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Canadian Wildfire Smoke Chokes Toronto & New York

That's News to Me

High Int – Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson featuring an article from Reuters, students read about how Canadian wildfire smoke is having a major effect on the air quality in Toronto and major US cities, disrupting summer plans including World Cup events. This lesson includes a discussion on climate change and a related speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
wildfire

Vocabulary

rank
sparsely
persist
strenuous
linger
evacuate
swaths
recurring
A spinning paper plane