Student contest winners: Hispanic Heritage Month Rap Contest 2022
For Hispanic Heritage Month, Flocabulary invited students to be researchers, lyricists, and rappers. Meet the 2022 student contest winners!
Myth: E. E. Cummings only wrote in lowercase letters
Did E.E. Cummings only write in lowercase letters? Learn about E.E. Cummings and the truth behind the myth.
The Poetics of Hip-Hop Lesson Plan
This comprehensive high school lesson plan, from the Kennedy Center's ArtsEdge program, helps student make connections between poetry (Giovanni, Saul Williams) Rap lyrics (Blackalicious) and Shakespeare. The parallels are excellent and this is a great example of how teachers can use rap as a mirror for poetry. For more lesson plans, check out Flocabulary's Teacher Resources. You can also hear this idea in action with Flocabulary's literature raps.