National Poetry Month Middle School Music as Poetry Song Activity Worksheets
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Does poetry bore your middle school students to tears? Engage them with popular song lyrics with this low prep figurative language practice and song lyrics analysis bundle! ✨1-2 weeks of lessons✨ featuring Green Day, Hootie and the Blowfish, Natalie Merchant, Simon and Garfunkel, and Garth Brooks.YoPrice $10.00Original Price $12.00Save $2.00
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Do your middle school students find poetry boring? Engage them with the music of Green Day with this low prep figurative language practice and song lyrics analysis activity.
Your students will connect the song lyrics with background information and context to find deeper meaning, practice annotating figurative language, and answer thought-provoking discussion questions. Perfect for an individual class assignment, partner or group work, as an assessment, or on substitute days!
✨Includes:
- Song Background Info
- Song Lyrics
- Video link for listening
- Annotation instructions printable
- Discussion Questions
The class will make connections with the powerful lyrics of "Wake Me Up When September Ends" to both the time period, the songwriter, as well as their own lives while reviewing figurative language. They can gain confidence and transfer these skills to classic poetry.
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