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Teaching Tip: Multi-Syllable Rhymes
Image via Wikipedia When people think of poets, they don’t often think of rappers, but Eminem gets a lot of attention for how he puts his words together. People who don’t even like rap, admire him for his skill. I know what you are thinking – Eminem in a Teaching Tip Tuesday post? – Has…
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Know Your History: 2nd Season – Sampling
Welcome to Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. Today marks the start of our second season here on DOPEfm. I tweaked the logo a bit for the new year, but just like last year, you can look forward to 12 excellent episodes about rich cultural history of hip-hop. My name is Chase…
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Friday Flash – The Lonely Cactus
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Let’s see if that is true. I found this image on Tumblr and absolutely loved it. Image via SnorgTees I then heard about this thing called Friday Flash. The goal is to write a short story and the only limit is that you cannot use any…
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What Exactly Is Too Much Knowledge (for children)
I keep seeing characters in film who are wise beyond their years. These young characters seem to have everything figured out. They speak of topics you wouldn’t expect someone their age to know anything about. It’s easy to laugh at the apparent expertise of these young girls when you first encounter them on the screen.…
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Hip-hop Love from the Junos
The list of nominees was just released for this year’s Juno Awards. There is a lot of hip-hop being represented this year. Classified is up for Single of the Year with this patriotic jam “Oh Canada” Eminem is up for International Album of the Year. It would be nice to see him win. He’s up…
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Teaching Tip – Guided Reading
A good reading program is absolutely essential for your classroom. Without one, your students will not improve as readers. Having DEAR – Drop Everything And Read or SSR – Sustained Silent Reading where your students read quietly at their desks, does very little to help them become better readers. What you need is a guided…
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Chasing Content – February 2010
Image via Wikipedia The chase is on! It’s time to hunt down that elusive content that tries to leave us in the dust and tuck away into the archives. We do this at the start of each and every month here at Silent Cacophony and highlight the best posts of the previous year at this…
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Know Your History: Season 1
Know Your History is a half radio program I produce for DOPEfm that focuses on the rich history of rap music and hip-hop culture. As a hip-hop historian, I wanted an outlet to celebrate this music that I hold so dear to my heart. This show allows me to play some classic material and discuss…
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Know Your History – Gangsta Rap
Rap music comes in many different shapes, forms, and styles. To the casual listener though, there may only appear to be two distinct categories of rap. First, we have artists like Solja Boy or The Black Eyed Peas. These artists put out music with commercial and mainstream appeal. Like the pop artists before them, such as…
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Ten Intentions for a Better Classroom
I found this on Tumblr today and my first thought was, “Wow! I’d love to adopt this for my classroom.” I like how it uses the word intent. These aren’t rules. These are ideals, and while we might not always be able to live 100% by them, they are something to strive for. Of course,…