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Hip Hop Ed - 5 Day Poetry Introduction

By Jason Mintzer

Buy 4 get the 5th FREE! This is a 5 day lesson using rap lyrics (and a few rock lyrics). I use this to introduce my poetry unit. Day 1 - This worksheet involves practicing identifying similes, metaphors, and personification as well as

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education

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Figurative Language in "Karma" by Taylor Swift

By Jason Mintzer

In this assignment. Students annotate Taylor Swift's "Karma", looking for figurative language (metaphor, personification, simile, and idiom). Students then write their own figurative language for karma. This comes with the handout and answer key.

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

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7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Hip Hop and Poetic Devices

By Jason Mintzer

This worksheet reviews 10 basic poetic devices, and gives numerous examples from popular music. The 10 devices are: metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, consonance, assonance, onomatopoeia, repetition, and rhyme. Most of the

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English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Alliteration and Consonance in Hip Hop and Rock

By Jason Mintzer

I teach at a Continuation High School and have had great success with this activity. This is one of the first assignments I have students do when we are starting poetry. The students really enjoy it. It takes the whole 47 minute period for students

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English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Hip Hop - Similes, Metaphors, and Personification

By Jason Mintzer

I teach at a Continuation High School and have had great success with this activity. The students really enjoy it. It takes the whole 47 minute period for students to complete and review. This worksheet includes an example and then 25 different

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education

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Hip Hop Ed - 5 Day Narrative Poetry Unit

By Jason Mintzer

I work at a continuation high school and have had great success with this unit. I start this after my "Hip Hop Ed - 5 Day Poetry Introduction". For the first three days, we listen to and analyze 6 different narrative rap songs. The last two days,

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

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Assonance in Hip Hop and Rock

By Jason Mintzer

I teach at a Continuation High School and have had great success with this activity. I realized that students were having trouble finding assonance, so I spend a whole day on it. The students really enjoy it. It takes the whole 47 minute period for

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English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Wordplay in Hip Hop

By Jason Mintzer

This activity introduces students to wordplay/puns. In this worksheet, students work together to find the puns and multiple meanings from 26 different rap songs. There is also an example done for the students. There is answer key for this as

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Hip Hop Ed - Narrative Poetry - Day 1

By Jason Mintzer

This activity contains the lyrics to two rap songs: "Ruby 81" and "No Regrets" by Aesop Rock. Both songs tell a story. We listen to the songs in class, and I have students analyze the lyrics for poetic devices in addition to answering the

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English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Ballad Assignment

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Students write their own minimum 16 line ballad. The ballad must follow a rhyme scheme and must include at least one poetic device and one sound device. This worksheet includes directions, an example ballad, and a 20 point rubric. This is my

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Hip Hop Ed - Narrative Poetry - Day 3

By Jason Mintzer

This activity contains the lyrics to two rap songs: "The Travelers" and "Forest Whitaker" by Brother Ali. Both songs tell a story. We listen to the songs in class, and I have students analyze the lyrics for poetic devices in addition to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Hip Hop Ed - Narrative Poetry - Day 2

By Jason Mintzer

This activity contains the lyrics to two rap songs: "Tight Rope" by Brother Ali and "The Rooster" by Atmosphere. Both songs tell a story. We listen to the songs in class, and I have students analyze the lyrics for poetic devices in addition to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Nicholas Was Poem and Questions

By Jason Mintzer

This includes the poem "Nicholas Was" by Neil Gaiman, along with discussion questions. The last part of the assignment is for students to create their own poems about a mythical person/creature from another perspective, just as Neil Gaiman did with

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English Language Arts

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7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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