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L115 Hip-Hop as Journalism · Tue 2027-03-23 · Music That Says Something 100%
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GREET
Greeting at the door
Entra, sientate, empieza

Come in, sit, startEntra, sientate, empieza

Your Do Now is on the board and on today's sheet. Start it as you sit down.Tu 'Ahora' esta en la pizarra y en la hoja de hoy. Empiezalo al sentarte.

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DO NOW
Write one line
Escribe una linea

Write one line: what makes you believe a story someone tells you?

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WARM-UP
Scholar-led
Calentamiento, dirigido por un estudiante

Voice warm-up

Led by today's Warm-Up Leader. I do not run this block.Lo dirige el Líder de Calentamiento de hoy. Yo no dirijo este bloque.

  1. Breath in 4, out 8, twice
  2. Hum, then siren up and down
  3. Say today's first line in rhythm, twice, clapping the pulse
  4. Count-in and a four-beat entrance together
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TARGET
What we can do today
Lo que podemos hacer hoy

I canYo puedo

I can analyze a hip-hop verse as reportage by identifying its claims and transcribing the rhythm of its delivery.

I know I have got it whenSe que lo logre cuando

  • I identified two factual claims in the verse
  • I named the detail that makes it credible
  • I transcribed four bars of the flow

Read aloud by today's Target Reader.Lo lee en voz alta el Lector de la Meta de hoy.

El espanol del texto propio de esta lección llega con su unidad; la rutina de arriba esta traducida.

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MAKE
Ears on the music
Manos y voces en la musica

Hip-Hop as Journalism

  1. 4 minTwo factual claims
  2. 4 minWhat makes it credible
  3. 5 minTranscribe the flow
  4. 2 minClap it

Reading todayLectura de hoy

A lyric transcription with the rhythm of the words written above it

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TALK
You talk. I stay quiet.
Ustedes hablan. Yo me quedo callado.

This verse reports something. Is it journalism? What would it need to be, and does it matter that it is not?

Starter (asks the question)Builder (adds evidence)Challenger (offers another reading)Recorder (reports one sentence out)

Use these to startEmpieza con estás frases

  • I noticed ______ in the recording, and I think it worked because ______.
  • I want to build on what ______ said. My evidence is at ______.
  • I hear it differently. What I heard was ______, because ______.

I stay silent for the first four minutes. Talk to each other, not to the front of the room.Me quedo callado los primeros cuatro minutos. Hablen entre ustedes, no hacia el frente.

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PROVE
Show what you can do
Demuestra lo que puedes hacer

Clap the flow of the first two bars.

How you show itComo lo demuestras

Play or sing it for me. I mark the roster as you play.Tocalo o cantalo para mi. Marco la lista mientras tocas.

Write one line firstPrimero escribe una línea

One sentence on your Do Now line: use the word flow and name the moment in the recording that proves it.Una oración en tu línea del 'Ahora': usa la palabra flow y señala la prueba.

Before you finishAntes de terminar

Rate yourself against the success criteria, give one classmate a specific comment using a word from today's list, then fix one thing they named before you show me.