This half term the Learning for Life Communication Group held a Rap Battle using communication devices!
The five students were all AAC users, using an eye gaze or a switch to control their communication devices. This was a one on one, no holds barred battle with voting by the group at the end of each round. The overall winner was the rapper who had won the most rounds.
The students took turns to play lines of rap and then the whole group voted for their favourite. There were some memorable lines such as:
“Your rhymes are weak like decaf tea, I serve full strength, don’t mess with me!”
and
“We’re learning for Life, we’re college crew, we do things our way, fresh and true!”
Each student also had the opportunity to do a “clap back / comeback” reply after each turn, which made it even more fun and the clap backs were flying even faster than the rap verses.
The students especially liked the most sassy comebacks like “cute effort, now let the pros handle it” or “I didn’t come to play – I came to win” and the sound effects such as “mike drop!”
It got rather competitive, and the competition was very close, but in the end the “rapper with the most attitude” was chosen.
The students (and staff) all had great fun, so we will definitely be repeating this Rap Battle again in the future.
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