Dates
Coordinator
Joining the rap
Book rap support materials
Additional resources
Credits
This book rap on the Book Week picture books will be available during Term 3, 2005. It will focus on the 2005 short listed picture books.
The Book Week 2005 - Picture Books rap is suitable for Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6).
Dates: (approx)
| *Rap live for subscription |
Week of 18 July 2005 |
| *Introductions from |
25 July 2005 |
| *Rap point 1 |
1 August 2005 |
| *Rap point 2 |
8 August 2005 |
| *Rap point 3 |
15 August 2005 |
| *Rap wrap up (Book Week) |
22 August 2005 |
Coordinator: Wendy Chapman ( Wollondilly Public School, Goulburn).
Joining the rap
From 25 July 2005, you may participate in the Book Week 2005 - Picture Books rap by entering your email address in the boxes below and clicking the Submit buttons. Please ensure you have registered the email addresses before doing so.
Teacher email will not be archived to protect privacy. The teacher rap runs concurrently with the book rap to provide additional support for teachers, and the opportunity to discuss issues which may arise during the rap.
You will receive confirmation emails for your class group and the teacher support listserv. Please save these messages as they contain important email addresses, and simply follow the instructions these contain when posting messages.
Archives of the class email discussion
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Book rap support materials
Rap points
Program and planning Stage 3
Additional resources
Rap maps
Rap lingo
Rap sheets (for use with Rap points)
Implementing a rap (Book rap FAQs)
Email – Instruction sheet for students
Rap reflection sheet
Parent information letter
Rap points
These discussion questions guide the book rap. The question for the week is posted to the rap at the beginning of that week by the coordinator. Class groups post their answers and can respond via the rap to other school's replies during the relevant week for that rap point.
Rap point 1
Rap point 2
Rap point 3
Rap point 1 (For related class activities see Program and planning)
Term 3, Week 3: week beginning 1 August 2005
Characters in these short listed picture books experience inward and outward journeys.
Examine a character’s entire journey, or a special event within that journey, and design a token the character might keep as a reminder of this event.
- Send an email to the rap, giving a detailed description of your creation, explaining why this would be a fitting memento or souvenir for your character.
- Label a scanned image, or a digital photo of your design, and send it to the book rap web site, so rappers can match your written description with the visual image.
Rap point 2 (For related class activities see Program and planning)
Term 3, Week 4: week beginning 8 August 2004
The books we are examining have been short listed for several reasons, including their special illustrations. Choose one picture book and examine the techniques the illustrator has used that make the book so effective. (Rap sheet 3 will guide you.)
Identify a technique the illustrator has used frequently. Send a message to the rap explaining this technique and how it has been used so effectively in this book.
Locate other examples of the use of this visual technique (in books, magazines, newspapers, advertisements, billboards or web sites etc) and in your rap message, discuss the effect of its use in other contexts.
Rap point 3 (For related class activities see Program and planning)
Term 3, Week 5: week beginning 15 August 2004
Identify a social issue* which appears in a short listed picture book of your choice. Explain the issue and how it is treated in this particular book.
Investigate this issue in your own community, and most importantly, tell us what is being done and by whom, to help.
*‘Social issue’, for our purposes, could be defined as: issues and actions that promote and enhance the dignity and well-being of humans, animals and the environment in that society.
Rap maps
Find examples of maps and tally sheets. Students may use these to identify and locate schools participating in the book rap. Use these or create your own based on ideas from these examples.
Rap lingo
| Book rap |
an online discussion about a book |
| Rappers |
the people involved in the book rap |
| Rap map |
a map marking other rappers’ locations |
| Rap point |
a topic, issue or event from the book to discuss |
| Rap record |
print out of messages responded to |
| Rap reflections |
sheets for rappers to reflect on their experiences and skills |
| Rap rep |
the person typing the responses |
| Rap reporters |
the people relaying rap news to others |
| Rap rules |
guidelines of a book rap discussion |
| Rap wrap up |
final message about a book rap |
Rap sheets
Rap sheet 1 (for Rap point 1)
Rap sheet 2 (for Rap point 1)
Rap sheet 3 (for Rap point 2)
Rap sheet 4 (for Rap point 2)
Rap sheet 5 (for Rap point 3)
Rap sheet 6 (for Rap point 3)
Rap sheet 7 (for Rap point 3)
Rap reflection sheets
Ready to rap (for rappers to reflect on prior learning and expectations)
Rap reflection 1 (for rappers to reflect on the experiences and skills they have gained)
Rap reflection 2 (for rappers to reflect on the experiences and skills they have gained)
Credits
Thanks to Wendy Chapman, teacher-librarian, Wollondilly Public School, for developing the programming and support material for this rap, and to Annalies van Westenbrugge, Senior Curriculum Adviser, English K–6.
Additional resources provided by the School Libraries and Information Literacy unit.
This rap is a joint project of the School Libraries and Information Literacy and English Units, Curriculum K-12 Directorate. |
