tell the story of an exciting rescue. The rescuers that are in these articles are ordinary people who don't consider themselves to be heroes in most cases. They say that all they did was respond in a logical way to something they saw. How would you respond in these sort of situations?
Year Published
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1999
1900-1999
Series
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Critical Reading series.
Physical Description
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198 p. : ill., ; 21 cm.
Contents
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21 articles about the amazing ability of human beings to forget about their own well being and try to save the lives of others.
Subject
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First aid.
Lifesaving.
Civil defense.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Added Title
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Billings, Henry.
Billings, Melissa.
Summary
:
All of these articles, drawn from newspaper articles and magazines, tell the story of an exciting rescue. The rescuers that are in these articles are ordinary people who don't consider themselves to be heroes in most cases. They say that all they did was respond in a logical way to something they saw. How would you respond in these sort of situations?
ISBN
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9780890613238
Publisher
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Lincolnwood [IL] : Jamestown ; NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group, c1999.
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| Institutional Services Schools | TR ELA JRH | Teacher resource | 30706000373981 | Yellowhead Teacher Resources |