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High school creative writing songs for Montessori
Analyzing Fahrenheit 451 Through Music Unit - 20+ Songs, Analysis Activities
What better way to connect students with literature than through the music they love? In this novel study for Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, students will be able to analyze each part of the novel by listening to, annotating, explaining, and presenting different songs that closely correlate with the novel on many levels. Beat the boredom of study guides and chapter quizzes, and instead engage your students through music to help them analyze—and appreciate—this classic Bradbury work.This engagin
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8th - 11th
Songs to teach The 6 Traits of Writing
This is a collection of six songs that I developed to help my students understand the 6 Traits of Writing. These songs will help your students understand Ideas, Organization, Word Choice, Voice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions. You may also print out each page and create a poster to display in your classroom.
Songs to teach The 6 Traits of Writing by Lindsay Stark is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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PreK - 12th
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Write Your Own Song (Music Appreciation)
This assignment has students use their creativity, experience, and imagination to write their own basic song. They will learn about how a generic song is structured then use an easy-to-follow formula to come up with their own song. The assignment is broken into 3 different steps that can all be put together to complete a generic song that also rhymes! Once the worksheet is completed, students and/or the teacher can sing through them using karaoke backtracks online or a live piano/guitar. It is s
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4th - 12th
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Spring Creative Writing Activity | Culture, Nature & Festivals
These three creative writing projects are designed to ignite students' imaginations and enhance their writing skills through engaging with the themes of spring. Each project focuses on different aspects of the season, from the changes in nature to the cultural celebrations around the world.1. Springtime Story StartersDescription: This project consists of a collection of spring-themed story starters to kickstart students' imaginations. Each prompt should inspire stories related to spring activiti
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2nd - 12th
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SUFISM( MYSTIC POETRY/RELIGIOUS POETRY) : (COLLECTION OF TWENTY SUFI POETS)
Dear Readers:This book revolves around my personal favorite collection of inspirational verses contributed by Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Sindhi and Pashtun Sufi poets, belonging to diverse cultural and geographical traditions. In order to pursue the authentic translations of the aforementioned verses, the contributions made by scholars and academics like Vraje Abramia, Daniel Karlin, Margaret Smith, A.J. Arberry, Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, Lochan Singh Buxi, Harjeet Singh Gill, Coleman Barks,
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10th - 11th, Higher Education
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DINAMIC & INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE LYRIC SONGS WITH BRUNO MARS
This pack contains two wonderful lyric activities of Bruno Mars (Talking to the moon and Count on me) for ESL students with several educational and dynamic activities that will help them engage in poetical expressions, lexical understanding and critical thinking (Listening skills, vocabulary acquisition, antonym words, sentence structuring, word search games, riddles, etc.) These lyrics activities come with answer key. Undoubtedly, teaching lyrics in schools not only enhances language and analy
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Creative Writing Bundle: Character Development + Spring Theme Writing Activity
The Creative Writing Bundle: Character Development + Spring Theme Writing Activity is an engaging and comprehensive resource designed for educators and students to delve into the art of storytelling with a focus on enriching character creation and embracing the vibrancy of the spring season. This bundle combines two key components essential for any aspiring writer or student looking to enhance their creative writing skills.Character Development Module:This part of the bundle focuses on the intri
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3rd - 12th
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3rd grade Montessori opinion writing prompts worksheets and graphic organizer
Needing 3rd grade Montessori Opinion writing prompts and writing activities that can be used as in your Montessori Work Cycle, writing centers, writing station and even independent work and homework for your 3rd graders even 2nd, 4th and 5th grade? Make expository opinion writing prompts fun with these engaging, hands-on low prep writing prompts Printable! This set of opinion writing prompts includes 30 low-prep Montessori Themed opinion writing prompts and are perfect for mastering writing an
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Lyrical Analysis of Taylor Swift's "Teenage Love Triangle" (PDF & Digital)
This lyrical analysis assignment requires students to analyze the songs Betty, August, and Cardigan from Taylor Swift's album Folklore. Swift has stated that there are three songs on the album that are connected by telling the story of a teenage love triangle from three different perspectives at different times in their lives. Students will analyze these three songs and make interpretations to determine which song is told from Betty, James, and the other woman's perspective. The resource include
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9th - 12th
Bob Dylan: Music as Poetry with "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
This is a wonderful way to introduce the blurred lines between genres, as well as a great way to engage in the learning process—for all students of all ages love music. They may be reluctant poets, but once the connection is made that some songs are indeed poetry (or, heaven forbid—the acronym R.A.P. stands for Rhythmic American Poetry!), the sky is the limit for a renewed appreciation for poetry. This can be a nice addition to any poetry unit, or, it stands alone as an extension activity, a c
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6th - 12th
Christmas Ode Writing Activity — Poem and Creative Writing
This activity requires students to read and analyze the 1824 song "O Christmas Tree" and learn about the ode poem. Then you'll have your students write their own ode! Lastly, take students' poetry writing to the next level by having them perform or illustrate their odes. This activity is a simple and silly way to get students thinking creatively before the holidays. It also makes for a fun display of student work!Included in this product:Powerpoint presentation with definitions of Ode and academ
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5th - 12th
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Figurative Language Task Cards, Song Lyrics, Poetry, Valentine's Day
Want to get your students engaged in finding figurative language? Try these task cards that use lyrics from popular love songs!
Each of these 40 task cards included an excerpt of a popular love song (from many genres - pop, country, rock, etc.). In the lyrics is an example of figurative language. Use to have students identify and explain each example, or as a writing prompt for creative writing practice.
Students love task cards! Check out some of my other sets:
Reading Response Task Card
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7th - 12th
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Lent Journal - Song of the Day - Long Version
This is a journal to use during Lent made up of Christian songs, lyric completion followed by a reflection question to answer. I use this during Lent to not only inspire my students to become closer to God but introduce them to popular Christian music.
We typically watch the music lyric video to help fill in the missing lyrics and then silently each student finished the journal reflection.
This 36 page packet allows you to do "Song of the Day" everyday during the Lenten season. I also have a
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3rd - 9th
Lent Journal - Song of the Day
Middle & Highschool VersionThis is a journal to use during Lent made up of Christian songs and their music videos, lyric completion followed by a reflection question to answer and bible verse. I use this during Lent to not only inspire my students to become closer to God but introduce them to popular (2017-2020) Christian music. I have provided links to the videos I use.I have also used it throughout the year instead of during lent.We typically talk about the journal question, watch the musi
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7th - 12th
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Nature's Palette: A Descriptive Writing Project
Project Overview"Nature's Palette" is designed to enhance students' observational and descriptive writing skills by immersing them in the vibrant and renewing season of spring. Through a nature walk, either physically in a local environment or virtually through images and videos, students will engage directly with the season's characteristics. They will focus on capturing the essence of spring through sensory details in their writing.ObjectiveTo improve students' ability to observe and describe
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2nd - 9th
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Also included in: Spring Creative Writing Activity | Culture, Nature & Festivals
W. H. Auden - Funeral Blues - Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man - Comparison
♫♫♫ Add music and engagement to poetry lessons ♫ ♫ ♫Get students talking, collaborating and having fun while analysing and drawing comparisons between the words of W. H. Auden (Funeral Blues) and Bruno Mars (When I Was Your Man). The lesson concludes with a humorous creative writing exercise.What's included:- Teaching Guide- Common Core Standards- Pre-reading Questions- Funeral Blues Poem- Poem Analysis Questions- Poetic Techniques Hunt- Song Analysis Questions- Venn Diagrams (Tone and Theme)- S
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6th - 12th
Continents & Oceans Facts
This is a PDF that includes facts about the 7 continents and 4 major oceans that I used with my students to help them learn about both topics. A fun activity my students used these facts for was creating songs, raps, poems, cheers, and posters in small groups about the continents and/or oceans and presenting them to their class.
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2nd - 12th
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kendrick lamar -song analysis and creative rap challenge 'Crown'
This is a song lyrics analysis task and creative rap writing challenge based on the song 'Crown' by Kendrick Lamar. The song lyrics are 100% clean. Song lyrics are not part of the product due to copyright, but they can be simply downloaded. All links are in the product. The resource contains the following:A brainstorm task exploring the connotations of 'crown'A predictive task based on listening to the instrumentalA first listening to the song9 questions analysing possible meanings in the song t
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Rap Music for the English Language Arts Classroom - growing bundle
Figurative Language in "Karma" by Taylor Swift
In this assignment. Students annotate Taylor Swift's "Karma", looking for figurative language (metaphor, personification, simile, and idiom). Students then write their own figurative language for karma. This comes with the handout and answer key. It's in google docs, so you can edit it how you want. I use this with my continuation high school students and they enjoy it.
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7th - 10th
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PDF Expressing Healing in Poetry With Taylor Swift's "thanK you aIMee" from TTPD
Words matter and stay with you, and the trick to life is not letting those words tear you down–let them make you better and stronger. In Taylor Swift’s song, “thanK you aIMee,” she does just that in her writing of the song/poem.Write about a moment in your life when you felt negatively about yourself because of someone’s actions or words. How did you manage these feelings? Do you still carry them? What if those words and memories you don’t want to think about shaped you into the person you are
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6th - 12th
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Design Your Own Dream Shoes and Write a Story About Them
~A Shoe Has a Sole"Do you have diamonds on the soles of your shoes?Remember the yellow brick road? Yes? So, go ahead and design your own shoes and tell us about where they take you…Design Your Own Dream Shoes and Write a Story About Themby Betty J. White, aka Compass Rose, copyright 2022."Highly engaging!"Betty-Lou got a new pair of shoes, and you did too!* Includes a lesson plan with prompts for writing a story about the ways our shoes inspire us. Make up a fantasy world character of your own c
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9th - 12th
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5-ESS3-1
ESL Songs
10 lessons that an ESL teacher can use in their classes. They contain original songs + backing tracks + links to an online version on an interactive platform. They are suitable for students at levels A2-B1 (Pre-Intermediate - Intermediate). The lessons are suitable for teenagers and adults.This book will help you reduce preparation time, engage your students, and make them talk.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing Prompts for Student Writing Intervention/Progress Monitoring
This is a list of writing prompts that can be used for intervention or progress monitoring writing goals for students. An example of this use would be if you are measuring how many words a student is writing, increasing writing frequency, or looking at the mechanics of free writing. These prompts can also be used for general writing prompts.
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3rd - 9th
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Taylor Swift's TTPD Poetry Writing & Analyzing
Students will be able to analyze and interpret emotions conveyed in poetry by exploring song lyrics from Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets Department, and relate them to personal experiences.Assessment:Students will create their own poems inspired by two Taylor Swift songs, "loml" and "thanK you aIMee," focusing on expressing and conveying their emotions effectively through their writing.Key Points:Understanding the connection between music lyrics and poetryAnalyzing the emotions port
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6th - 12th
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