May 29, 2024 - Lesson #14 - Reading and Responding to the News
Specific Expectations:
- use appropriate strategies to expand their vocabulary through reading
• demonstrate the ability to read independently for personal, school-related, and career-
related purposes
• describe, orally and/or in writing, personally relevant texts they have read and their
responses to them
Learning Goals: By the end of this lesson, you will be able to
- Read and annotate a news article
- Participate in a debate
Instructions: Complete the exercises to determine the words closest in meaning to the underlined words.
We will review the answers together
Add any new words to the vocabulary section of your portfolio.

DOWNLOAD the template and complete the Exit Card with as complete a response as you can. One or two words is not sufficient as feedback.