Raps & Book Raps : Eggsactly Program and Planning Introductory Activities

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Eggsactly! Rap
	Eggsactly! Home
	Welcome to Eggsactly!
	Dates
	Coordinator
	Joining the rap
	Syllabus Outcomes
	Introductory rap point
	Rap point 1
	Rap point 2
	Wrap up
	Class email discussion
	Picture gallery
	Resources
	Credits

PROGRAM AND PLANNING
INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES

Choose from the following activities (click on Outcome number for full description)
	Introduce the rap and outline expectations. Read selected sections such as Rap lingo in Beginner’s guide to Raps. Students discuss the purpose of rap lingo and practise using it.
	Students can be shown the rap website to have a look at past raps and examples of email messages in the class email discussion archive.
	Create a class wall map using a Rap map template or other resource.
	Facilitate a brainstorm, a deconstruction, and joint construction of a group or class introductory message for the rap. In the introductory message give information about the school, the class and share a joke (after completing Rap sheet 1)
	Discuss how you will manage email messages (see Book rap FAQs).
	The Constructing a joint response guide could assist email composition.
Now you are ready to start rapping with these activities
	Brainstorm: What is humour? What makes us laugh? What is funny? Teacher records responses. Students share anecdotes about the funniest things that have happened to them. (TS3.2)
	Discuss: Not everyone thinks the same things are funny (TS3.1)
	Create a concept map for ‘humour’. Print Rap sheet 1. In small groups, students list examples in each category (RS3.8)
	Share and discuss responses. (TS3.2) Glossary of types of humour can be printed to develop background knowledge.
	Read the suggested texts. Enjoy! RS3.5 Before reading, students discuss what they already know about picture books. Teachers could use the following to structure a discussion: Cover What does the cover tell us? What predictions can we make about the story? Endpapers How do the endpapers take you into the story? What information is provided here? Do the endpapers set a mood for what is to follow? Title page Look at the font used and the illustration. How are you positioned as a reader? How is your reading of the book directed? Page opening is used to describe the two facing pages in a picture book. Size How does the size affect your response to the book? Does the size encourage sharing or the private viewing of the book? Format The picture book will be in a square, vertical or horizontal format. The format affects the shape that the artist fills with pictures. How does the shape affect what the artist can show? (based on A visual literacy unit for students in Years 7 and 8)
	Posting response to Introductory rap point prepare the response to the Introductory rap point with the class student/s (rap representative) type the response, edit and save teacher facilitates the students/s use of the word processor and email programs rap rep/s send the response to the Introductory rap point once the teacher has approved the final text.

July 25, 2007

State of New South Wales through the Department of Education and Training, 2007.
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