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The Tom Cruise Wedding

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Scholars read a newspaper article about Tom Cruise's wedding to Katie Holmes in 2006. They define vocabulary words, complete comprehension worksheets, and analyze use of the present perfect and passive in the article. Individuals write out a script for an interview from the point of view of a reporter.

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the perfect tenses, verb tenses, writing conventions, celebrities

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Grade
5th - 9th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Skills Practice
Year
2006
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