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Current & planned raps
Term 1, 2012
 Join a reading adventure!
A rap supporting National Year of Reading 2012. It offers a range of exciting reading ideas and activities for K-10, and a space for you to share your National Year of Reading adventures. Live 26 March 2012.
Term 2, 2012
Join a reading adventure! rap continues
Term 3, 2012
Book Week Title, Stages and focus to be confirmed once the Shortlist is announced.
Term 4, 2012
Fiction with a twist 2012 involves a blog for enthusiastic readers and writers in Stages 3 and 4 English. Students will have an opportunity to write short pieces of fiction, discuss their favourite authors and books, and collaboratively continue a story thread. Deb Abela, distinguished children's author, will be the online author for the blog.
Term 2, 2011
 Shaun Tan: The lost thing, stories & more
Rap for Stages 3 and 4 English. It will focus on the Oscar award winning The lost thing animation, the picture book, and offer choices to create stories in various formats e.g. animations, comics, graphic novel extracts, picture books and video trailers. Starts Term 2 Week 7 (6 June, 2011). Concludes Term 2 Week 9 (17 June, 2011).
Term 3, 2011
 Book Week 2011: one world, many stories.
Stages 1 and 2 English.
Explore the shortlist and your other favourite picture books.
Vote for your winner.
Create a digital picture book.
Rap live to start on 15 August 2011.
Term 4, 2011
 Fiction with a twist 2011 involves a blog for enthusiastic readers and writers in Stages 3 and 4 English. Students will have an opportunity to write short pieces of fiction, discuss their favourite authors and books, and collaboratively continue a story thread. Deb Abela, distinguished children's author, will be the online author for the blog.
Fiction with a twist 2011 is a 5 week learning experience for one lesson a week, starting in Week 3, Term 4 on 23 October, 2011, and concluding at the end of
Week 7.
Term 3, 2010
 Book Week 2010: across the story bridge with Fearless rap for Early Stage 1, Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3 commences in Week 3, on August 2 and concludes on August 27th.
It will feature a Years K–6 blog and a Years 3–6 blog for responding to tasks organised around the theme. Students K–6 will use a prepared SMART Notebook to create a digital story. Students 3–6 will create a book trailer. Instructions (including models) for creating a variety of digital images and stories are included.
Click the Fearless book cover to watch the trailer.
Fearless is visiting students at schools who participated in the rap. Go to Travelling Fearless [intranet] to follow his adventures.
Term 4, 2010
wwwrite it – with Tristan Bancks is a competition, not a rap - an online adventure with a difference. Stage 4 students will write, connect with the author and with other students and use internet writing tools. Hosted by the Centre for Learning Innovation, developed in partnership with School Libraries & Information Literacy Unit. Live 29 August, 2010. The competition starts with Tristan's story starter on 11 October. Competition closes November 8.
Quick links Rap blogs and wikis
Bear and Chook books rap. Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten) and Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) English, 2009. See the videos of Lisa Shanahan and Emma Quay reading Bear and Chook by the sea and responding to students’ questions.
Beijing Olympic Games & Book Week 2008. Stage 2 and 3 PDHPE and English.
Belonging Foundation, consolidation and revision rap supporting the HSC Stage 6 Area of study: Belonging. Term 1, 2009. HSC Belonging rap 2, supporting the HSC Stage 6 Area of study: Belonging. Term 4, 2009. Identity: Sharing our stories in 2009. Stages 3 and 4: English, HSIE, PDHPE, Music and Aboriginal studies. Includes discussion blog. This rap resource supports the Cultural identity: sharing our stories integrated learning unit (Secondary COG). Identity: Sharing our stories. Stages 3 and 4 English, HSIE, PDHPE and Aboriginal studies. 2008. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox and Julie Vivas. Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) English. 2008.
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Resource reviews are provided for teachers to support their teaching and learning programs |
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A rap or book rap is an exciting teaching and learning adventure. A blog is used to host weekly discussion points in response to a text (books, films, websites), topic or event, stimulate classroom activities, and provide opportunities for teachers and students to share responses and ideas with other schools.
Each rap features support material you can integrate into a teaching unit. This support material addresses relevant syllabus outcomes and includes collaboratively planned lesson ideas including teaching strategies, proformas for use by students, and other resources, such as special guests available online, resources for use with IWBs, and WebQuests.
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Do you have a request or suggestion for a rap or book rap? Would you like something a little different? What time of year suits you best?
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Please send your suggestions and requests for future raps and book raps to the Rap Coordinator: colleen.foley@det.nsw.edu.au or fax (02) 9886 7413. |
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