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Poetry in Music

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders look at poetry in music. In this language arts instructional activity, 6th graders listen to and read the lyrics of songs to find the poetic aspects of them. They focus on similes and metaphors and write their own songs...
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West Virginia Def PB Wants You!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write, adapt, and compose a song related to the West Virginia State Museum.  In this music lesson, students create a composition for a work of  visual art. Students incorporate major and minor melodies.
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Astronomical Song Lyrics

For Students 8th - 10th
In this astronomy and song lyrics learning exercise, learners are given 10 lyric fragments from different artists. Students select 3 of the fragments and write short essays about each to explain their thoughts from a human and...
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Primary Songs about Recycling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students compose songs about recycling. For this ecology lesson, students use vocabulary and concepts related to recycling to generate lyrics for an original song. Students construct musical instruments out of discarded materials.
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Three Little Piggies (Song)

For Students K - 1st
In this song lyrics worksheet, students enjoy singing a song about the events in the story of The Three Little Pigs. These words are set to the tune of "Here We Go Looby Loo."
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Variations of Pain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners listen to the song :King of Pain" by the Police. They identify different instrumentation and different rhythmic accompaniments to the opening vocal phrase and explore the text in-depth, discussing the various poetic images of...
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Song Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners write an original song using music composition software such as Music Time. By doing this, students identify another use for the computer besides word processing and games.
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All Along the Watchtower Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension activity, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower."
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The Use of Substitution As a Creative Thinking Tool

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners practice using substitution as a creative way of thinking about writing and try to substitute song lyrics, food items, rhythm movements and more. In this substitution lesson plan, students create a new candy, and create...
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The National Anthem

For Students 5th - 6th
In this National Anthem worksheet, students read the lyrics to the National Anthem and describe them in their own words. They draw a picture to match their explanation. 
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English Exercises: Song: The Eternal Flame

For Students 5th - 6th
For this ESL worksheet, students first watch and listen to a YouTube clip of The Bangles performing "Eternal Flame." Students then complete 20 sentences by filling in missing words in the lyrics.
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Adjective Exercises: Song "Hot and Cold" by Katy Perry

For Students Higher Ed
In this interactive adjective exercise worksheet, students watch a video of Katy Perry's song, "Hot and Cold." They fill in the blanks in the lyrics, and find the opposite adjectives in a word search puzzle. They submit their...
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Complex Sentence Structure

For Students 5th - 9th
In this online interactive grammar skills learning exercise, students answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding complex sentence structure. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Designing the Careers Show

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a song. In this career lesson, students form groups based on occupational interests. Student groups write song lyrics about their chosen career. Students present their songs to the class.
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Old McDonald Had a Farm

For Students K - 3rd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images worksheet, students practice reading and singing the words of "Old McDonald Had a Farm".
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The Wheels on the Bus

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images activity, students practice reading and singing the words of "The Wheels on the Bus".
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

For Students K - 3rd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images worksheet, students practice reading and singing the words of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
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Little Miss Muffet and Humpty Dumpty

For Students K - 3rd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images activity, students practice reading and singing the words of Little Miss Muffet and Humpty Dumpty.
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Rock a Bye Baby

For Students K - 3rd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images worksheet, students practice reading and singing the words of "Rock a Bye Baby".
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Itsy Bitsy Spider

For Students K - 3rd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images worksheet, students practice reading and singing the words of "Itsy Bitsy Spider".
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The Farmer in the Dell

For Students K - 3rd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images worksheet, students practice reading and singing the words of "The Farmer in the Dell".
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Song Writing: Recording Your Song

For Students 9th
In this music sales worksheet, students read advice on the how to sell the songs that they write. They read about producers, managers, demos, royalties, and agents. They design a pamphlet based on the information in the reading and as an...
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James Taylor "You've Got A Friend"

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this song lyrics worksheet, students use words from the word bank to fill in 15 words in a text of the lyrics of James Taylor's song "You've Got a Friend."
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James Taylor "You've Got a Friend"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this verbs learning exercise, students first listen to the James Taylor song "You've Got a Friend." Students fill in the missing verbs in the song lyrics by choosing the correct word from the word box.