Tina Turner: Simply the Best

That's News to Me

Int – High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this digital-only lesson featuring modified content from The Associated Press, students read about the life and death of American rock icon Tina Turner. This lesson features warm-up photos, vocabulary practice, comprehension questions, and discussion questions.

Focus

topic-based
obituary
Tina Turner
entertainment
domestic abuse
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

remarkable
diverse
stage presence
documentary
evolve
whirlwind
domestic abuse
comeback
memoir
promotion
A spinning paper plane