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The 120-Year-Old Reading Crisis

That's News to Me

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Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring an article from The Conversation, students read about the decline in reading for pleasure—which may go back at least 120 years. This lesson includes comprehension and discussion questions and a related speaking task.

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Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

sustained
uncanny
contemporary
literacy
compel
coax
oral
empirically
superficial
resurgence