HIP-HOP AND INRW
Matilda Staudt Lead INRW Instructor Palo Alto College
Integrated Reading & Writing INRW = Integrated Reading & Writing
Boring & Stale
We’ll discuss 3 Assignments to: Keep students engaged Help students practice reading and writing skills
Think, Pair, Share: Annotate Can you find any literary devices in this hip-hop song? What is this song saying?
Why it works: Low-stakes writing Reading/Annotating Practice Short assignment
Translating/Interpreting Lyrics and Revising Sentences
One Semester in 2 Sections Successfully Facilitated This Assignment One Semester in 2 Sections
“Successfully Facilitated” Students were engaged Attendance improved They practiced reading & writing
Assignment Details: In pairs, choose song of any genre Should contain slang and grammatically INCORRECT sentences.
Songs should have: at least two grammatically incorrect sentences two “made-up” words
Assignment Details: All songs need my approval. Too many swears words or sexually explicit lyrics = NOT approved
Assignment Details: Translate/interpret song meaning (reading skills) Re-write lyrics into grammatically correct sentences (writing skills)
Original Grammatically Correct Translation Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” Original Grammatically Correct Translation Lights is blinding, girls need blinders Or they can step out of bounds quick, the sidelines is lined with casualties who sipping life casually, then gradually become worse, don't bite the apple Eve Caught up in the in-crowd Now you're in-style, and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out The city of sin is a pity on a whim Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them The bright lights of New York are blinding. People should wear sunglasses, or they won’t be able to see and could get in a lot of trouble. Another name for New York is the Big Apple. Don’t mess with New York. In New York, there are a lot of high-society circles of wealthy people. New York is also the home of the popular magazine Vogue, edited by Anna Wintour, and it is also the birth place of voguing, a style of dance. In New York, it is quite easy to get caught up in a dangerous lifestyle too. Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” Original Grammatically Correct Translation
Your Turn: Think, Pair, Share
How Did Students Perform?
Summarizing And Hip-Hop
Praise, Growth & Fixed Mind-Sets Carol S. Dweck’s Research: Praise, Growth & Fixed Mind-Sets
In Pairs, Summarize in Rap Form: Dweck’s Main Idea Major Supporting Details
Do not include minor details Length Specified: 1 mins. 30 secs.
Recording the Rap: https://www.ujam.com/ujamstudio iTunes Apps Recording over audio
How Did Students Perform?
Questions?
Matilda Staudt mtorres2@alamo.edu