<p>Reading Fluency</p><p>Strategy: Hip Hop Music</p><p>Appropriate Grade Level: Middle – High School</p><p>Procedures/Steps: Finding Rhyme in Hip Hop</p><p>Present a lesson on rhyme Pairs of 2 words Sentence with new Have students bring in their favorite and appropriate rap lyrics rhymes that rhyming words from lyrics rhyme Examine the study of rhyme in the lyrics Ex. Ex. Ex. Find pairs of rhyme in the lyrics Beat, Seat, The fans jumped out of Rhyme two more words with the rhyming pair feet cleat their seat as I hit home Create a sentence with the two new rhyming words. plate with my cleat. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 4. 4. 4. An example of how to examine and create rhyme from rap lyrics 5. 5. is at the right. 5. The examples were found in lyrics from Rapper’s Delight by the Sugar Hill Gang. </p><p>Comments and/or tips:  Always check the lyrics for appropriateness  Let the students listen to their favorite and appropriate rap songs in class  Encourage students to stand up and rap out their lyrics to the class or put their lyrics to music.  Not all students enjoy Hip Hop, so let them choose the genre of music they prefer.</p><p>Source:</p><p>McQuiston, K., O’Shea, D., McCollin, M. (2008). Improving Phonological Awareness and Decoding Skills of High School Students from Diverse Backgrounds. Preventing School Failure, 52, (2), 67-70.</p>