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A War That is Finished
1975 Speech
1975 Speech
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Give students a vocabulary head start before reading.
20 words on one double-sided sheet.
No grading required.
How it works
Students preview 20 words from the reading, each in a sentence that supports understanding.
An optional post-reading quiz uses the same 20 words in excerpts from the text. Use it after reading, or skip it entirely.
Why it works
The pre-reading activity supports comprehension and primes students to notice the words in context. The optional post-reading quiz reinforces the same words while using excerpts from A War That is Finished.
Highlighted words:
Abraham Lincoln, alleviate, attain, deterrent, devise, enhance, facilitate, illustrious, indulgent, innovate, motivate, motivation, nevertheless, nucleus, optimistic, stimulate, technique, temperament, transcend, unprecedented
Why these 20 words?
Selected automatically for:
- grade-level challenge
- academic usefulness
- frequency in the text
- confidence in contextual meaning
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A War That is Finished
A War That is Finished
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