Woman Completes Dad's Bucket List

That's News to Me

Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring a modified article from The Washington Post, students read about a woman who found her late father's incomplete bucket list and decided to finish it herself. This lesson includes photos, comprehension and discussion questions, as well as a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
bucket list
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

late
stashed
treasure
undertaking
correspond
determined
aftermath
undignified
poetic license
memoir
A spinning paper plane