Teaching Grammar with Blackalicious

I just had a great day at school, I am exhausted but sort of exhilarated as well. My associate teacher was sick today so I took all her classes, on my own. It was awesome, ironically my favorite class is also the group that gives me the most trouble. But today they really got into the lesson. We were learning about rhyme and alliteration, so I played them Alphabet Aerobics by Blackalicous (click here to listen). They were really into it, they had to find all the examples of alliteration. Then they split into groups and were each given a tongue twister to read to the class, then they made their own. At the end we had a speed race to see who could read theirs the fastest. It was really a cool lesson. What I love about this class is how social, enthusiastic and creative they are. What drives me crazy is their wild behavior, which I think comes from the fact they are so social and creative. What I have learned is that group work is the key, plus a little hip hop never hurts;)