Rubin Hurricane Carter

Famous People

Int – High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

Students read a brief bio about boxer Hurricane Carter. They review vocabulary and comprehension questions and practice choosing between the adverb forms hard and hardly.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
biography
"hard" vs. "hardly"
United States
boxing
wrong incarceration

Vocabulary

middleweight
conviction
knock out
homicide
jury
life sentence
autobiography
recluse
dedicate
honorary
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane