Unit 2

How Can Someone Make a Difference?

Reader's Notebook

Jason Strudwick

Can a sports hero show people what fairness is all about?


In this selection, you will review what biographies may contain, and you will follow as the reading strategies of predicting, pause and check, and making connections are modelled.

After reading the selection, you will do some thinking about how to preview a selection and how to determine meaning of words or phrases that are difficult.

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Before you read the poster, take time to predict and pause and check.


View various features, such as title, headings, pictures, and captions in the Jason Strudwick: Fairness for All poster.

Make a prediction about the topic of the poster, using clues from these features

Jason Strudwick: Fairness for All Poster
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In your Reader's Notebook: Jason Strudwick, answer these questions:


  • What parts of the poster helped you the most to understand and remember the information?
  • When trying to determine meaning of difficult words or phrases, what strategies do you use? Try to list at least three. You can add using context clues to your list, if you'd like.




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In the next reading selections, you will practice the reading strategies of predicting, pause and check, and making connections.