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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the power of musical protest. They explore the events and issues behind historical protest songs, then write their own songs of protest. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read and discuss lyrical poems. They compare different types of lyric poetry from different perspectives. They discuss the stylistic techniques used to illustrate the theme. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze popular music and identify metaphors in the lyrics. They interpret the metaphors they find and create images that show the metaphors visually. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze lyrics of their favorite songs as examples of alliteration, metaphor, Onomatopoeia, personification, rhyme, and simile to determine the purpose of these devices in poetry. They use their analysis to create a presentation and "teach" Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students write and listen to rap songs. They discover how common themes in rap are indicative of the problems, as well as the empowerments, that can be seen in our urban cultures today. They discover how rap is actually an evolution of poetic form-to try to get them excited about structure, meaning, and creative expression. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students express themselves through poetry. They discover the connection between their music and the music of poetry and hear their work and how the sound of a poem or an analytical paper improves their written work. They develop public speaking skills. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students write a line by line analysis of a song which they feel expresses a powerful message that can change society for the better. They then present their analysis to the class in an oral report. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students participate in a variety of activities surrounding Rock & Roll music, lyrics, drama and visual art and how they all help demonstrate examples of literary terms. They use Rock & Roll as an effective aid to stimulate their literary vocabulary and to broaden their knowledge about the art of writing. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students engage in a study of musical lyrics looking for the imagery of the songs and the metaphors that make it possible. They use literary terms to write descriptions of different songs. The chorus of the songs is explained by theme and rhythmic patterns. 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 »

