Rubin Hurricane Carter
Famous People
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.
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