A Perfect Five

Do you need poems to allow time for students to practice interpreting poetry? Look no further! This is a mini poetry unit based on four poems written by Tupac Shakur, a well-known hip hop artist. Students must use critical thinking skills to determine the meaning of the poems.

This unit offers activities to assess students’ knowledge of idioms. The unit can be used as guided practice, independent practice, reading intervention documentation, homework, learning center work, or an assessment tool. The pages are print ready. Answers included.

This independent student activity will ask students to create a new flavor of soda. The students illustrate the soda can on the pages provided. As a bonus, the teacher can provide an soda can for students to decorate. Once students complete the activity, the students could create a commercial to advertise the product! Additionally, it would be a great idea to record each commercial as a podcast activity.

This Perfect Five critical thinking activity broadens vocabulary to meet common core standards in preparing students to become college and career ready.

Students will make lists of familiar and unfamiliar words to get maximum points.

The students will design an original book cover for a book they have read. The students will write a summary for the book.

This is a simple way to teach, review, or practice author's purpose.

Students will write a letter to parents asking for a cell phone. Students will create a picture of the cell phone.

Students will design a movie poster and write a summary.

Students will describe a place they have visited.