My aim is to keep the attention of the class by meeting them on their level of interest, therefore I have incorporated Rap into my unit.
Rap music is very popular among the youth today.
I will use the unit twice a week for 90 minutes each time. The students will look at long, short, rhymed, free style, happy, and sad poems. During the reading section I will use some of the poems to discuss alternative ways of dealing with their emotions. Wishes, Lies, and Dreams. The students will first write a collaborative poem, and later write an individual work.