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Academics

Teaching practicums completed: 1
Middle school units (major) taught: 7
Completed credit hours for B. Ed.: 12

Artistic

Ceramic pieces made: 15
2-D art pieces made: 5
Raps written: 1 (for educational purposes)

Other

Thursday nights spent volunteering at a youth rec centre: approx. 18
Saddles vaulted back into: 1
Pagan ceremonies attended: 5 (I am NOT a twice-a-year Pagan!!!)

Current Mood: satisfied
Current Music: Jig of Life, Kate Bush

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From:

haikujaguar.livejournal.com

I have added you to the list on the entry! Thanks for dropping by and doing the meme.

I want to hear the story about the educational rap! *laugh* I almost missed it the first time I read the list. I was thinking, 'wow, clay-sculptor, teacher, volunteering--woah, educational rap written?'

Hee. :)

From:

the-vulture.livejournal.com

You'll have that story as soon as I've figured out how to paste a link directly to my post (grin!). (Sorry about the multiple attempts! Still learning how to deal with LJ.)

From:

the-vulture.livejournal.com

I wanted to introduce my grade 7 English class to a little poetry. Of course, finding a way to get them hooked into the idea can be a little tricky. I opted with a lesson idea called "Brainstorm Rap" where students write down a theme word on a sheet of paper and pass it around to the other students in the class, who write down words related to the theme. The students then select ten of those words which they must incorporate into a rhymed and rythmic poem along the style of a rap song.

Of course, any good teacher had best be prepared to model the exercise and, given that we had just finished a socials unit on ancient China, I presented my students with the following utilizing terms from that unit:

This is a rhyme about ancient China
As countries go, there ain’t none fina’
Say “Hello” to the Emperor Qin
Stand against him and you just can’t win
Guarded by thousands of terracotta soldiers
Just standin’ around like man shaped boulders
He’s buryin’ suckas inside the Great Wall
Eight horses wide and five suckas tall
As a defense, it’s absolute
Keeping out every Mongol brute
It’s a legacy that went on and on
Right until we say “Hello” to Genghis Khan

It's rather disconcerting when one of your students starts shouting "Choke, choke, choke!" during your presentation. Of course, unlike a real rap battle, I was able to threaten said student with a detention (silly grin!).

From:

haikujaguar.livejournal.com

*stare* *laugh!*

Okay, you made all my coworkers eye my funny. That is fabulous! I bet your students loved it, too. *chortle*

I remember in high school they made us write rap music to promote political candidates in our in-school political rally. That was... well, amusing. I think I'm glad I lost the lyrics I wrote for that. *grin*

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the-vulture.livejournal.com

(chuckle!) The kids in that class gave me such a hard time about it. For a while, I thought the effort had gone largely unappreciated. Then, about a week later, I walked into the staffroom where two teachers looked at me and, with impish grins, began singing "There ain't nothin' fina than ancient China..." After I finished howling with laughter, they explained that they were teaching gym when they noticed a number of the boys singing the song and they asked them what it was about. It made my day (even if they did get the lyrics wrong)! (chuckle!)