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Joe Biden's Inspiring Journey: Reading Comprehension Unit

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Improve your students' growth mindset with this comprehensive unit for grades 5-8 and intermediate to advanced level ESL learners of all ages. Uncover Biden's struggle to overcome stuttering with this unit chock full of academic vocabulary activities, non-fiction reading comprehension activities, and grammar worksheet.

You Get:

  • Two Page Nonfiction Text highlighting Joe Biden's Journey to Overcome Stuttering (Flesch Kincaid Grade Level 6.9)

(Focus Vocabulary: determination, shy, upset, confident, achieve,

challenge, inspire)

  • Identify Synonym Focus Vocabulary Activity
  • Cloze Sentences Using Focus Vocabulary
  • Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
  • Reading Response Log Questions
  • Critical Thinking Questions
  • Extended Writing Prompt
  • Preview Text Elements Scavenger Hunt Activity
  • Grammar in Context: Capitalization Rules
  • Teaching Tips

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Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

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