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Respond to 17-Year-Old Tupac Shakur
Here is a great video for students to think intergenerationally, and to ponder the role teenagers play in society. Many students (at least mine) think highly of Tupac – so this interview could resonate with them. Extra Activity: Respond to a Quote by Tupac! If you like what you see, feel free to DONATE TO TOLENTINO TEACHING. Thank you!
Who Said It: Ernest Hemingway or Taylor Swift?
Do you ever have 15 minutes to spare at the end of class, and nothing to do? If so, try this out.
Idea Generator: Write About School
To be better writers and thinkers – students must learn how to generate ideas. This often takes patience and focus. For this activity, students need to put their phones away, sit, and write. That’s it. The focus of this activity is ideas. Ideas, ideas, ideas. When student are finished, they pass their papers around class, and underline “interesting ideas” they read. Then they leave a quick explanation on why they found that idea interesting.
Choose a Book for Your Class to Read
The following activity is aimed to get students involved in their reading decisions. Students needs to think of a book that they and their classmates should read. Then each student needs to write 150 words or more explaining why that book would make a good choice.