Fat Bear Week
That's News to Me
Adv
All ages
Grades 9–12
In this lesson featuring an article from The Washington Post, students read about a fun, educational internet competition involving brown bears in Alaska that are fattening up for the winter. This lesson includes comprehension and discussion questions as well as a research task and a prediction task. May the fattest bear win!
Focus
current events
authentic materials
reading
interpretive
productive
Vocabulary
iteration
contender
girth
single-elimination
resilience
woes
get hooked on
camaraderie
pilgrimage
channel
conservation
loyalty