Banting & Best

Easy Readers

Low Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson, students read about Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best, the Canadian scientists who discovered insulin as a treatment for diabetes. They also answer comprehension questions and review vocabulary from the reading. Extra tasks are available in the digital lesson.

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Focus

topic-based
reading
medicine
biography
scientists
interpretive

Vocabulary

diabetes
increase
life expectancy
complain
surgeon
cure
isolate
hormone
pancreas
injection
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