Molly Kochan

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/molly-kochan

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Molly Kochan born?July 19, 1973
2. Where was Molly Kochan born?Los Angeles, California
3. What is the blog launch?2015, following a terminal cancer diagnosis
4. What is the key works release?Podcast and memoir released in 2020
5. Who was Molly Kochan?Molly Kochan was a brave writer from Los Angeles who shared her life story to help others understand difficult moments.
6. What did Molly do when she was very sick?She started a blog called "Everything Leads to This" to talk about her feelings, share her journey, and connect with people.

Terminal Illness: A disease that cannot be cured and is expected to result in death.
Narrative Nonfiction: True stories told in a way that reads like a novel, focusing on personal experience.
Mortality: The state of being subject to death; the condition of being mortal.