Fun End of Year Independent ELA Reading Activities for Middle School

Looking for fun independent ELA reading activities for middle school for the end of year? Rap music is the answer!

Based on a history of Hip Hop rap song, these activities will keep your students engaged using song lyrics as a reading passage while they practice a variety of skills. Easily incorporate them into independent activities or complete them together as a class lesson.

This bundle is an excellent mini-curriculum to use with students who are fans of Hip Hop and rap music and students in general!

What teachers like you had to say:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Students found this very engaging." – Mary M.

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

*Note: This bundle contains digital, Google Forms ELA activities for use in Google Classroom.

If you would like the paper-based activities, click here.

These activities are:

- no prep

- super simple and easy to use

- self-grading to save you time

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

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Songs always get the kids involved." – Shannon W.

The song for these activities explores how two founding fathers and a mother of Hip Hop contributed to the urban art and how it developed into a unified sound.

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

Accommodate your students using audio!

Do you teach EL/ESL or SPED students/SWDs? Have them use the song as a read-aloud with subtitles. Students can also slow down the song to make listening and comprehension easier. Instructions are embedded into the activity for students.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Very cool resource." – It's All Elementary

A variety of self-grading, reading activities!

This bundle includes everything listed below. Click the links above for more details.

- the song with subtitles embedded into the Google Form

- the song lyrics embedded into the Google Form

- self-grading quiz format with the answer key

- a compare and contrast graphic organizer, writing activity (linked in the Google Form)

- a compare and contrast, paragraph writing activity with a word bank of transitional words for student use

- 10 multiple-choice, compare and contrast questions with the answer key

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

- a short-response, writing activity where students define a word of their choice from the song using context clues

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

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

- 1 short-response, writing activity where students will produce a synonym and antonym for any word of their choice from the song lyrics

- 6 multiple-choice, making inferences questions with the answer key

- a main idea and supporting details, graphic organizer writing activity (linked in the Google Form)

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

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

- a "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

- 3 extension "Beast Mode!" activities where students are challenged to:

• create a dance for the song lyrics
• illustrate the lyrics through art
• or dramatize the song by acting out the lyrics.
• *This section is included on the graphic organizers

- a follow-along, Hip Hop dance brain break to get your students up and active!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Great resource." – Michelle H.

How to Use This in Google Classroom: Click here for a quick tutorial!

Use the link in the download to copy our Google Form to your Google Drive. Assign the Google Form to your students by sharing a link, sending an email, or using Google Classroom.

*Google Forms are paperless and self-grading. Grades and data are collected automatically once students complete the quiz. You can view individual student responses or see how students did as a class, letting you know how many questions were answered correctly or incorrectly.

Get this bundle now and keep your students engaged!

With Rap Opera for Kids, when the music stops, the learning doesn't.

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*Note: If you have already purchased the paper-based version of these activities and would also like the Google Forms version, simply email us your order number at RapOperaforKids@gmail.com, and we will email you an access link for these Google Form activities.

*Update 10/27/2020: The answer key for the Hip Hop synonyms activity has been corrected. If you have previously purchased this activity, you may download the activity again with the corrections or open your copy of the Google Form and click on the image for each question then click on "Answer key" to change the answers.

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