Rushdie in Recovery

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this digital-only lesson featuring content from The Associated Press, students read about the stabbing of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. This lesson features vocabulary, comprehension questions, and discussion questions.

This lesson mentions a violent act.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

ventilator
critical
assault
champion
persecuted
ire
blasphemy
peninsula
edict
prosecutor
motive
bail
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