Unit 6 – Write your own couplet

GQ gives you an assignment on how to write your own couplets using the poetic devices we have learned over the past few units. He demonstrates by writing couplets about himself and we see student examples of written couplets. You try on your own or with your class. Use one of the beats in the beat folder.

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• Table of Contents
  • 1 – Add-Rap-Tation Intro
  • 2 – What is Add-Rap-Tation?
  • 3.1 – Shakespeare’s Othello
  • 3.2 – Q Brothers’ Othello: The Remix
  • 4 – Shakespeare Basics
  • 5.1 Modern Hip Hop and Poetic Devices
  • 5.2 – Interactive Rhyming Couplets
  • 6 – Write your own couplet
  • 7.1 – Adapting the Balcony Scene
  • 7.2 – Writing Collaboratively: Example of Benny and Cece
  • 7.3 – Writing Collaboratively: Example of Pepperoni and Pocket
  • 8 – How to Perform Your Adaptations
  • 9 – Reflection and Empowerment
  • 10 – Conclusion and Your Next Assignment
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