Jack Ma

Famous People

High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson, students read about the self-made billionaire from China who founded Alibaba, a successful e-commerce site. This lesson includes a reading (with audio), comprehension questions, vocabulary review tasks, and discussion questions.

This lesson mentions the word "beer." Teacher discretion is advised.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
biography
China
internet
Alibaba

Vocabulary

founder
born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
communist
rejection
translation
inspire
e-commerce
invest
ambassador
open doorways
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane