{"id":5405,"date":"2018-04-25T00:59:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T00:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=5405"},"modified":"2018-04-25T00:59:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T00:59:12","slug":"lesson-4-straight-outta-shakespeare-or-iambic-pentameter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=5405","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 4: Straight Outta Shakespeare or Iambic Pentameter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lesson 4: <\/strong>Straight Outta Shakespeare or Iambic Pentameter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective: <\/strong>Students will be able to grasp basic iambic pentameter by scanning and rapping a Shakespearean sonnet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shakespeare Rap = <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Hip Hop of Shakespeare = <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1ucYtOk_8Qo\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1ucYtOk_8Qo<\/a> (Begin \u2013 7:22)<\/li>\n<li>James Brown Funky Drummer Beat = <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jIQZi3_ON0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jIQZi3_ON0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sonnet 18\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lesson-4.Sonnet-18.docx\">Lesson 4.Sonnet 18<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sonnet Handout <a href=\"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lesson-4.Shakespeare-Sonnets-Handout.pdf\">Lesson 4.Shakespeare Sonnets Handout<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wwwtc.pbs.org\/shakespeare\/educators\/handouts\/lnglp_sonnets.pdf\"><em>http:\/\/wwwtc.pbs.org\/shakespeare\/educators\/handouts\/lnglp_sonnets.pdf<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hook: <\/strong>Shakespeare vs. Hip Hop<\/p>\n<p>Ask the students to raise their hands for either Shakespeare or Hip Hop.\u00a0 Quotes from either plays sonnets or hip hop songs:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To destroy the beauty from which one came. (Sean Carter or JayZ)<\/li>\n<li>Maybe it\u2019s hatred I spew, maybe it\u2019s food for the spirit. (Eminem)<\/li>\n<li>Men would rather use their broken weapons than their bare hands.(Othello)<\/li>\n<li>I was not born under a rhyming planet. (Much Ado About Nothing)<\/li>\n<li>The most benevolent king communicates through your dreams. (RZA WuTang clan)<\/li>\n<li>Socrates, philosophies and hypotheses can\u2019t define.(WuTang)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lecture: <\/strong>The Hip Hop of Shakespeare<\/p>\n<p>Play the Shakespeare Rap (4:268:22).\u00a0 Shakespeare used iambic pentameter to write his plays.\u00a0 They put the words into an intrinsic rhythm; even rap artists can still use his work.\u00a0 Point out that Shakespeare was writing in beats, lyrical beats so we can put them to hip hop beats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Break down Iambic pentameter for the students.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Iambic = 2<\/li>\n<li>Pentameter = 5<\/li>\n<li>So 5 sets of 2<\/li>\n<li>2 is a foot, Stressed and unstressed, or a heartbeat or a gallop. Dee Dum<\/li>\n<li>Using syllables not words.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Activity: <\/strong>Scanning the Sonnet<\/p>\n<p>Show Sonnet 18 on the projector and hand each student a copy of sonnet 18.\u00a0 Show the breakdown of the first line into Iambic Pentameter.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Shall I\/ compare\/ thee to\/ a sum\/ mer\u2019s day<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Have different students come to the board and break down a line. They can have help from other students, those sitting in their seats should try scanning the work themselves on their own paper.\u00a0 Have the class read the sonnet out loud using the iambic pentameter rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Activity: Group Scanning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Give each student a sonnet handout and divide them into 3 groups.\u00a0 Each group will choose one of the sonnets and scan it for iambic pentameter to the best of their ability.\u00a0 Have each group recite the sonnet in unison based on their scanning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Activity: Meter vs. Communication.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Point out to students that sometimes the iambic pentameter makes communicating the text awkward. \u00a0There is going to be a tension when performing between wanting to follow the rhythm but also wanting to communicate the text using word stress. It is okay to lose the iambic pentameter occasionally when performing as long as you keep the beat as your backbone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Show the Hip Hop of Shakespeare video clip, until 7:22.\u00a0 Point out that sometimes the rap artists aren&#8217;t exactly following Iambic pentameter but they always go back to the beat to guide them.\u00a0 Play the Funky Drumline video clip and let student practice rapping their sonnet to the beat.\u00a0 Have several students who are comfortable try rapping their sonnets for the class.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Closer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Point out to students that you don\u2019t want them to abandon communicating for the meter, but use the beat to help you communicate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson 4: Straight Outta Shakespeare or Iambic Pentameter &nbsp; Objective: Students will be able to grasp basic iambic pentameter by scanning and rapping a Shakespearean sonnet. &nbsp; Materials Shakespeare Rap = https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY The Hip Hop of Shakespeare = https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1ucYtOk_8Qo (Begin \u2013 7:22) James Brown Funky Drummer Beat = https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jIQZi3_ON0 Sonnet 18\u00a0\u00a0Lesson 4.Sonnet 18 Sonnet Handout &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5406,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5405\/revisions\/5406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}