Unit 9 – Reflection and Empowerment

We reflect on the process. The Q Brothers ask the students what they think the purpose of this exercise was and explore how understanding Shakespeare and having ownership over language can be empowering. Has your experience creating Add-Rap-Tations been empowering? What did you discover?

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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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