Alcatraz Island

Discovery

Low Int – Int
Young Learners
Grades 4–8

Did you know that Alcatraz Island means "Island of the Pelicans"? In this lesson, students learn and discover interesting facts about Alcatraz Island through reading, speaking, listening, and vocabulary tasks.

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Focus

topic-based
reading
history
interpretive

Vocabulary

jail
silence
escape
dangerous
fail
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane