Pre-reading Lose Yourself

Lose Yourself
"This is genius work."

A poetry lesson by:
 Annika, Cristiane, Stephan & Ronald
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This lesson contains 16 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 3 videos.

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Lose Yourself
"This is genius work."

A poetry lesson by:
 Annika, Cristiane, Stephan & Ronald

Slide 1 - Slide

Goals
  • Target, vwo year 3 
  • Recognising poetry in rap music. 
  • Using lyrics to reflect on your own experiences.

Slide 2 - Slide

Rap and poetry are the same.
What do you think? (Be prepared to explain your answer. )
Yes
No
Well......

Slide 3 - Poll

Jay-Z's opinion 
Jay-Z is a very famous rap musician. 

This is his view on rap.

Slide 4 - Slide

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Slide 5 - Video

"Listen to some of the things he wrote.
If you take those lyrics and you pull them away from the music and you put them up on the wall somewhere. And someone would have a look at them. They would say: this is Genius. This is genius work."


Slide 6 - Slide

Eminem

Slide 7 - Mind map

8 Mile
This is a film based on events in Eminem's life. 
The film was accompanied by a rap song by Eminem. 
You can hear a bit in the trailer.
What do you see?
What is it about?

Slide 8 - Slide

Slide 9 - Video

Discuss
What's the film about? 

The song you heard during the trailer is called: Lose yourself.
Have you ever heard it?
What do you think the song is about?

Slide 10 - Slide

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Slide 11 - Video

Rhyme and meaning
Turn to page 7 and 8


Exercises 1 and 2     
Pair work: Find the rhyming syllables in the first verse

Remember: speak the words aloud to help you find them.

Slide 12 - Slide

Rhyme and meaning 
Turn to page 8.

Exercise 3
Before we look at the final lines of the first verse, let’s look at the meaning of the lines we’ve just read.
Answer the questions in your student package.

Slide 13 - Slide

Chorus
Turn to page 12

Exercise 1 - 4
In these exercises we try and extract understanding and meaning from the chorus. We reflect on our own experiences and try to connect to the lyrics. 

Slide 14 - Slide

Post-reading
Turn to page 13
Time to get creative! 
Choose one of the following exercises

Exercise 1 - Make a concrete found poem
use words or phrases from the song to create a concrete found poem that has meaning to you. 

Slide 15 - Slide

Post-reading
Turn to page 13

Or: 
Exercise 2 - Make your own poem or rap
Make your own poem/rap inspired by the meaning of the song and use the rhyme sounds used in verse 1.
Write a minimum of 1 verse.  

Slide 16 - Slide