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- 9th
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Students write lyrics to create a pop group's first smash hit song. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students compare and contrast song parodies and the rewriting of song lyrics by well known American Artists. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students analyze lyrics of selected Disco songs for content, theme and vocabulary. They write an extended response citing specific lyrics in response to three general themes. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the story behind the song "Battle of New Orleans" and explain how a historical event was explained in song. They reserach other songs with historical content and write their own set of lyrics to teach about an event in history. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students create a found poem from song lyrics they have brought in from home. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students complete a KIM sheet on Greek roots and prefixes as well as read and discuss the poem, "Lyrical or Narrative?" They try to decode the words by using syllable division and then read the poem out loud in groups to each other. As they read, they highlight the pronouns, story elements, etc. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students, after analyzing a satiric song written during the Prohibition era, illustrate how humor can be utilized as a political tool by writing satiric lyrics on a current political issue at the front of the news world today. They assess a variety of resource materials for historical inquiry, analysis and interpretation. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students, using Leo's Lyrics, investigate common themes in popular music. They create a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that analyzes their findings along with a 200 word paragraph stating their observations, conclusions and hypotheses about popular music. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students analyze a lyric poem for meaning and then, contribute to a discussion on how to perform a lyric poem orally in order to enhance its meaning. They also evaluate an oral performance of a lyric poem and staying away from remarks about any one student. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine song lyrics and identify the poetry elements or tools used by a lyricist. They review the song individually before working in groups to discuss what they discovered about the song's narrator or character based on evidence from the poem. Groups reconvene as a class and discuss the song's relationship to poetry and the use of poetic elements in the song. Full Review »
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