It’s finally starting to feel like spring in New England, for which I am grateful. In celebration of spring, and of Women’s History Month 2019, here is a reading on Bessie Smith, the justly named “Empress of the Blues,” with an accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet.
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Mark's Text Terminal 