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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students rewrite the lyrics to a well-known song that focuses on autumn sounds, smells and sights, but without any of the usual Halloween trappings. They practice writing descriptions using the senses other than sight. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students, after a group reading/evaluation of song lyrics (poetry), analyze how to write the first draft of an evaluation essay following silent reading for twenty minutes. They practice this art by watching the teacher model an example of writing the essay on the overhead. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students inspire communication skills thru the lyrics of a song. Students watch and correlate the production of a fantasy film with speaking and listening skills. Students quote the themes from the video. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 11th
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Students analyze song lyrics (by listening to the song) to pick-out descriptive vocabulary. They use this descriptive vocabulary to create a drawing of the images they "see" in the song. They compare their drawings to find similarities and write their own poetry using descriptive vocabulary. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students write and perform an original song about Indiana. After learning the lyrics of the song "On the Banks of the Wabash," students write lyrics to their own song about Indiana with assistance from the instructor. They perform and record their song. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students listen to and analyze the lyrics for Avril Lavigne's song, Sk8er Boi. They discuss and interpret the vocabulary, phrasal verbs, and various grammar structures used in the lyrics. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students are introduced to a poetry unit by using pop music lyrics as a means of engaging the students. They analyze the music lyrics structurally and locate literary devices used by the music group. Students write a song using various literary devices. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students listen to modern song lyrics and analyze them for poetic meaning. In groups, they choose a song and rewrite its lyrics. They discuss how this changes more than just the meaning of the song. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 9th
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Students who are learning English play a game in which they hear pop music lyrics (in English) and they must identify the song from which the lyrics come. This activity encourages students to listen to all words being said, not just the ones they recognize. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students complete a word replacement activity involving song lyrics. They write the lyrics of a song or a story, and replace a variety of words with opposites and illustrated symbols. Students identify the correct meaning of the missing words. Full Review »

