Learning About Celebrities with Speech/Language Differences - Nonfiction Texts
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Description
Your speech therapy students will feel inspired and encouraged when they read 10 nonfiction passages about the lives of famous people with speech and language differences! As your students relate to leaders from a wide range of backgrounds, they'll learn about how they worked through goals related to articulation, language, stuttering, AAC and hearing loss as well as the value of neurodiversity.
This 80-page resource includes 10 nonfiction passages about experiences related to:
- Articulation: Amanda Gorman (poet), Michael Phelps (Olympic athlete), Barbara Walters (journalist)
- Language: Temple Grandin (animal behavior expert), Amanda Gorman (poet)
- Stuttering: Joe Biden (U.S. President), James Earl Jones (actor), Emily Blunt (actress), Marc Anthony (singer)
- Hearing Loss: Claudia Gordon (attorney)
- Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC): Stephen Hawking (physicist and cosmologist)
In addition to covering a variety of highly-relatable topics, these nonfiction texts target several language skills:
- WH Questions
- Context Clues
- Tier 2 Vocabulary
- Main Idea & Details
- Reading/Auditory Comprehension
- Text-to-self Connections
- Oral/Written Expression Skills
This huge, no-prep resource includes:
- Note to Educators
- Table-of-contents
- Bonus 8-page, illustrated booklet with tabs for students to take home
- Posters with portraits and inspiring quotes
- 10 Nonfiction Texts with highlighted vocabulary
- Comprehension Questions
- Context Clues Activity
- Open-ended Vocabulary Activity
- Answer Keys
In addition, this low-ink resources includes a completely digital TPT Easel version! An answer-key has been provided for all 10 nonfiction passages!
This resource can be used in individual sessions, small group instruction or as a whole class lesson.
Check out the preview file for a closer look!
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