Writing Song Lyrics: The Patchwork Quilt method
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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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This is a super easy activity from your perspective as a teacher, and a fun little project for students. It's much like the concept of "Blackout poetry" but students will use song lyrics instead. From a list of 35 songs (on the handout) they will choose 2 lyrics from ~10 of the songs and then write their "own" song around those lyrics. This takes the pressure off of the daunting task of just writing a 100% original song, and it also challenges the students to make meanings and connections among all the varied themes in the songs. Much like sewing a patchwork quilt together, students are mashing up lyrics into their own creation. It's a lesson in both close reading and creative writing!
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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