Rap: a book discussion conducted by email
Welcome to
Journeys rap
(Journeys: English Stage 6: stimulus booklet for the area of study Advanced,
Standard and ESL)
Dates
Coordinator
Joining the rap
Book rap materials
Rap points
Rap sheets
Rap reflection sheet
Rap program and planning materials
Resources
Credits
This rap, Journeys, will be available during Term 4, 2006. It will focus on Journeys: English Stage 6: stimulus booklet for the area of study HSC 2004-2007. It will be for Advanced, Standard and ESL students.
Dates
Dates: (approx) |
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*Rap live for subscription and introductions |
Week of 16 October 2006 (T4 Wk1) |
*Rap point 1 |
23 October 2006 (T4 Wk2) |
*Rap point 2 |
30 October 2006 (T4 Wk3) |
*Rap point 3 |
6 November 2006 (T4 Wk4) |
*Rap wrap up |
13 November 2006 (T4 Wk5) |
Coordinator
Jo-Anne Patterson, Wyndham College
Joining the rap
From 16 October 2006, you may participate in the Journeys 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.
Please ensure you have registered the email addresses before doing so. See notes below.
Teacher discussion 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.
Notes re teacher email list
Feel free to use your personal, or education email address, or other email address of your choice.
Notes re class email address
Teachers, particularly those from NSW government schools, operating in authenticated email environments and restricted from the use of Yahoo and other such accounts from school may wish to negotiate use of their school’s generic or administrative account with the school principal. For further options and support contact the Rap Coordinator.
Archives of the class email discussion
Book rap materials
Rap points
Program and planning Stage 6
Resources
Rap sheets (for use with Rap points)
Rap reflection sheet (for related class activities see Program and planning)
Rap maps
Rap lingo
Implementing a rap (Book rap FAQs)
Email – Instruction sheet for students
Parent information letter
Rap points
These discussion questions guide the 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 4 Week 2: week beginning October 23 2006
What relevance does the concept of journey have to our lives?
Write a short explanation of the relevance of the Area of Study The journey for parents of HSC English students. Your explanation will be published in a section of the school newsletter called Curriculum snapshots. This section of the newsletter is written by students to inform their parents of what they are studying in class.
Jointly compose and post a response of approximately 200 words.
Post your class answer to the rap once the teacher has approved the final text.
Rap point 2: (For related class activities see Program and planning)
Term 4 Week 3: week beginning October 30 2006
In what ways do narrative conventions shape the way that composers represent journeys?
Compare and contrast the representation of the journey as a narrative in two of the texts from the stimulus booklet.
Jointly compose and post a response of approximately 400 words.
Post your class answer to the rap once the teacher has approved the final text.
Once you have posted your class response you may wish to respond to one or more of the responses from other class groups. You can do this by posting your comments to the rap so all rappers can share your ideas.
Rap point 3: (For related class activities see Program and planning)
Term 4 Week 4: week beginning November 6 2006
Text 6 Journeys over land and sea
- What ideas about the journey are expressed in Text 6 Journeys over land and sea
- How are these ideas conveyed?
- What is the impact of these journeys?
Post your class response to these questions once the teacher has approved the final text. Your answer to each question should be in paragraph form. You should write about two paragraphs for each question.
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 2)
Rap sheet 6 (for Rap point 3)
Rap reflection sheet (for Rap wrap up)
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 |
Credits
Thanks to the English Faculty of Penrith High School, especially Mark Howie, Head Teacher English, and Jo-Anne Patterson, ESL teacher, Wyndham College, and to Kerry Underhill, Senior Curriculum Adviser, English 7-12.
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.
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