Hip Hop and Rap Music Fun End of Year ELA Reading Activities for Middle School
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Looking for fun end of year ELA reading activities for middle school? Rap music is the answer!
Based on a Hip Hop and rap music history song, these activities will keep your students' attention 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.
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 reading 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!
The song for this activity 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. The song also presents several major accomplishments in Hip Hop and rap music, beginning in the 1970s through 2018.
*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 songs to make listening and comprehension easier. Instructions are embedded into the activities for students.
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 important reading skills such as making inferences and using context clues with this rap song.
A variety of self-grading, reading activities!
The activities in this bundle feature 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
- 7 multiple-choice, context clues questions with the answer key
- a short-response, writing activity where students will define a word of their choice from the song lyrics using context clues
- 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
- a short-response, writing activity where students will produce a synonym and antonym for any word of their choice from the song lyrics
- 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 short-response, writing activity where students will provide their own figurative sentence and then write a literal sentence that explains it.
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!
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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.
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