Reading Test – answers explained Class 8A Chapter 6

Part 1 Schrijf de nummers van de beweringen die true (=waar) zijn op je antwoordblad. Is een bewering false (=niet waar), herschrijf deze zodat hij true is.

Part 1 – statement 1 African tribes passed on their history through music Hip to the Hop …. African tribes would pass their history on to the next generation by telling stories to their children.

Part 1 – statement 2 The slaves on the plantations used many different items to create a beat with. Beats and raps While the African slaves were working on the plantations, they sang spiritual songs. Because they had no instruments, they used beats from any object that they got their hands on.

Part 1 – statement 3 You’re supposed to rap about your friends or yourself. Few rules …. You can rap about anything….

Part 1 – statement 4 Raps are never written down beforehand. Few rules …don’t rap the rhymes off of paper (even though texts are usually prewritten)

Part 1 – statement 5 Hip hop magazines write especially about fashion shows, since there are so many hip hop artists into fashion. Fashion and magazines …. many magazines on hip hop life started appearing too. These magazines write about clothes, lifestyle, but also about upcoming concerts.

Part 1 – statement 6 If you are heading home after a night out, you could also use the word ‘bail’. Hip hop expressions If you say you are going to bail, you mean that you are leaving.

Part A – statement 7 If someone has a really cool house, you can also say that person is like ‘butter’. Hip hop expressions When you say that someone is a really good hip hopper, you can use the word ‘butter’, because his or her moves are really smooth, just like butter.

Part 2 Beantwoord de vragen in het Nederlands en gebruik je eigen woorden. Mag ook in het Engels

1 Waaruit is hiphop ontstaan? De Afrikaanse traditie van het verhalen vertellen. Hip to the Hop …. hip hop music actually developed from the African tradition of storytelling.

2 Hoe veranderde het verhalen vertellen toen de Afrikanen naar Amerika werden gebracht als slaaf? Ze begonnen leukere / vermakelijkere woorden te gebruiken om de verhalen levendiger te maken. Hip to the hop They still used this tradition of storytelling there, but started using more entertaining words to make the stories more animated.

3 Wat is de overeenkomst tussen hoe de slaven vroeger zongen na het werk en de raps van nu? het afwisselen van het zingen / rappen, het zingen / rappen van elkaar overnemen Beats and raps After work, other slaves would join in with the songs and take turns singing.

4 Waarom is hiphop zo populair? Het geeft jongeren de kans om zich te uiten. Few rules The reason why hip hop is so popular today is because it offers youth a chance to express how they feel.

5 Wat gebeurt er bij concerten vaak met de tekst? Die wordt vaak vergeten en de rapper gaat dan improviseren / raps verzinnen. Few rules Many times what was written on paper is forgotten at concerts and the rapper just starts rapping off the top of his or her head.

6 Wat ontstond ongeveer tegelijkertijd met hiphopmode? Hiphoptijdschriften Fashion and magazines Around the same time, many magazines on hip hop life started appearing too.

7 Waardoor komt het dat hiphop nu overal ter wereld te vinden is? Dat komt door het internet. Fashion and magazines Hip hop, due to the Internet, is going global

8 Welk woord gebruikt een hiphopper als hij het over bepaalde bankbiljetten heeft? Benjamins Hip hop expressions If hip hoppers are talking about benjamins, they are referring to $100 bills