SS Edmund Fitzgerald

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/ss-edmund-fitzgerald

Step 2 · Questions

1. 1. How deep is SS Edmund Fitzgerald?

2. 2. What is the vessel type?

3. 3. What is the launch date?

4. 4. What was the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and why was it famous?

5. 5. When did the ship sink and where?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

• Taconite

• Laker

• Freeboard

• Hull Failure

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.