Woman Completes Dad's Bucket List

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring an article from The Washington Post, students read about a woman who found her late father's incomplete bucket list and decided to finish it herself. This lesson includes photos, comprehension and discussion questions, as well as a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
bucket list
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

tattered
monologue
endeavor
undeterred
aspiring
linger
derail
tentative
organically
cocoon
chronicle
fond
A spinning paper plane