The D.B. Cooper Mystery Non-Fiction Article

The D.B. Cooper Mystery Non-Fiction Article | PDF and Digital Formats: Students will learn about the mystery surrounding the only unsolved skyjacking in American history in this non-fiction article. In 1971, a man boarded an airplane and sent his demands to the FBI. He escaped with the ransom money and was never heard from again. This resource contains 1 non-fiction article and 3 reading activities to assist with reading comprehension, standardized test prep (EQAO) and cross-curricular learning.

• This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e. Google Classroom as well as Google Slides formatted lessons for 1:1 schools.

Resource Includes:

• Teacher lesson plan
• Pre-reading K-W-L chart
• Non-fiction article (regular and modified text)
• An audio file (mp3) of the article
• 3 Post-reading activities: comprehension questions, grammar questions (2 options: paper and self-grading Google Forms), long answer writing response
• Individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e. Google Classroom
• Google Slides formatted lessons for 1:1 school

Use this article with my Article of the Week Differentiated Lessons program and these Non-Fiction Graphic Organizers.

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