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Free 11th grade english language arts songs
"Mean" by Taylor Swift: Similes, Inferences, Imagery with Anti-Bullying Message
Using Taylor Swift’s award-winning song, “Mean,” you can teach and solidify for students what is
1. Simile
2. Inference
3. Imagery
I have also included an anti-bullying message or a random acts of kindness activity for students to complete. This can be reported on through discussion, journal writing and/or a short essay. Enjoy this timely lesson with your students and please check out my store for more lesson plans.
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5th - 12th
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Chance the Rapper Reading passage and study questions.
A great informational worksheet on some of the up and coming African American singers, rappers, and etc. Great for reading comprehension, main idea, fluency reading and a motivational reinforcement to enforce literacy to the new generation with their current music genre.
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1st - 12th
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Poe's The Raven - Using Music to Better Understand Literary Terms
Guiding Question: What do poetry and music have in common?
Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem, “The Raven,” is noted for its lingering rhythms, sonorous rhymes, and Gothic themes. Sounds musical, doesn't it? But these are literary devices that were used in creating the mood in his poem. Note that both writers and composers have similar guidelines to follow and techniques to use.
Poe declared in his essay, "The Poetic Principle": "It is in Music, perhaps, that the soul most nearly attains the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Christmas songs crossword puzzle
Solution in another document
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Spanish Folk Song Lyrics (Free)
This is a free collection of printable lyrics to traditional Spanish folk songs. These lyrics can be used as shared reading for young students in a bilingual classroom, or to teach vocabulary and grammar in a Spanish class.
To check out the music I use with these lyrics, click {here}.
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By: Learning At The Primary Pond with Ms. Lilypad
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PreK - 12th
Poetic Devices with Taylor Swift
This worksheet provides examples of alliteration, assonance, consonance, rhyme, and repetition using lyrics from Taylor Swift songs.
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5th - 11th
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Text Structures Rap (Iggy Azalea Parody)
Many of my students were struggling with learning and recognizing the differences between the six nonfiction text structures. So, I rewrote Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" to include information about cause and effect, question and answer, description, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and chronological order/sequence. Enjoy!
Also, I changed "I.G.G.Y." to M.U.L.E because our school mascot is the mule. You could change that part to any four letter word or team you'd like.
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5th - 12th
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Think It Out - A test prep song to the tune of Shake It Off
***This FREEBIE includes the lyrics to "Think It Out" and a link to a YouTube video where your class can sing along with mine!***
This winter, the song “Shake It Off” has been on repeat through my students’ minds… And their humming! I took advantage of this catchy tune and started drafting test-prep lyrics to match it.
In Ohio, we are taking the math PARCC assessments and our state reading assessment (the OAA) one more time before fully implementing PARCC ELA assessments. These lyrics will ma
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3rd - 12th
Change Sings- Amanda Gorman A Lesson of Poetry & Music
The book Change Sings along with video of poetry by Amanda Gorman and interview. A connection lesson writing poetry and creating music.
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2nd - 12th
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Figurative Language in Music
This is a fun and engaging way to review figurative language devices and sound devices. It also helps students understand why writers use figurative language to enhance their songs. It includes a series of figurative language questions over songs from different genres: You will need to provide song lyrics for students.
Literary devices covered: Metaphor, Simile, Allusion, Symbolism, Theme, Assonance, Rhyme scheme, Internal Rhyme, Hyperbole, Alliteration
BONUS!! Follow up activity included! T
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8th - 11th
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Animal Farm by George Orwell--Beasts of England Re-Write
While reading George Orwell's "Animal Farm," students will encounter the "Beasts of England" song. This activity requires the students to apply the song to their own life by re-writing "Beasts of England" about an issue or cause in their own life. There is also a short teacher sample song for the teacher to sing to get the students excited about the project. This activity promotes higher level thinking about the issues in "Animal Farm," helps develop writing and poetry skills, and also can be us
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8th - 12th
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Hip Hop/Rap music with song & lyrics
This is a Hip Hop cultural worksheet and listening activity. IT INCLUDES:-Page 1: an introduction to Will Smith and hip hop followed by some mini exercises. The mini exercises include: brainstorming words associated with hip hop, modal verb sentence writing, vocabulary and definition matching of the characteristics that define hip hop and finally, easy-to-follow instructions for preparing lyrics with fill in the blanks.-Page 2: Answer Key to the vocab and definition matching.This is perfect for
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8th - 12th
Taylor Swift Literary Terms Posters
As a Swiftie, I felt it was necessary to share my love of Taylor Swift with my students and add some sparkle to my classroom!Included are 4 8.5 X 11 inch (copy paper size) posters to deck your walls with all the best! These can be printed with any printer and resize with high-resolution if using a poster printer.Literary terms included: Juxtaposition, Hyperbole, Repetition, and Personification.I hope you enjoy these free posters! The full collection is available for purchase!
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6th - 12th
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Rhyming Halloween Story -- Drama Script
This story of a boy having an abnormal day at school on Halloween is perfect for a drama presentation. It includes all the classic halloween creatures and ends with a nice moral about sharing. With a few easy to make props and costumes this could be a performance that the students will never forget!
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4th - 12th
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Figurative Language & Poetic Devices in Hip Hop Presentation
This Google Slides presentation is a creative way to introduce or review figurative language. The use of hip hop music makes it engaging and more relatable. It starts with a fun guessing game! Students guess whether a quote comes from hip hop music or Shakespeare. This activity was inspired by a TEDx Talk by Akala.The game is followed by slides with definitions of different types of figurative language and poetic devices, including examples from hip hop music.Figurative language: simile, metapho
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8th - 12th
Analyzing Song Lyrics--Secondary ELA
I teach 8th grade struggling readers, and "Fresh Beats Friday" is the highlight of our week!
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-Students submit song recommendations [I have a clipboard out at all times where they can write down their name / song title / artist]
-I sort through to find a song that is appropriate and has adequate depth for analyzing
-I print a copy of the lyrics for each student (I suggest genius.com) that also includes questions I wrote (e.g. What is the main idea? Circle the simile + what does the si
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6th - 12th
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The Parts of Speech Song
This song is useful to help students remember the following parts of speech:
- articles
- nouns
- adjectives
- verbs
- adverbs
- conjunctions
- prepositions
- interjections
I am not the author of this song. The author is unknown; if you know of/are the author, please let me know so that I can give proper credit.
The fonts were created by Kimberly Geswein.
FREE mp3 download- Noun Song from Grammar Songs - Audio Memory / Kathy Troxel
Noun Song MP3 (lyrics)
A person, a place or thing is a noun.
My name is a noun. Fame is a noun.
Everything I can be is a noun. Everything I see is a noun.
Nouns can be ideas like freedom and kindness, justice,
equality, sympathy and greatness.
A person, a place or thing is a noun.
My town is a noun. Clown is a noun.
Everything I can be is a noun. Everything I see is a noun.
Nouns are sometimes proper like Lincoln and Texas,
Honda, Lake Michigan, Jennifer and Rome.
A person, a place or thing i
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education
Solar System Song page from Geography Songs book by Kathy Troxel/Audio Memory
Illustrated Solar System song page from the Geography Songs book.
This is the last of 33 songs contained in the 68-page book by Kathy Troxel/Audio Memory. Free MP3 download preview. mp4, m4v and mov videos are also available.
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education
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ESL Listening: "Shake it Off" by Taylor Swift Lesson Plan, Worksheet, and PPT
This is a fun ESL listening activity for an intermediate class. Students will listen to Taylor Swift, complete a gap fill worksheet, and discuss or write about the meaning of the lyrics. Detailed lesson plan included, printable worksheet, answer key, and optional PPT. Everything you need for a 60 or 90 minute lesson is included. The length of the lesson depends on how much you and your students want to dig into the discussions and writing.I love to do these on Fridays with my college students. T
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Tortured Poets Department (Lyric Analysis) - Track One:Fortnight
Calling all Swifties! Celebrate April, National Poetry Month, by analyzing the lyrics of Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets Department, as poetry. This resource will encourage students to think critically about the lyrics as poetry and give them an opportunity to dissect, discuss, and delve into the new album.This is an interactive google slides activity inspired by the aesthetic of the album. Stay tuned for the rest of the album!
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7th - 12th
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Lyrics to "Mean" by Taylor Swift
These are the lyrics to 'Mean' by Taylor Swift. It is a great song to use during bullying awareness week. I had students listen to the song while highlighting different words that stuck out to them. We then discussed how we think Taylor was feeling when she wrote this song.
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4th - 12th
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Verb Moods Notes
This is a fun Powerpoint that allows students to practice identifying various verb moods (interrogative, imperative, indicative, subjunctive, and conditional) using contemporary music. Students are given examples of each mood and then are asked to identify sentences in each mood while listening to a song. Students love listening to music and really enjoy this activity!
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6th - 12th
Theme Song Assignment/Mini Project (Extra Credit)
A great extra credit literature assignment or project opportunity! Focuses on close reading and analysis by having your students assign a theme song to a character of their choice in your book. Example provided.
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4th - 12th
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