Rappish Chant
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Approach:  Team
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Fitting in words to beat  
Resources:
Video on laptop computer, 4 word charts, special performance card
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Questions/instructions:  

This activity uses the computer.
In this activity you’re going to do a rappish chant about being sun smart. But before you start, we’ll watch a video to show how a rappish chant can be done.
Click on the Rappish Chant button.
[video source: Copeland, D., & Wilson, J. (1996). Outsmarting the sun. Wellington [N.Z.]: Cancer Society of New Zealand.]

I’m going to give each of you a copy of the words for the rappish chant. Practise reading the words out loud together so that you get to know them. Then talk about how you will do a rappish chant using the words. You have about 5 minutes to do this, and to practise doing the chant. When you practise, stand in a small semi-circle, facing each other.
Give each student a word card and allow time.
Tama Sunsmart Rap
Slip on your shirt, slap on your hat
Slop on the sunscreen, just like that.
Wrap on your shades, now you’re done,
Sayin’ “Wassup, dude?” to the mean old sun.

Slip on your shirt, slap on your hat
Slop on the sunscreen, just like that.
Wrap on your shades, now you’re done,
Sayin’ “Wassup, dude?” to the mean old sun.

Now I want you to do your best performance of your rappish chant. Stand in a small semi-circle facing each other.
Wave ‘Special Performance’ card.
 
% responses
2008 ('04)
y4
y8
Coherence/togetherness of group performance: very high 14 (9) 8 (18)
quite high 40 (37) 42 (44)
moderate 37 (46) 42 (34)
low 9 (8) 8 (4)
Rhythmic strength of group performance: very high 8 (9) 16 (16)
quite high 45 (32) 33 (46)
moderate 28 (42) 40 (31)
low 19 (17) 11 (7)
Overall vitality/colour of performance: very high 9 (5) 8 (7)
quite high 29 (32) 21 (25)
moderate 46 (44) 46 (48)
low 16 (19) 25 (20)
Communication of the words of the rap:
(diction, pronunciation) 		clear 63 (59) 61 (73)
moderate 30 (34) 37 (23)
low 7 (7) 2 (4)
Use of actions to enrich rap: (optional) used well 19 (25) 16 (21)
used 33 (26) 28 (29)
not used 48 (49) 56 (50)
Use of solo or pair components (vocal) to enrich rap: (optional) used well 17 (15) 21 (23)
used 14 (26) 32 (34)
not used 69 (59) 47 (43)

Total score:
 9–11 15 (10) 16 (18)
7–8 30 (27) 21 (32)
5–6 21 (26) 31 (21)
3–4 20 (27) 24 (24)
0–2 14 (10)
8 (5)
Commentary:
Year 4 and year 8 teams performed very similarly on this task. Clear communication of words was a strength, but vitality or colour of performance often was not. Performance was similar in 2004 and 2008.