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The article looks at how 17-year-old stage actor Joe Giga was able to deal with his speech problem known as stuttering and discusses the problem of stuttering in young children.

Lesson plans are presented for teaching students the meanings of vocabulary words, examine events in a play by creating tableaux and conduct short research projects on the history of words they choose.

The article describes how 16-year-old Sareana Kimia and her mother were able to survive after they were evicted from their home.

The article presents the personal experiences of teenager Francois Jacob as a survivor of the Syrian civil war which started in 2011, citing topics including the destruction of his hometown Aleppo, the death and dislocation of civilians, and his family's arrival in the U.S. in 2014.

The article reports on Claire Wineland, a teenage Cystic Fibrosis(CF) patient from California, describing on medications taken by Claire, Claire's place Foundation for CF patients and a questionnaire based on the same.

The article talks about sports buff JaQue Billingsley who, after being amputated and given a prosthetic leg due to a leg artery cut, continued to play competitive football and basketball using a wheelchair and joined power weightlifting where he set a world record for athletes with disabilities.

The article presents the true story of U.S. teenager Katherine Figueroa and her fight to prevent her parents from being deported to Mexico after being caught, jailed and put on trial as illegal immigrants, and includes a reading comprehension quiz about the story.

The article features Logan Hunt, a boy who grew up in foster care before he was adopted at age 19.

The article focuses on Kayla Montgomery, an athlete from the University in Tennessee who suffers from multiple sclerosis (MS), a serious disease that destroys small parts of the brain and spinal cord.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of a terror caused on April 15, 2013 by the bombing incident during the annual Boston Marathon in Massachusetts. INSET: "We Summon the Strength".

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of tackling the challenges that she had to confront which include poverty, two parents in jail and striving to be the valedictorian in her class.

The article features Sydney Corcoran, survivor of the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

The article presents a true story on how Jonathan Buchanan of Chandler, Arizona helped save his twin brothers, Joshua and Jordan, from sickle-cell anemia.

The article presents the story of Paige Rawl who was born with HIV and struggled with bullying until at age 14 she became the youngest person ever certified as an HIV/AIDS educator by the American Red Cross.

The article profiles Kristopher Beall, a teenager who fought against childhood obesity with the help of his parents, friends, and Patrick House, the winner of the reality television program "The Biggest Loser."

The article features Gabrielle Douglas, an African American gymnast who won two gold medals for gymnastics at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England.

The article discusses how a service dog named Mike helped Becca Hart, a teenage girl who had an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

A teaching guide for the September 16, 2013 issue of the magazine "Scholastic Action" teacher's edition, is presented. The guide offers quizzes, teaching methods and hands-on activities for children. It provides lesson plans that cover a variety of topics, including finding the central idea, using context clues, and comparing and contrasting texts on the same topic in different genres.

The article presents a teaching guide for topics discussed in vol. 36 of "Scholastic Action" including one on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium for Common core-aligned tests, another on the history of chocolate, and one on the Partnership for Assessment Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC).

The article discusses how Marcos Ugarte has saved an 8-year old autistic Cody Ma from fire on September 24, 2012 in Troutdale, Oregon.

A teaching guide is presented about topics discussed in the April 15, 2013 issue of the magazine "Scholastic Action" including analyzing text and video clips, writing a narrative and stories about heroic teens.

The article reports on a pet dog in British Columbia which risked its life for his owner who was in danger.

The article presents the March 25, 2013 issue of "Scholastic Action Teaching Guide." It notes that the issue includes articles for below lover readers in grades 6 to 12. Lessons on writing an argument and analyzing sections of text are also presented. Ways on how to write a persuasive paragraph are discussed.

The article presents a lesson plan for elementary education which teaches concepts about close reading and identifying story elements.

This section presents lesson plans for below level readers in grades 6 to 12 which teach concepts such as tracing a central idea in the text, writing a short memoir, and integrating information from different texts using articles published in the February 4, 2013 issue of "Scholastic Action."