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We write and we RAP!

6th grade students took on the challenge of writing "Constructed Responses," or well-structured paragraphs including topic sentences, details, evidence, analysis, and closing sentences... and turned them into Raps!

American Born Chinese Rap

Tue, 01/05/2010 - 06:46 — jyun2016
 AMERICAN BORN CHINESE: (rap!!) 

  By:Jennie Yun, Cristian Eder-Miller, Matthew Perry, and Kadijatou Diallo.

(Topic Sentence): In American Born Chinese the theme is to fit in, the Monkey King, Danny, and also Jin.
                 Now here's the story of a boy named Jin and a theme is born as he tries to fit in.
(Context): When Jin first comes to a different school, everyone thinks he's a great big fool. As soon as he brings in some Chinese food, everyone thinks he's a dog-eating dude. yo!
(Evidence): When Jin first brings in some dumplings, everyone thinks that he's eating dogs. They start to make fun of him. From then on, Jin brought in a sandwich so people would stop humiliating him. yo!
(Analysis): Now here's the analysis this shows that Jin started to gripe because that's a stereotype.  
 
(Context): Also there's Danny and when his cousin arrives, he thinks he will ruin his and every one's lives. When his cousin first comes to a new school, everyone thinks he's a total fool. But this is a problem because Danny's cousin puts danger to his social life because he embodies all the stereotypes. But this leaves him no choice because Danny leaves his school, because of his cousin has turned him very uncool. 

(Evidence): "By the time he leaves, no one thinks of me as Danny anymore. They think of me as Chin-Kee's cousin," Danny says. Danny seems to not fit in just because of his cousin. YO!

(Analysis): Danny soon leaves the school,because he is embarrassed, life is exactly the opposite of living in a palace! But soon Danny's girlfriend really liked him, but she recommends that they should really just be friends. yo!

(Context): Also there's the Monkey King he thinks that, he can practice Kung-Fu just like that!! But people don't like him every one in the land  because he is a monkey which can't be let in because he has no hands. yo!
(Evidence): The Monkey King is great at Kung-fu and he thinks that he should be let in the heavens in order to have a great dinner but nobody thinks he should be let in because he is different. He soon starts to be competitive but he soon learns that being the monkey is the best thing ever. yo!
(Analysis): Well now you know that you don't have to fit in, being yourself is the most important thing. You should appreciate who you are, then you can be an amazing star.
(Conclusion): Overall, you don't have to fit in. It isn't the most important thing. Don't be discouraged of what you do just all you gotta do is be you!! You should always accept who you are and in this case, your relatives, your culture, and how you look. Oh and American Born Chinese was a very good book!! YO!

E.L.A Rap: Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Tue, 01/05/2010 - 08:32 — frubinson2016

E.L.A. Rap: Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Written and performed by Francesca Rubinson,
Cristian Perez, Ellie Kohn and Kobe Borden
 
 
Junior was faced with lots of strife
So he learned to appreciate the little things in life

E1 Junior was really down when his Grandma just died
So he tried to be cheerful and his hopes were on the rise

"And I kept trying to find the little pieces of joy in my life.
That's the only way I managed to make it through all the death and change."

Sometimes being a "joyous freak"
Has its advantages when things are bleak

E2 Junior found happiness at Reardan his new school
With help from his friend Gordy who was really pretty cool

"He not only tutored and challenged me, but he made me realize that hard work-
that the act of finishing, of completing of accomplishing a task- is joyous."

Junior found accomplishing his goals was really nice

And his reading and cartoons spiced up his life

E3 When his family was living in a grief storm
Junior's teacher made fun and a rebellion was born

"But I was too broken. Instead it was Gordy who defended me.
 He stood with his textbook and dropped it.
Whomp! [...] then Penelope dropped her textbook. Then Roger dropped his.
 Whomp! Then all of my classmates walked out on the teacher

When his friends stood up for him they made it all okay
Their little bit of kindness truly brightened up his day

Gordy, Rowdy, his family and his friends
Gave him joy to make it through the grief
To make it to the end

Cristian on Bongo drum: under beat- bum, bum, bu-bum bum, bum
Ellie: rapping
Kobe: reading quotes
Francesca: absent(for presentation)/songwriting

E.L.A. Rap:Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Rina Lubit, Noah Sclar, Alye Alston, and Ryan Colon

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 09:33 — rlubit2016

Junior Finding Hope

(All) Here is the story of an Indian trying to find hope
Going to Reardan this is how he coped

(Alye and Noah)At the beginning they called him a traitor
The tune they sang: (Alye) "You're an Indian hater!"

(Rina)They called him an apple
With lots of sneers and jeers
With his feelings he grappled
They think he's white he fears

(Noah)Hope for me is like a mythical creature
This is not true, there are other features
I used to think that hope was all white, white, white
People try to tell me (Alye) "That ain't right"

(Alye)Junior threw a book at Mr. P
He got suspended
Despair was all he could see.

(Rina) He could not see a future
for him on the rez
(Noah)"I just have to get out"
(Rina) Junior desperately says

(Noah) Furthermore I gave it my all
Everybody thought I was going to fall
(Noah and Alye) The fight was hard Junior almost failed
But the deaths in his family helped him provail


(All) Getting out of Wellpinit
Junior found hope
 
Without that he wouldn't
Have been able to cope
 
 
(Alye) Some things Junior
Did were really rare,
He should've known hope
Had to do with care
 

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