You have until the end of the period to make a copy and answer 3 - 4 questions. Please answer in paragraph form.
Assignment: Hip Hop Planet writing (Due Friday, Jan. 20th)
Use formal language for school please.
I am attaching the notes from our socratic yesterday. You may refer to someone in your paper.
20 points in the writing category, don't skip.
Mini Essay: Hip Hop, Music & The message today
( 3 - 4 paragraphs) 20 points in writing category (don’t skip)
Answer questions 1,2,4 - 3 is optional
1. James McBride states, “Over the years, the instruments change, but the message is the same. The drums are pounding out a warning. They are telling us something,” and suggests it is “a cry of ‘I am’ from the youth of the world. We’d be wise to start paying attention.”
· Paraphrase McBride’s statement
· Do we still need to pay attention to the music of today? What reasons? (be specific… it is warning us that people are becoming… it is cry of I am ______ ) What has become of the message and the warning?
· Cite songs as examples of messages
2. In your perspective, discuss how do you see Hip Hop (or other music) contributing to society and culture today? To what extent? (How much, whom is this influencing and why)
· Provide one or two ways music is contributing to (teaching us to stand up for ourselves) or taking away (or teaching us to go w/ the flow and not think for ourselves) from society
· Do these influences help or hinder? Us, explain.
i. They cause teens to … adults to….
ii. This is concerning or should be concerning because….
iii. Include personal experience, observations, or quotes from artic as evidence.
3. Whose responsibility is it to monitor music? How much (To what extent?) Why (Optional paragraph)
· If the most of the inappropriate music being played is due to airplay on the radio and social media, do we have a responsibility to monitor music more and whose responsibility is that? Why?
4. What would James McBride (author of Hop Hop Planet) say of today’s music? Why?
· Describe McBride’s individualistic responses to today’s music. It can be a response to hip hop or any music. State why. Explain where he is coming from again. Quote
· How do you respond to today’s music? Define it. What more is needed or you would like to see happen in the music industry and why? Give specific examples.
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· More specific language (yes, to an extent. When it music starts to….. / The music is powerful because …)
· Answer each question
· Use 2 quotes from Mc Bride
· Use specific songs or current events as examples
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· Vague language (yes and no, good and bad, anything)
· Informal / slang – “kinda” / music is “lit”
· Not supporting your questions with examples
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