Chinese New Year Reading Comprehension

Are you looking for engaging, Chinese New Year reading comprehension activities?

Rap music is the solution!

These activities are based on our "Legend and History of the Chinese New Year" rap song and can easily be assigned in Google Classroom. Keep your students' attention using song lyrics as reading activities while they practice a variety of skills.

- easily incorporate them into independent activities,

- complete them together as a class lesson,

- perfect for upper-elementary or middle school students!

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,

- with an engaging reading passage based on a rap song!

The song for these activities tells the legend of the Chinese New Year and explores the history behind the celebration.

Listen to the song with subtitles here! (Click here if you have trouble viewing the video.)

Accommodate your students using audio!

Do you teach EL/ESL or SPED students/SWDs? Have them use the song as read-alouds with subtitles. Students can also slow down the song 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 practicing reading skills with this rap song. Students will listen to the song while reading the lyrics then use them to practice skills such as using context clues, finding the main idea and supporting details, and comparing and contrasting. More activities are listed below.

A variety of self-grading, reading activities!

This bundle includes everything listed below. Click the product 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

- a short-response activity where students define a word of their choice from the song using context clues

- 6 multiple-choice, synonyms questions

- 6 multiple-choice, antonyms questions

- a short-response activity where students will provide a synonym and antonym for a word that they choose from the song lyrics

- 10 multiple-choice, compare and contrast questions

- a compare and contrast, graphic organizer (linked in the Google Form for student use)

- a compare and contrast text-structure, paragraph writing activity with a word bank of transitional words for student use

- a main idea and supporting details, graphic organizer writing activity

• (linked in the Google Form for student use)

- 6 identify the main idea, multiple-choice questions with the answer key

- 3 identify the supporting details, multiple-choice questions with the answer key

- 1 "Main Idea on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will identify the main idea of the entire song using their main idea and supporting details graphic organizer

- 1 "Turn and Talk" activity that challenges students to identify and discuss connections between other legends and histories.

How to Use This in Google Classroom: Click here for a quick tutorial!

Use the link in the download to copy our Google Forms 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!

With Rap Opera for Kids, when the music stops, the learning doesn't.

*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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