Hip Hop History Fun ELA Worksheets and Reading Activities for Middle School

Looking for fun ELA worksheets for middle school? History of Hip hop is the solution! Based on our history rap song, these activities will keep your students engaged using song lyrics while they practice a variety of skills. Easily incorporate them into independent reading activities or complete them together as a class lesson.

Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading passage to complete the activities detailed below.

These activities are:

- no prep to save you time

- super simple and easy to use

- a high-interest reading passage based on a clean, school-appropriate rap song!

The song for this activity explores the real-life story of Bill who witnessed how community groups and gangs in the Bronx influenced the birth of Hip Hop.

*Listen to the song with the video preview above!*

A variety of activities with the answer keys!

The activities in this bundle feature everything listed below. Click the links above for more details.

- the song lyrics for use as a reading passage

- a link to listen to the song with subtitles for students

- a timeline activity

- a sequencing graphic organizer activity

- a sequential paragraph, writing activity

- 11 multiple-choice, context clues questions with the answer key

- 6 multiple-choice, synonyms questions with the answer key

- 6 multiple-choice, antonyms questions with the answer key

- the song lyrics for use as a proofreading passage

- the song lyrics written in formal English for reference when grading

- a proofreading checklist for student use

- 6 multiple-choice, inferencing questions based on the song lyrics with the answer key

- a "Turn and Talk" and writing activity that challenges students to infer about which other dance styles and cultures influenced breaking

- 1 main idea and supporting details, graphic organizer writing activity with 3 sections

- 6 multiple-choice, identify the main idea questions with the answer key

- 3 multiple-choice, identify the supporting details questions with the answer key

- 1 "Main Idea on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will identify the main idea of the entire song using their main idea and supporting details graphic organizer

- 1 Turn and Talk, discussion activity where students discuss why breaking has become accepted and practiced worldwide

- 14 "How many syllables?" activity questions where students will listen to and read the song lyrics to determine how many syllables are in specific words from the song

- 12 "Syllable hunt!" activity questions where students will read through the song lyrics, finding words that have 1, 2, 3, and 4 syllables and write them in the corresponding columns

- 12 "Divide the syllables" activity tasks where students will separate words that they have found into their syllabic parts

- a "Syllables on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will find rare 5 syllable words in the song lyrics and write them correctly separated into their syllabic parts.

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