Recording+Studio

=**Group Name: Recording Studio**=


 * Adult Leader/s: Jose Mane and Lisa Burns**


 * Student Members:**
 * < Muzahid Abdulla ||
 * < Victor Cordero ||
 * < Richard Fernandez ||
 * < Dylan Ficeto ||
 * < Muhidi Hasain ||
 * < Stephanie Montalvo ||
 * < Troy Adams ||
 * < Kenji Cano ||
 * < Nia Daniels ||
 * < Makeda Lewis ||
 * < Aidan Sugrue ||
 * < Norma Degante ||
 * < Sully Delacruz ||
 * < Andres Aguirre ||
 * < Loren Francione ||

Write songs and raps, music and lyrics, and record music on a CD in our studio. Identify student-directed focus and themes for the album, and work on focusing lyrics and music toward these themes. Aim: What are the problems that we would like to solve in our communities?
 * Goals and Objectives:**

9:30-10:30- What communities are we a part of and what are the problems that affect our communities? Problem-based discussion--
 * Activities:**
 * Monday, October 21 -** 9:00-9:30 AM - ice breakers and - group building.
 * Students will define community,
 * define and analyze a challenge that is presented to their community,
 * identifying problems and collectively discuss and record solutions with their group.

10:30-11:30- Roundtable discussion about student-identified problems in different communities

11:30- 12:30- Group decision about the 6-8 problems that students will choose to tackle in their school, neighborhood, borough, city, state, national, or global communities.

1:30- 2:30- Students do research about the problem that they have chosen to tackle and identify the overall challenge and problems that stem from the challenge.
 * Students will research articles about the causes of a problem generated from a group discussion.
 * They are to type a one-page reflection that details the problem and its causes.

2:30- 3:13- Groups present their findings and we identify and write down problems and solutions on the community board.

9am to 10am: Critical Analysis of Nas's "One Love". Nas's "One Love" Song, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjd7EbUUds8‎ CNN's "Black in America Tale of Two Brothers" www.yidio.com/show/Black-In-America
 * Tuesday, October 22 -**
 * Students will take directed notes as they individually read the lyrics to Nas' s One Love.
 * Mark places in the song where Nas identifies a personal problem with a PP, a community problem with CP, and a solution with an S.
 * Teacher modeled critical reading.

Rest of the day: Writing a problem/solution- based song.
 * Identifying problems and solutions of the School to Prison Pipeline problem.
 * Group writing session: based on the School to Prison Pipeline Issue


 * Wednesday, October 23 -** Recording and writing cycle

goal: every group records one or two song(s) and writes a 3rd

 * Artwork group organizes responsibilities: cover art, back cover art, cd sticker art
 * End of day share-out of artwork concepts and ideas


 * Thursday, October 24 -**
 * 1) continue recording; creative writing/solo song writing
 * 2) pick final tracklisting; start mixing process
 * 3) create back cover
 * 4) continue and finish mixing the final tracklisting
 * 5) publish online; furnish wiki page; share out

media type="file" key="Dylan,Kylup,RichardRensizzleJam.m4a"
 * Photos/Pics/Blogs:**
 * Dylan, Kylup and Richard Jam session: **