On The Come Up - Rap battle

To teach this book would be hard in many ways. The lessons in it are hard to teach to start off with because the themes in the book can be sensitive. Some of the themes are racism, prejudice, identity, individuality, and poverty. I think to teach a book you would have to do an activity with sixth graders. Fifth graders might understand some but not all. I think a fun activity would be for them to do a rap battle. I think it would be fun for them to create their own name and identity and as if they were famous rappers.

Think of a fun rapper name - school appropriate of course. We know that Bri's dad called himself lawless, Bri was being called Lil Law but decided she wanted to be her own person so she just stuck with her name.
Pick an identity - would you want to be someone who raps for fun or would you want to do it as a famous star? In the book, Bri's dad starts off in the rings battling people but was on the way to becoming famous.
Think of someone who you would want to be your manager and why? If your rapping for fun who would you be willing to share it with? Who is someone that would make you a star but not change your identity?
If you could create your own rap what would it be about? Is there a certain theme you could take from the book to turn into a rap? Prejudice, Poverty, Childhood, Pride, Identity are some good examples. Some rules to the rap, No swearing, No Talking badly about the people in the class, respect your classmates
We will have a rap battle to see who has the best Rap, There will be Two winners at the end. Best name, and Best rap.

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas | Book of the Month

Trivia:

1. Who were the Two officers that took down Bri?

A. Long

B: Tate

C: Curtis

D: Jay

2. Who Did Bri battle against the first time she was in the ring?

A. Jay

B. Malik

C. Trey

D. Milez

3. Who was Bri's Manager after Aunt Pooh?

A. Milez

B. Jay

C. Supreme

D. Sonny

4. What were Bri's friends called after they were born? Sonny, Malik, and Bri?

A. Unholy Trinity

B. Triple Trouble

C. Temperamental

D. Tricky Tricksters

5. True or False? Bri kissed both Malik and Curtis?

A. True

B. False

Answers:

1. Both A and B

2. D

3. C

4. A

5. True

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