Since my favourite era of Hip Hop, it appears that standards have fallen. Note that here, the word ‘money’ appears far more frequently than the word ‘teacher’. However, I would imagine that the explosion in musical creation in recent years has had an effect on this, as would the commercialisation of the genre.

Ever wondered about sporting references in Hip Hop? Now you have the answer.

It really is. The rules are there are no rules. Except for these, which were made to be broken. Kind of. However, they provide a useful guide to the standards expected from the website, which help students to annotate successfully. I have given literacy feedback through the website. Standards must be upheld.

This annotation on the first sentence of 1984 has several authors, who have developed a range of ideas, reference and explanations together.

Refugee Blues… and as a genius educator, we’re able to add duplicate texts, clearly labelled, for our students delectation.

Such as this.

Just look at this page to see the scope of the website.

Just go to http://www.rapgenius.com and follow the simple instructions. To create a new text, click on new text. Use a decent browser, and all will be well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWf5BLUOhNM

What better way to learn something than playing with it? I know there’s a lot of talk these days about teachers being experts (which we are) and not being afraid to demonstrate and share that expertise (which we’re not) but there is more than one way to skin the pedagogical cat.