Pre-reading Lose Yourself NL

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Lose Yourself

"This is genius work."

Goals

• Poëzie herkennen in rapmuziek. 
  
• Lyrics gebruiken om op je eigen ervaringen te reflecteren.

Rap and poetry are the same.
What do you think? (Be prepared to explain your answer. )

Yes

No

Well......

Jay-Z's opinion 

Jay-Z is a very famous rap musician. 

This is his view on rap.

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"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."

Eminem

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?

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?

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Rijm en betekenis

Turn to page 7 and 8

Exercises 1 and 2     

Werk in tweetallen: Vind de rijmende lettergrepen in de eerste vers

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

Rhyme and meaning 

Turn to page 8.

Exercise 3

Voordat we naar de laatste regels van de vers gaan lezen, kijken we eerst naar de betekenis van de regels.

Answer the questions in your student package.

Chorus

Turn to page 12

Exercise 1 - 4

In deze oefeningen proberen we begrip en betekenis uit het refrein te halen. We reflecteren op onze eigen ervaringen en proberen die te verbinden aan de lyrics. 

Post-reading

Turn to page 13

Time to get creative! 

Choose one of the following exercises

Exercise 1 - Make a concrete found poem

Gebruik woorden of zinsdelen van de lyrics om een betekenisvolle afbeelding te maken. Je 'tekent' met de woorden. 

Post-reading

Turn to page 13

Or: 

Exercise 2 - Make your own poem or rap

Maak je eigen gedicht of rap, geïnspireerd door de betekenis van Lose Yourself. Gebruik de rijmklanken die we hebben bekeken. Schrijf 1 vers van minimaal 8 regels.