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Common Core L.8.6 songs

Analyzing Poetry using Songs as Poetry

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OVERVIEWOftentimes, it is difficult for students to find poetry interesting. Despite this fact, one of my most successful lessons each school year is “Songs as Poetry.” In this lesson, students analyze popular songs in order to find the song’s purpose, message, and figurative meanings. Through this process, students use many of the same skills to analyze the songs as they would a poem. In the background of class, the selected songs are played on speakers as students look through a printout o

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

6th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Songs, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.8.1

, RL.8.4

, L.8.4

, L.8.5

, L.8.6

Christmas Poems Collection

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Hannah Turner

This zipped file includes 6 Christmas poems I used as bell-ringers during the Christmas season: "Christmas Bells" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" by Dr. Elmo "Grown Up Christmas List" by Linda Thompson-Jenner "I’m Wishing the Whole World Christmas" by Annette Wynne "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Christina Rossetti "Mistletoe" by Walter de la Mare Each poem includes a formatted copy of the poem with title, author, text, and a clip-art picture to liven up the

Subjects:

Poetry, Reading

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Songs, Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.5

, RL.7.5

, RL.8.5

, L.6.6

, L.7.6