Hip Hop Rap History Fun End of Year ELA Reading Activities for 5th and 6th Grade
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So your students think they know Hip Hop and rap music? Test their knowledge with these fun ELA close reading activities for middle school! Based on history rap songs, these language arts activities will keep your students' attention using song lyrics as reading passages while they practice a varietPrice $22.50Original Price $34.50Save $12.00
Are you looking for engaging, Black History Month language arts activities? Rap songs are your solution! Based on history rap songs, these activities will keep your students' attention using song lyrics to practice a variety of reading skills. Easily incorporate them into independent activities or cPrice $56.00Original Price $90.50Save $34.50
Hip Hop and rap music + history songs = fun ELA activities for middle school with close reading passages! Based on rap songs, these activities will keep your students' attention using song lyrics as reading passages while they practice a variety of skills! - easily incorporate them into independentPrice $32.00Original Price $48.00Save $16.00
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Hip Hop and rap music + history song = fun end of year ELA reading activities for 5th and 6th grade!
Based on a 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 work or complete them together as a class lesson.
Students will listen to the song then use the song's lyrics as a reading passage to complete the activities detailed below.
These activities are:
- no prep to save you time
- super simple and easy to use
- a high-interest reading passage based on a clean, school-appropriate rap song!
The song for this activity takes an in-depth look at how Hip Hop culture and rap music formed in the Bronx, New York. The song personifies Hip Hop, explaining the challenges faced by the youth of the Bronx and how they developed Hip Hop culture to cope with their problems.
*Listen to the song with the video preview above!*
Teach reading skills to your students in a way that they will enjoy!
Kids love music and will certainly enjoy learning about the history of Hip Hop music while practicing skills such as identifying figurative language and synonyms and antonyms using song lyrics.
A variety of reading activities with the answer keys!
This bundle features everything listed below. Click the product links above for more details.
- the song lyrics for use as a reading passage
- a link to listen to the song with subtitles for students
- a sequencing graphic organizer activity
- a sequential paragraph writing activity that utilizes the graphic organizer with a word bank of transitional words for student use
- a timeline graphic organizer activity
- 7 multiple-choice, context clues questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, making inferences questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, synonyms questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, antonyms questions with the answer key
- 6 "personification or not" questions based on the song lyrics
- 6 multiple-choice, identify the meaning of figurative sentences questions based on examples of personification in the song lyrics
- 6 multiple-choice, figurative vs. literal language questions based on the song lyrics with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, identify the meaning of figurative sentences questions based on the song lyrics with the answer key
- a brief lesson on syllables and tips on how to count them in words
- 14 "How many syllables?" activity questions where students will listen to and read the song lyrics to determine how many syllables are in specific words from the song
- 12 "Syllable hunt!" activity questions where students will read through the song lyrics, finding words that have 1, 2, 3, and 4 syllables and write them in the corresponding columns
- 12 "Divide the syllables" activity tasks where students will separate words that they have found into their syllabic parts
- a "Syllables on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will find a rare 5 syllable word in the song lyrics and write it correctly separated into its syllabic parts.
You can also get the Google Forms, self-grading activities for this resource here!
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*Music production by Brandon Coffer
*Photos by:
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