Objective:
Help students apply the folk tradition to themselves, and understand they are part of the oral tradition.
Materials: Tape recorder, blank tapes, and records of rap music.
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Listen to one of the rap songs.
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Ask the students what is a rap; and what are the various components of raps; for example, repetition, beat, and ad libbing.
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Students will record raps that they are already familiar with that are done by groups that do rap music. Same of the groups should be mentioned for example Grand Master Flash, Run Dee MC, Sugar Hill, the Funkadelics, etc. This should not be difficult because most students have probably already memorized several raps.
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Students will take the rhythms of their raps and rewrite the story of Stagolee to a rap rhythm; they should be reminded to keep in mind the various components of rap music.
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Students will record the raps that they have written and share the results with the class.
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This particular lesson should be done in a team or group effort. Perhaps one student to read the rap, and another to make the beat or rhythm.