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Common Lit: "Who Is Katherine Johnson?" by Nasa Unit PlanCommon Lit: "Who Is Katherine Johnson?" by Nasa Unit Plan
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7th - 8th
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Common Lit: "Who Is Katherine Johnson?" by Nasa

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CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the definitions, choose to have the text read aloud, and have chosen text translated. In this biography, the NASA Science Team describes Karen Johnson's early life and her time working on their space missions. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]

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