iLearn @ Home: Lesson Two
Katie Keating, Leadership Literacy
Focus: Vocabulary Building and Summarization Skills
Directions: Using the websites listed, locate an article that interests
you and complete the tasks.
1. Actively read the article.
2. Identify at least two words that are new to you. Based on context or by using a
dictionary/thesaurus, define those words.
3. Write a 20-word summary of the article.
Suggested websites to locate article:
www.cnn.com
www.foxnews.com
www.time.com
www.nationalgeographic.com