Chase March – Blog
Welcome to the sounding board for Chase March. Here you will find my various articles about a variety of topics (DJ Events and news, book reviews, skatepark tours, teaching-related articles and resources, and much more)
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Writing Rap Songs With Students
This is the fourth lesson in my unit on Rap Music. In this lesson, I set the parameters of the rap songwriting assignment, I share a few examples of rap songs, and then I put the students into groups and have them start writing. You can download the Smartboard file of this lesson for free
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Little Women and Me – My New Favourite Book
I was at the library and this book called to me. It was sitting on the top of a bookcase, proudly on display. It seemed to be saying, “Hey, Chase! This is just the book you want to read.” Who am I to argue with a book? I really loved the story of Little Women
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Still Collecting Daredevil Toys
Daredevil is my favourite superhero and I’ve managed to build up a pretty nice collection of merchandise. Here are my latest additions to the collection. It’s hard to see the newest piece here. It is small and my camera doesn’t have a macro focus. This toy is called a Bonkazonk and it is quite similar
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The Power of Perseverance
Here is some motivation for your day. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. And then, if you still don’t succeed, change up your strategy. We can learn a lot from our fine feathered friends and this very determined eagle. Watch and enjoy! I originally found this video on Larry Felazzo’s blog. If
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Making Rap Beats with Students
This is the third lesson in my unit on rap music. Today, we are looking at creating a drum beat using a simple and free drum machine that can be easily downloaded. There are several of these programs that you can use. I used Hammerhead simply because it was already installed on our school computers.
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London was a Buzz with Skaters
The World Figure Skating Championships were held in London, Ontario, Canada this past week. The whole city was abuzz with energy. The downtown core was certainly the place to be, even if you didn’t have tickets. Every night, there was a special light show projected right onto the side of the Budweiser Gardens. The show