The Top of Everest: read-along
The Top of Everest as a read-along for the projector: 9 pages, 1262 words, level 16, beyond grade 8.
Page 1 of 9
Mount Everest, which rises along the frontier between Nepal and Tibet, is the highest mountain on the planet, and its summit towers roughly twenty-nine thousand feet above the level of the sea. For centuries the people who lived in its shadow had regarded it as a sacred peak, but during the early twentieth century it became an irresistible challenge for mountaineers from other countries as well. Numerous expeditions attempted the ascent between the 1920s and the 1950s, and every one of them either retreated or ended in tragedy. The atmosphere near the top contains only about a third of the oxygen available at sea level, the winds are ferocious, and temperatures can plunge far below zero. By 1953 the mountain remained unclimbed, and many experts suspected that it was simply impossible.
Keys: ← → or Page Up and Page Down turn the page, Space starts and pauses the voice, Home and End jump, F fills the screen. Tapping the right side of a page goes on; the left side goes back.
How to use it
- Press Full screen (F) to put the book on the projector.
- Press Read to me (Space), or read it yourself and turn pages with the arrow keys or a tap. Pick the Pace that suits the class.
- After the last page, three questions come up to talk about.
About this book
- Level 16, beyond grade 8
- 9 pages, 1262 words, about 9 minutes aloud
- A true book, gentle
Related
About The Top of Everest
A true story of two climbers, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, who in 1953 became the first to stand on the top of Mount Everest.
Words to preview
- expedition (ek-spuh-DISH-un)
- long exploring trip
- porter (POR-tur)
- load carrier
- Sherpa (SHUR-puh)
- Himalayan mountain people
- summit (SUM-it)
- very top
- descent (dih-SENT)
- way down
Questions that fit any book
- What is one new thing you learned from this book?
- Which page told you the most? What did it say?
- What would you still like to find out about this?
Questions
How long does The Top of Everest take to read aloud?
It has 9 pages and 1262 words, so about 9 minutes at the Steady pace and a little less at Quick. If you stop to talk on the way, plan for more.
What reading level is The Top of Everest?
Level 16, beyond grade 8. The library numbers its levels from 0 to 18 and puts the level of a book on its cover; levels above 13 are beyond grade 8 and have no grade. A level is a guide for choosing, so look at the pages yourself.
Whose voice is it?
Your browser's own. Read to me uses a speaking voice already on the computer, so it sounds like that computer and works without a sign-in. Voices differ: some light each word as it is spoken, and some do not, in which case the highlight follows a steady pace instead. Some browsers use an online voice; if yours does, the browser, not us, sends the words of the page to its speech service. If no voice is installed, turn the pages and read it aloud yourself.
Do students need an account?
No. Nothing is asked of anyone and nothing is sent to us. Project the page, or share the link and let students open it on their own screens.
Where does this book come from?
It was written for Peabody's library as a true book. It is not copied from a textbook or another site.
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