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Music Common Core RL.11-12.10 resources
Literary Analysis & Close Reading: Reflections of America Through Music
Students love music! Meet the needs of your auditory learners while also completing literary analysis and close reading for American Literature. With this lesson and activity, students listen to songs that reflect various ideas about America. Then they read and annotate the song lyrics, analyzing them as poems. When completing this lesson, the teacher plays clips of classic songs from different genres and time periods. It’s strongly recommended that the teacher preview the lyrics to ensure th
Analyzing Rhyme and Meter with Hamilton Songs
Whether you know Hamilton, or you're just a fan of music, this activity engages students with rhyme and meter through famous lyrics. In this collection of activities, students gain background knowledge on rhyme, meter, and rap, and they also interact with analyzing the elements. The best part is that you don't even have to show the entire musical for students to understand and grasp the basic elements of these worksheets.
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8th - 11th
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Novel Playlist Project
OverviewIf you're tired of having upperclassmen write essays about your class novels, join the club. This project will break the monotony of the "read the book, write a response" routine by asking teens to do what most of them already want to do--share their favorite music.Project Description In this project, students build a playlist by associating a song with each chapter from a novel. I've highlighted spots in the instructions for you to insert the number of chapters you would like students t
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9th - 12th
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Teaching Assonance through Music Rihanna's "Diamonds"
This is a quick lesson that uses Rihanna's song "Diamonds" to teach the literary device assonance.
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7th - 12th
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