Point out that sometimes the rap artists aren’t exactly following Iambic pentameter but they always go back to the beat to guide them. Show the Hip Hop of Shakespeare video clip, until 7:22. It is okay to lose the iambic pentameter occasionally when performing as long as you keep the beat as your backbone. There is going to be a tension when performing between wanting to follow the rhythm but also wanting to communicate the text using word stress. Point out to students that sometimes the iambic pentameter makes communicating the text awkward. Have each group recite the sonnet in unison based on their scanning. Each group will choose one of the sonnets and scan it for iambic pentameter to the best of their ability. Give each student a sonnet handout and divide them into 3 groups. Have the class read the sonnet out loud using the iambic pentameter rhythm. They can have help from other students, those sitting in their seats should try scanning the work themselves on their own paper. Have different students come to the board and break down a line. Shall I/ compare/ thee to/ a sum/ mer’s day.Show the breakdown of the first line into Iambic Pentameter. Show Sonnet 18 on the projector and hand each student a copy of sonnet 18. 2 is a foot, Stressed and unstressed, or a heartbeat or a gallop.Point out that Shakespeare was writing in beats, lyrical beats so we can put them to hip hop beats.īreak down Iambic pentameter for the students. They put the words into an intrinsic rhythm even rap artists can still use his work. Shakespeare used iambic pentameter to write his plays. Socrates, philosophies and hypotheses can’t define.(WuTang).The most benevolent king communicates through your dreams.I was not born under a rhyming planet.
Men would rather use their broken weapons than their bare hands.(Othello).Maybe it’s hatred I spew, maybe it’s food for the spirit.To destroy the beauty from which one came.Quotes from either plays sonnets or hip hop songs: Sonnet Handout Lesson 4.Shakespeare Sonnets Handout Īsk the students to raise their hands for either Shakespeare or Hip Hop.The Hip Hop of Shakespeare = (Begin – 7:22).Objective: Students will be able to grasp basic iambic pentameter by scanning and rapping a Shakespearean sonnet. Lesson 4: Straight Outta Shakespeare or Iambic Pentameter
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