![]() Break students into groups to discuss the following close-reading and critical-thinking questions.Assign parts and read the play aloud as a class.Have a volunteer read the As You Read box on page 14 of the magazine or at the top of the digital story page.SD3: Hours later, a British plane flies overhead. SD2: As the sun begins to rise, Margaret gets out her camera and starts to photograph her fellow survivors. SD3: As the group rows away from the sinking ship, they notice a sailor clinging to floating debris. Lizzie: If they help us, they could get torpedoed too. She hands the socks to Cat, who is helping the woman.Īgnes: Why are the other ships in the convoy sailing away? SD2: She digs into her bag and finds a camera lens wrapped in socks. SD1: Margaret notices the woman’s feet are bare. SD3: A woman with a broken leg moans in agony. SD2: They remove their helmets and start scooping out water as the lifeboat is lowered into the sea. SD1: Margaret hugs her camera to her chest to keep it dry. SD3: She and the rest of her group climb in anyway.Īgnes: It’s flooded from the torpedo splash. SD2: On the torpedoed ship, Margaret gets to her lifeboat station just in time. ![]() You’ll be leaving by ship in a couple days-if you still wish to go. General Doolittle: I’m sending you to North Africa to cover the Allied troops there. ![]() Margaret (mumbling to herself) : You sound like my Aunt Lynn. I have the scars to prove it-and the photographs. I was there the night Germany bombed Moscow. Margaret: Shaw is a fine photographer, but I have more experience. ![]() Margaret: Henry Shaw went out on the last mission. General Doolittle (sighing) : We’ve spoken about this, Maggie. Margaret: Are you ready to send me on a combat mission, General? SD1: The roar of jets can be heard in the distance. SD3: Margaret and General James Doolittle stand in a large airplane hangar. SD1: Before leaving, Margaret pauses in front of a map. I’d like to see if that one of the praying mantis comes out. Joseph: Let’s go develop the photographs from our walk. SD3: Joseph looks at Margaret, who is staring at the floor. She wants to see the world.Īunt Lynn: But a woman traipsing around the world taking photos? It’s preposterous! Minnie: We encourage Margaret to pursue all her interests. She should be focused on learning how to run a household, not silly pictures. SD1: The two women go to the kitchen and start to whisper.Īunt Lynn: That girl talks nonsense. Margaret: I am! I am going to be a nature photographer. SD2: Margaret’s pet snake slithers through her fingers.Īunt Lynn: How you’ve grown, Margaret! (gesturing to the snake) I see you are still interested in all. SD1: Joseph sits in the corner, tinkering with a camera. Jars of butterfly larvae sit on the windowsills. SD2: Thirteen-year-old Margaret and her parents sit in a cozy, cluttered living room. Margaret: I hope I’m still alive when the sun comes up so I can show the world what happened here. SD1: As the ship burns, Margaret sees hundreds of people scrambling to escape down rope nets flung over the side. SD2: She hits her shin on some metal and falls, crying out. SD1: All around her, lifeboats are filling up with people. Margaret: Too dark! If only it were sunlight instead of moonlight on those clouds. The sailor shakes his head and rushes off. Margaret: I am Margaret Bourke-White, a journalist for Life magazine. Sailor 2: What are you doing? Get to your lifeboat! Margaret (to herself) : There might be enough light. SD3: Margaret gazes at the moon, then turns away from the lifeboats and climbs a set of stairs. SD2: Troops and nurses rush to their lifeboat stations. Sailor 1: We were torpedoed by a German submarine. SD1: Up on the deck of the ship, the women step over hunks of twisted metal and broken wood. SD3: Margaret looks inside her bag to check that the small camera and extra lenses she packed are still there. SD2: They hastily pull on boots and jackets and grab their emergency bags. Lizzie: We must get to lifeboat 12! Quick, like we practiced! The ship tilts violently, throwing the women from their beds. SD3: Suddenly, a thunderous explosion sounds. SD2: The clock on the wall reads 2:10 a.m. Four women-Cat, Agnes, Lizzie, and Margaret-are asleep in bunk beds. SD1: Lights come up on a small ship’s cabin.
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