Two Lessons for Hip Hop Verse, Poetry, and Performance: Braggadocio and Voice
This lesson is by Grover Cleveland Winfield III, the son of the late Grover C. Winfield, Jr. and Theodora Pollard Winfield. He earned his M.F.A. in Creative Writing, with and emphasis in poetry, from Old Dominion University in May of 2004. Entering his seventeenth year in education, Cleveland Winfield currently teaches English 10 and Cultural Topics: Literature, Writing, & Performance at Rappahannock High School in Warsaw, Virginia. In addition to his teaching duties, Cleveland Winfield serves his school system as the Faculty Athletics Representative for Rappahannock High School and as the chairperson of the Richmond County Public Schools Multicultural Diversity Committee.
Lesson 1: Hip Hop Verse, Poetry, & Performance: Braggadocio
Click here to view the full lesson plan. Mentor texts include lyrics by LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, and Grover Cleveland Winfield III.
Lesson 2: Hip Hop Verse, Poetry, & Performance Writing Exercise
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These are awesome!! Thank you so much for sharing! 🙂
These are awesome!! Thank you so much for sharing! 🙂