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Creative writing songs under $5
Figurative Language in 'Surface Pressure' from "Encanto"
Onomatopoeia, similes, and metaphors, GALORE!Sing along with Luisa and study her use of figurative language using her relatable lyrics from the song "Surface Pressure." Possible answers are included. Definitions and terms are included, too. Students can complete electronically or this practice can be printed for students to do on paper!
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5th - 7th
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"One Love" ~ Bob Marley Composition Lesson
Hi fellow teachers! This is a great lesson plan to get students composing and create a full song as a class. It's perfect for both distance and in-person learning. ContentSlide 1: Lesson planSlide 2: Title page & learning targetSlide 3: PromptSlides 4 - 5: Bob & Cedella Marley informationSlides 6 - 7: Maps of JamaicaSlide 8: Link to One Love (book based on Bob Marley's "One Love," adapted by Cedella Marley)Slide 9: Link to original Bob Marley songSlide 10 - 14: Compose your own verse (bo
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K - 3rd
Write Your Own Song (Music Appreciation)
This assignment has students use their creativity, experience, and imagination to write their own basic song. They will learn about how a generic song is structured then use an easy-to-follow formula to come up with their own song. The assignment is broken into 3 different steps that can all be put together to complete a generic song that also rhymes! Once the worksheet is completed, students and/or the teacher can sing through them using karaoke backtracks online or a live piano/guitar. It is s
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4th - 12th
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Songs to Teach Writing- 6 Traits of Writing
This file includes 11 catchy tunes to sing with your students when teaching writing. Research has proven that songs help learners to retain more information. Singing is also so much fun! Songs are an excellent way to introduce new concepts. the songs included in this file address writing workshop, the 6 traits of writing, and several types of writing. Each song has its own song sheet and can be reproduced for student use. The clip art is attractive and colorful, however it is printer friend
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K - 4th
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Lyrical Analysis of Taylor Swift's "Teenage Love Triangle" (PDF & Digital)
This lyrical analysis assignment requires students to analyze the songs Betty, August, and Cardigan from Taylor Swift's album Folklore. Swift has stated that there are three songs on the album that are connected by telling the story of a teenage love triangle from three different perspectives at different times in their lives. Students will analyze these three songs and make interpretations to determine which song is told from Betty, James, and the other woman's perspective. The resource include
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9th - 12th
Music Appreciation Writing Prompts
Music appreciation 101! Use these musical writing prompts to cover writing in music class. Clue kids into the production, lyrical, and musical quality of songs they're exposed to daily. Included vocabulary: arrangement, chord progression, melody, harmony, background vocals. Important to note: Please make sure your students understand these musical terms before using this product. Uses: critical thinking in the music classroom, music appreciation, covering writing in music class standards, subs,
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4th - 8th
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Bob Dylan: Music as Poetry with "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
This is a wonderful way to introduce the blurred lines between genres, as well as a great way to engage in the learning process—for all students of all ages love music. They may be reluctant poets, but once the connection is made that some songs are indeed poetry (or, heaven forbid—the acronym R.A.P. stands for Rhythmic American Poetry!), the sky is the limit for a renewed appreciation for poetry. This can be a nice addition to any poetry unit, or, it stands alone as an extension activity, a c
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6th - 12th
Christmas Ode Writing Activity — Poem and Creative Writing
This activity requires students to read and analyze the 1824 song "O Christmas Tree" and learn about the ode poem. Then you'll have your students write their own ode! Lastly, take students' poetry writing to the next level by having them perform or illustrate their odes. This activity is a simple and silly way to get students thinking creatively before the holidays. It also makes for a fun display of student work!Included in this product:Powerpoint presentation with definitions of Ode and academ
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5th - 12th
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Figurative Language Task Cards, Song Lyrics, Poetry, Valentine's Day
Want to get your students engaged in finding figurative language? Try these task cards that use lyrics from popular love songs!
Each of these 40 task cards included an excerpt of a popular love song (from many genres - pop, country, rock, etc.). In the lyrics is an example of figurative language. Use to have students identify and explain each example, or as a writing prompt for creative writing practice.
Students love task cards! Check out some of my other sets:
Reading Response Task Card
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7th - 12th
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Stars (Unison and Piano)
The package includes the full score as well as a separate, reproducible vocal part.People have been fascinated by stars for thousands of years. We look up at night, see all these bright lights and sing songs, look for ones we know, identify shapes and constellations, or wonder what they are. Night-time can be magical and mysterious for children too and this song offers reassurance that the stars are looking down and leading us homeward, "by and by."This song uses many different words to describe
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1st - 4th
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Down by the bay (Distance Learning)
In this pack you will find:A sheet where children can create their own verse of the popular song “Down by the Bay” by RaffiThe individual pages can be compiled into a class book. The cover page of the book is included.Rhyming cards. Cut apart and mix for children to find rhyming pairs.A sheet where children can think and draw pictures rhyming with the animals from the song.
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PreK - 1st
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The Lighthouse Keeper´s Lunch Activity and Song for Y1 and Y2
Are you looking for a fun way to motivate and help children learn new vocabulary regardless of your musical background?The Sing2Write project was inspired by a love of music and language and how the two together can support young children to embed key vocabulary as an integral part of the English curriculum. This supports non specialist music teachers and children from 3-7 years. Singing is one of the fundamental ways to inspire, motivate, and enthuse young children when learning new vocabulary.
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K - 2nd
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Je suis une pizza! Chanson Song Activity Booklet-Charlotte Diamond
Here is an activity booklet for Charlotte Diamond's famous children's song "Je suis une pizza!" These activities can be used to teach the French song to students. The activity booklet "Je fais une pizza" contains writing and drawing activities that involve students to choose their favorite pizza toppings in order to create their very own pizza! The last page includes a fill in the blank for the song "Je suis une pizza". The lyrics for the song can be found online along with the audio song in Fre
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K - 4th
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W. H. Auden - Funeral Blues - Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man - Comparison
♫♫♫ Add music and engagement to poetry lessons ♫ ♫ ♫Get students talking, collaborating and having fun while analysing and drawing comparisons between the words of W. H. Auden (Funeral Blues) and Bruno Mars (When I Was Your Man). The lesson concludes with a humorous creative writing exercise.What's included:- Teaching Guide- Common Core Standards- Pre-reading Questions- Funeral Blues Poem- Poem Analysis Questions- Poetic Techniques Hunt- Song Analysis Questions- Venn Diagrams (Tone and Theme)- S
Grades:
6th - 12th
In Flanders Fields Remembrance Day Poem and Activity
The In Flanders Fields Poem and Activity resource is perfect for your class or school. This is a great introductory activity to have for your class in November. This requires NO PREP, and has your students feeling very engaged. In Flanders Fields is an amazing poem to have your students practice and read aloud for a Remembrance Day assembly! There is a great song version of this poem that I have had my students perform at an assembly - perfect for a choir as well. In 1915, during World War 1, Jo
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Not Grade Specific
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Continents & Oceans Facts
This is a PDF that includes facts about the 7 continents and 4 major oceans that I used with my students to help them learn about both topics. A fun activity my students used these facts for was creating songs, raps, poems, cheers, and posters in small groups about the continents and/or oceans and presenting them to their class.
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2nd - 12th
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"Little Green Donkey" by Anuska Allepuz - A Literacy Activities Menu by the LML
A Literacy Activities Menu!This LAM is focused on the book, "Little Green Donkey" by Anuska Allepuz.This may be used as enrichment after hearing/watching the story, as a form of assessment, for fun... BONUS... it's for EVERYONE (K-5)!*Intended to emulate a restaurant kid's menu - prints best on regular 8.5X11 paper - however, also perfectly sized for a 2 page SeeSaw activity!*Fun "check for understanding", "brainstorming activity" and "creative take" on the story!*Food*Literacy*Song Writing*Engl
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K - 5th
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Figurative Language Slides - TSwift
These slides go through the most common examples of figurative language using Taylor Swift lyric examples. Each example includes a video edited to share just a piece of the song.Figurative Language included in this presentation:- Personification- Alliteration- Metaphor- Simile- Oxymoron- Hyperbole- Idiom
Grades:
4th - 8th
"The Thirteen Days of Halloween" Alliteration Activity
Need a fun way for students to create alliteration? Have students rewrite "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song lyrics by adding alliteration and a twist on Halloween. Students will create "The Thirteen Days of Halloween" lyrics and illustrate them too! Have students complete one day while collaborating with their peers or all thirteen on their own.
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2nd - 7th
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When to Start a New Paragraph To the Music of “Uptown Funk” By Bruno Mars
Engage your writers with this catchy song about starting a new paragraph in fiction writing. Set to the tune of "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars, your students are sure to enjoy this song and apply the message to their writing!
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2nd - 5th
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MaestroLeopold's Blues Lyric Songwriting Worksheet
MaestroLeopold's Blues Lyric Songwriting worksheet is a fun, easy, and informative way to learn about Blues music. The activity can be done by individual students or in small groups. It is good for the student who needs time alone and a structured activity for self expression.
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3rd
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PDF Expressing Healing in Poetry With Taylor Swift's "thanK you aIMee" from TTPD
Words matter and stay with you, and the trick to life is not letting those words tear you down–let them make you better and stronger. In Taylor Swift’s song, “thanK you aIMee,” she does just that in her writing of the song/poem.Write about a moment in your life when you felt negatively about yourself because of someone’s actions or words. How did you manage these feelings? Do you still carry them? What if those words and memories you don’t want to think about shaped you into the person you are
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6th - 12th
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Writing Song Lyrics: The Patchwork Quilt method
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 amo
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Not Grade Specific
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March Poems with Crafty Writing Activities (common core aligned)
It's Po - tivity Time! Inspire your students to write by reading these two March Poems (Rainbows and Leprechauns). Then discuss, create your own version of the poem, brainstorm and last write about the same topic on standard paper or with a crafty activity. It's all connected!
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Common Core Standard List
Two Poems (Rainbows and Leprechauns)
- one that uses the five sense and one with a lesson to the story
Two Sets of Discussion Questions
Great for small group, partners, or the whol
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1st - 2nd
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