WTERPRETIWG HIP-HOP SUMMER CAMP a "mE;CAMP DIRECTOR AND LEAD FACILITATOR Andrew J. Ryan is the Executive Director of Hip-Hop Matters, a non-profit, whose mission is to energize, motivate, empower and support the youth of America through responsible use of Hip-Hop culture. Ryan has been teach- ing courses on Hip-Hop at the university level since 2001. CollegeBound ‘Teen Magazine named Ryan's first Hip-Hop course, Beats, Rhyme and Culture, at #14 in their list of the top 25 ‘coolest’ cotlege courses. In addition to his work at the university level, Ryan has taught math at Friendship Collegiate Academy, Friendship Junior Academy (middle school), and Thurgood Marshall High School. In addition to teaching at the University of the District of Columbia and George Mason University, Ryan is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Hip- Hop —a scholarly journal on Hip-Hop. He holds a bachelors degree in com- puter science from Binghamton University (State University of New York), a Master's degree in Systems Engineering (George Mason University) and ex- pects to finish his PhD in Instructional Technology in 2008. He is working on his first book, Spitting Knowledge: Effective Use of Hip-Hop in the Classroom Prof Ryan has worked with youth since the age of 6 when he founded a youth group in his church in the Bronx, where he also taught Sunday school. He is a two time president of the Binghamton University Chapter of the Na- tional Society of Black Engineers and the only repeat winner of the Research Paper of the Year (Science/Math) at the National Black Graduate Student Conference. OPERATIONS MANAGER AND FACILITATOR Jeff Tate Of Belizean and Jamaican parentage born and bred in Chicago. he was an all-state standout athlete in track and football throughout high school. After developing a passion for helping ur- ban youth, Jeff moved to his second passion, baseball, and worked as a youth counselor with the Fields of Dreams program in Wash- ington DC, as baseball coach and education instructor: Tate is currently pursuing degree in recording engineering.WTERPRETING HiT-HOT SUMMER CAMP 2006 SCRAPBOOF FAP -MOP QAP POSERY WORKSHOPS Wax POstits The literary aspects of rap [rhythm and poetry) offer rich academic value. Onomatopsia, free verse. alliteration, metaphor, hyperbole and iambic pentameter are just a few of the literary devices amni- present in rap music, Shakespeare, Hemingway, Nas, and Common can all be considered posts. In their Hip Hop and Poetry workshops students used pastry from poets cuch as Cwendalyn Brooks, Sonia Sanchez, discussed the following literary devices using His Hop: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: A writer might use words out of thetr literal or ordinary meaning to add beauty or force to the work. Figurative language often has many figures of speech, characterized by the use of meta- phars and similies, RHYME SCHEME: the arrangement of Thymes ina stanza or a poem. ALLITERATION: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables Helena Hartsfield, reading specialist, led the group in weekly reading excercises. SYMBOLISM: the art or practice of using symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representations. HAIKU: an unrhymed verse form of Japa- nese origin having three lines containing usually 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively METAPHOR: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them Studencs listen as Ms Hartsfield introduces writing assignment. Ftp Hatters ~ bon Nop. | an change