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Learning Strategy
(Unit 14, page 118, Reading)

READING STRATEGY: summarizing information

Use important details to summarize an article.

PRACTICE
Read the article on page 118 of the Student’s Book. Use your answers to the
questions in Exercise 2, Reading Comprehension to write a summary of the article.
1. What was Houdini’s original name?
2. Where was he born?
3. When did his family move?
4. Where did they move?
5. Did Houdini graduate from a university?
6. Did Houdini get married?
7. What was his wife’s name?
8. Did the Houdinis have children?
9. When did Houdini die?
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Top Notch Fundamentals, Third Edition Unit 14

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