Song Analysis: Lyrics that are Lies-- Close Reading Trivia based on Song Lyrics
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Use Music to teach English Language Arts. Students love the variety in all of these activities and they thrive when you give them the chance to select their own music for analysis. I created all of these resources to be used in an elective ELA class called "The Literature of Music." There is no pPrice $147.00Original Price $156.00Save $9.00
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I started thinking about making this resource as I was listening to "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac and the lyrics are "Thunder only happens when it rains." Well, that's just not true. :) Or what about when U2 gets MLK's time of death wrong? Yeah, there are tons are lyrics out there that are just lies.
This is a soft brain-stretching trivia activity for your students. It's an organized handout with 20 lyrics excerpted from songs. Have them jot down what they believe is the inaccuracy/untruth. Then you will go over the "answers" with them (teacher answer key provided). You can use this in just about any class, or especially in English Language Arts where you teach how much words matter.
If you love using songs to teach ELA, click and check out some of my other published units:
Graphic Organizer for Analyzing Songs
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Songs with Multiple Interpretations
Lyrics as Poetry Assignment and Rubric
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