This lesson contains 16 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 3 videos.
Lesson duration is: 50 min
Items in this lesson
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.