Woman Tracks Down First-Grade English Tutor

That's News to Me

Int – High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson featuring modified content from The Washington Post, students read about a woman who tracks down her first-grade English teacher 40 years later to thank her. This lesson includes a video and an article as well as comprehension and discussion questions.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

attorney
refugee
track down
fall through the cracks
determine
leave a mark
absorb
highlight
phenomenal
embrace
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