Rap
introductions
During this week, rappers send a short, introductory message
about their class or group to the rap. In order to prepare the message,
discuss the information that you would like to include in your class
introductory message. For example, you might identify some information
about:
- your class
- the location
of the school in relation to other places in the local area
- what you are looking
forward to most about the Commonwealth Games.
Send the message
to the rap when the final text has been approved by the teacher.
After reading the introductions sent to the rap by other schools,
your class may wish to record the locations of these schools on
a printed rap
map.
Rap point
1
What are four interesting facts learnt about the Commonwealth Games
in Manchester?
RAP TASK
Complete
the following task in order to answer the rap question.
Use the Commonwealth Games
Fact Sheet to record interesting facts or information
on the Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Use other web sites or
Commonwealth Games materials you may have at school to assist you
to complete the task. Work in small groups to complete the fact
sheet.
Share
the fact sheet with the rest of the class.
Vote to decide on the four things that you have learnt that will
be sent to the rap
Once the facts have been approved, send the facts to the rap. |
Rap
Introduction
Provide an overview of the rap to the students to illustrate its purpose
and content.
Explain to the students that they will be examining web sites and
a variety of information sources to research information about the
Commonwealth Games.
Inform the students that the rap will involve using the Internet and
email. Email will be used to share information and knowledge with
other students.
As a whole class, jointly construct an introductory email message.
The class email should include the school’s name, location, size of
group and any other interesting features of or facts about the school.
Examples of questions that may assist this process include:
- What information
could we share with other schools?
- What might
we want other schools to know about our school?
- What would
we like to know about other schools?
Discuss email
etiquette such as how to complete the subject line, ensuring the
correct email address and formatting of the message.
Once the final message has been approved, ask a class representative(s)
or Rap Rep to post the email to the rap.
As a whole class, access and discuss the introductions posted from
other rappers. This may take several days as schools submit their
responses. Ask the students to locate each schools on an individual
or a wall
Rap
map of Australia or NSW.
Rap point
1
Working in
small groups, ask the students to brainstorm and record their
current knowledge of the Commonwealth Games
Record this information on a retrieval chart. Continue to revisit
this sheet and add to the sheet as more information is discovered.
Using web sites or current Commonwealth Games resources located
in the library, ask the students to search for information or
facts on the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Suggested web sites:
Australian Sports Commission Official
site of the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games
In small groups, ask students to use the Commonwealth
Games Fact Sheet and record four interesting facts they discovered
about the Commonwealth Games.
Ask the students
to share their four facts with the rest of the class. Compile
a list of facts on a retrieval chart. Ask the students to choose
the four facts that they would like to send to the rap.
Tally the votes to decide on the most popular four.
Once the final text for these facts has been edited by the teacher,
ask a Rap Rep to post the facts to the rap. |
