Dolores Huerta: Multi level Reading Packet + Craft

What Students Do
Students read a short biography of Dolores Huerta written at their proficiency level. They use vocabulary to access the text, answer comprehension questions in Spanish, and take a position in a discussion prompt about community, justice, and leadership.

What’s Included

• Three reading texts (Emerging Novice, Intermediate, Advanced) with vocabulary supports

• Comprehension questions and discussion prompts for each level

• Advanced reading strategy card (PISTA) and discourse connectors chart

• Banner activity with a template and English instructions

• “¿Quién fue Dolores Huerta?” and “Who was Dolores Huerta?” writing pages

• Portrait coloring pages in several layouts

Ways to Use It in Class

• Hispanic Heritage Month or Día de Muertos unit

• Leveled stations or a jigsaw reading in a mixed-level class

• Socratic seminar using the Advanced critique question

• Sub plan or fast finisher task that still counts for speaking and writing

• Bulletin board with student banners

Differentiation & Accessibility

• Emerging Novice: shorter sentences, a bolded vocabulary bank, and guided comprehension questions

• Intermediate: a vocabulary chart students complete themselves, plus a discussion table

• Advanced/AP/IB/Heritage: a reading strategy card, a discourse connectors chart, and a research prompt

• Bilingual writing pages (Spanish and English) and English instructions for the banner activity