What I’ve Learned…I Hope

There have been three presentations so far, including my own presentation. But I was really interested to see what the Hip-Hop and Literacy class was going to do for their presentation, because that was the initial group I wanted to join. I have a strong understanding of music, being raised in a musical family; so I was really interested how Hip-Hop or in more general music cause be used to teach literacy.

I really liked how we had the chance to compare poetry and song lyrics to a song and find what literary devices were used in both the poem and the song. There are so many similarities that are used, and would make it a fun easy way to learn different literary devices. For instance, we looked at a song that had a ton of alliteration. It was a fun way to see alliteration in use. As a college English major, I have had a couple English classes in my life so I had a firm grasp, I hope, in what literary devices were used in the poem and song lyrics. But as children, just learning these literary devices I really believe songs can make it an easy and fun way to learn and use these literary devices.

In use, we had the chance to create our own song, which we could incorporate our knowledge of literacy, and what we had learned from the presentation about literacy. It would be a creative way of teaching students to use what they have learned about literary devices, or any other form or lesson they are being taught, whether it be math, science, or history.