In this video, Zach, samples J.Dilla's instrumental music from Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q3FG9wva1k&t=1656s
Site Art Lead and 6th Grade Teacher, Zach Lehner, also known as rapper, ZigZilla led (2) one-hour arts integration professional development sessions on integrating Hip-Hop Writing into core content. He opened the session with the question “Is there value in incorporating culture in class or is there a place for student culture?” Many teachers agreed that students’ engagement level, classroom climate, critical thinking skills, comprehension, literacy, and information retention increases when student culture is apart of the curriculum.
Zach, recommends pairing/grouping the students, asking them to write 2 bars (4 beats) using one instrumental music for the whole class to write to and then combining each groups’ work to make a complete verse (16 bars minimum).
Take a look at his lesson plan to get started!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q3FG9wva1k&t=1656s
Site Art Lead and 6th Grade Teacher, Zach Lehner, also known as rapper, ZigZilla led (2) one-hour arts integration professional development sessions on integrating Hip-Hop Writing into core content. He opened the session with the question “Is there value in incorporating culture in class or is there a place for student culture?” Many teachers agreed that students’ engagement level, classroom climate, critical thinking skills, comprehension, literacy, and information retention increases when student culture is apart of the curriculum.
Zach, recommends pairing/grouping the students, asking them to write 2 bars (4 beats) using one instrumental music for the whole class to write to and then combining each groups’ work to make a complete verse (16 bars minimum).
Take a look at his lesson plan to get started!
| hiphop_writing_guide_for_teachers.pdf |
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