1. Connect to this link: http://www.poetry4kids.com/modules.php?name=Rhymes&op=search.
2. Do you know what rap music is? Did you know that rap lyrics are a kind of poetry, set to music? Can you think of any rap songs? Enter a word of a rap song’s title into the field next to Word to Rhyme. Use the title of another song if you can’t think of any rap songs. Select Most common words first and then click Show Rhymes.
3. In the spaces on this worksheet marked "Rhyming Word A," write down the words that you think will make the best rhymes.
4. Enter another word into the same field. This time, select Shorter words first, then click Show Rhymes.
5. In the spaces on this worksheet marked "Rhyming Word B," write down the words that you think will make the best rhymes.
6. Using these words, compose lyrics to a rap song in the space next to the words.
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Rhyming Word B:
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