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8th grade critical thinking reading strategies songs
Music Lyric Analysis FOR ANY SONG!
This resource can be used with ANY SONG and is great for a review or test prep!No doubt students love music. As teachers, we know one of the bestways to engage students in learning is teach with their interests in mind.Music offers an engaging and exciting way to cover many Common CoreStandards. What makes this resource stand out is that it can be usedwith ANY SONG! This gives you the choice to use one that your studentsare currently enjoying or one that you enjoy yourself. Students are asked to
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3rd - 10th
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The BIG BOOK of FOLK SONG FUN for Bells or Boomwhackers
What a great resource! 36 familiar folk song melodies, professionally notated on the treble staff with color-coded notes to facilitate success with Boomwhackers or bells. This format works well for teachers and students with very little music experience as well as seasoned music teachers and older students. (If your bells, chimes, or boom pipes aren't color-coded, apply colored stickers). These songs may be projected (great for keeping students focused and guiding discussions). They may also be
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K - 8th
The PATRIOTIC COLLECTION of Color-Chord-inated Songs for Bells or Boomwhackers
This set includes seven familiar USA patriotic songs, perfect for creating a themed unit and performance, celebrating patriotic holidays (Veteran's Day, Presidents' Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July), tying into social studies lessons, using as literacy fluency activities, or enriching musical exploration of meter, form, chords and melody. Printable or projectable song pages, instructions, teaching guidelines, and some programming suggestions are included.
Songs included in this collection:
Ame
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K - 8th
Song Analysis Bundle - Identity and Social Change
This bundle includes my song analysis resources Songs For Social Change, and Songs to Explore Identity, which both contain a PDF and digital student notebook and Google Slides with clickable links to all of the music videos for the songs. Resources: (Linked below - please check out the individual product listings for more information and previews)- Songs For Social Change- Songs to Explore Identity****************************************Customer Tips:Be the first to know about my new discounts,
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7th - 12th
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Julia Alvarez ~ Before We Were Free MASTER PACKET (46 pages)
Aligned to the Common Core this is a 46-page packet of materials and tests (with KEY) over each chapter of the novel, Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez. This is all "stuff" I've used in classrooms for nearly a decade of teaching this coming of age novel.
The packet includes:
• Learning Essentials & Expectations
• Chapter Vocabulary
• Quizzes
• Study Guide for Every Chapter
• Essay Rubric
• Final Test with KEY
• Maps
• Character Guide
• Extras!!!
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7th - 12th
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Middle School Main Idea and Supporting Details Worksheets with Passages
Are you looking for engaging, middle school main idea and supporting details worksheets with passages? Rap songs are your solution! Based on history rap songs, these activities will keep your students' attention using song lyrics while they practice main idea and details skills. Easily incorporate them into independent activities or complete them together as a class lesson.Students will listen to the songs then use the song lyrics as reading passages to complete the activities detailed below.Wha
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6th - 8th
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Literary Elements in Song Lyrics: Organizers & Key for Rap Song
This LITERARY Elements Analysis lesson is used with the song lyrics of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise"
If you want an avenue to truly reach many of your students in teaching them literary elements and how to identify and analyze them, this product is perfect for that!
Elements of Focus: Theme/Main Idea, Allusion, Irony, Idiom, Personification, Metaphor, Oxymoron
PDF file contains 7 pages-- 3 student printable organizers with literary elements in which student provides lyrics from song displayin
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Song Lyric Inferencing Bundle
Inferencing is a skill that is used in all aspects of our lives.
Its not just for English class!
Using song lyrics to teach inferencing has many benefits:
* Students love music- especially when they get to listen to music in class.
*It deepens comprehension.
*It promotes meaningful discussion.
*It teaches students to cite text evidence to support inferences.
*It targets multiple skills: theme, drawing conclusions, understanding vocabulary,
especially multiple meaning words.
This resource
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8th - 12th
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Hip Hop Main Idea and Supporting Details Nonfiction Passage for Middle School
This main idea and supporting details nonfiction passage for middle school is based on our History of Hip Hop and Rap Music song and includes multiple-choice, self-grading questions, a graphic organizer, and a turn-and-talk activity. Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading passage to identify the main idea and its supporting details for various sections of the song.What teachers like you had to say:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My students love this resource. It provides the right amount
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Fun End of Year Independent ELA Reading Activities for Middle School
Middle School Main Idea and Supporting Details Passage Worksheets Mini Lessons
Do you need engaging, main idea and supporting details passage worksheets for middle school? Rap songs are your answer! Based on rap songs, these mini lessons will keep your students' attention using song lyrics as reading passages while they practice main idea and details skills. Easily incorporate them into independent activities or complete them together as a class lesson. Students will listen to the songs then use the song lyrics as reading passages to complete the activities detailed below.
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7th - 9th
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Pop Songs with lessons - mindfulness, social justice, courage, kindness
#classroom community: These powerful pop songs support any kindness and bullying prevention programs you have in place. Powerful lyrics help kids deal with bullies and stress. Songs promote tolerance of others, friendship and teamwork, and healthy self esteem. They inspire critical thinking and creative writing! BP social skills songs make a perfect addition to your classroom playlist!LYRICS INCLUDED. 11 also have simple lesson plans.General ed teachers: Use these songs for close reading and lyr
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4th - 8th
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Figurative Language In Modern Music
This learning resource aims to demonstrate to students that learning opportunities exist everywhere, even in their most beloved songs! The activity entails students actively listening to music and identifying any instances of figurative language used in the lyrics. Following this, students will be prompted to explain why the songwriter or author chose to use said form of figurative language in their lyrics.Skills:Figurative Language Author's Purpose Making ConnectionInferencingActive Listening
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3rd - 8th
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Peace Song - empathetic to all - timely and powerful
This powerful and timely peace song - penned in Jerusalem years ago - encourages empathy for not only all those suffering in the Israeli Palestinian struggle, but for anyone praying for peace in their own world. 'Enough' has a long history of touching the hearts the of students, gently leading them to a more tolerant point of view. It is a huge student, parent, and teacher favorite - our second most popular song.General ed teachers: Use this song to enhance any bullying prevention and social ski
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5th - 9th
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Reading Test Attack: Reading Test-Taking Strategies Song and Video
Lyrics
Chorus:
Before you read:
1. Directions
2. T.I.Q.
3. Prediction
While you read:
4. Strategies
5. Star the clues from the questions
After you read:
6. Examine the questions
7. Keep or eliminate
8. Evidence and then answer
Before you read:
Here’s how you start it right
Read the directions
And circle the type of passage
That you’re about to read.
Is it informational or literature?
If it’s a story, say “Yay!”
‘Cause it’s easy for your brain to process.
Informational is great.
Just reme
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2nd - 12th
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Determining Meaning Context Clues Worksheets Middle School Vocabulary Activities
Based on a song about Hip Hop and rap music history, this vocabulary activity will keep your students engaged using song lyrics as a reading passagewhile they are determining the meaning of unknown words with context clues worksheets. This activity has multiple-choice answers and targets content-vocabulary words from the song. Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading passage to complete the activities detailed below.What teachers like you had to say:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My studen
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Context Clues Passage Worksheets Practice Bundle
RACE (Written Response) Strategy Educational Parody Song--Lyrics & Posters
If you use the R.A.C.E. (Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain) writing about reading strategy in your ELA class, this song is for you. The lyrics help teach and remind kids of the importance of RACE in an engaging and fun way. After purchasing the RACE lyrics, there is a link on the last page to a music video sing-a-long! Also included:-3 types of R.A.C.E. posters to printHere's the music video for the RACE Strategy song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEn90VdyTAQ&disable_polymer=trueHere's a RA
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3rd - 8th
Determining Meaning Context Clues Worksheets Middle School Vocabulary Activities
Based on a song about the history of Hip Hop and rap music, this vocabulary activity will keep your students engaged using song lyrics as a reading passage while they are determining the meaning of unknown words with context clues worksheets. This activity has multiple-choice answers and targets content-vocabulary words from the song. Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading passage to complete the activities detailed below.The song for this activity takes an in-dep
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6th - 8th
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5th and 6th Grade Root Words Prefixes and Suffixes Passage Worksheets
These root words, prefixes, and suffixes passage worksheets for 5th and 6th grade are based on a rap song that covers the early history of the coronavirus/COVID-19 and provides many affixed words for students to practice identifying root words and affixes with.Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading passage to complete the activities detailed below.The song for these activities explores the history of the virus through the efforts of Li Wenliang, the doctor that fo
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: History of COVID-19 Coronavirus Reading Passage Activities
20 Music Matching Games with Themes & Wall Posters
This packet has 20 different music matching games I call "Mood Matchings" which I have used in Pre-K through 6th grade classrooms throughout the entire school year. Each activity has its own specific instructions included on the document, but the general steps involve the teacher placing the posters for that activity around the room on different walls. The class stands in the center of the room. The teacher plays the first song on the playlist (every track is linked to a YouTube video of the tra
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PreK - 8th
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TEMA LOS DESAFÍOS MUNDIALES - LOS TEMAS ECONÓMICOS
An different and entertaining way of working your lesson of economic issues Through the rhythm of merengue with the theme THE COST OF LIFE by singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra, you will immerse your students in the topic of economy and cost of life. Giving them the opportunity to compare a situation that was happening over 30 years ago in a complete different country and their own country in the present. The lyrics of this song has a very rich vocabulary that you will see in your lesson of econ
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8th - 12th
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Main Idea and Supporting Details Worksheets Mini Lesson Middle and High School
These main idea and supporting details passage worksheets for middle and high school are based on a Hamilton vs. History rap song and include multiple-choice questions, a graphic organizer, and a turn-and-talk activity, making for a great mini lesson. Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading practice to identify the main idea and its supporting details for various sections of the lyrics as detailed below.Clean and school-appropriate, the song for this activity explo
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8th - 10th, Adult Education
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Propaganda and Media Literacy Complete Unit and Group Project
This is a complete mini-unit on specific Propaganda techniques and ways to spot them in media and advertising. Students see examples, discuss questions with a partner, write down their ideas, and take guided notes. Included in this package:Complete presentation "Lesson 1: How to Spot Fake News"Complete presentation "Lesson 2: Propaganda Techniques"Printable Student Guided Notes for Lesson 2 presentationSong lyrics: "Can't Trust This Source Yet" (to the tune of "Can't Stop the Feeling" by Justin
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6th - 12th
Middle School Main Idea and Supporting Details Activities with Passages
Do you need engaging, middle school main idea and supporting details activities with passages? Rap songs are your answer! Based on rap songs, these activities will keep your students' attention using song lyrics as reading passages while they practice main idea and details skills. Easily incorporate them into independent activities or complete them together as a class lesson. Students will listen to the songs then use the song lyrics as reading passages to complete the activities detailed below.
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6th - 8th
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Compare and Contrast Passage Two Texts on the Same Topic Middle and High School
This compare and contrast passage activity about two texts on the same topic is based on our "Hamilton vs. History" parody rap song and is perfect for middle and high school students!Students will listen to the song then use the song's lyrics as a reading passage to find similarities and differences between the musical's portrayal of Alexander Hamilton compared to the factual history of his life.The song for these activities is written as a reading passage that explores the life of Alexander Ham
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8th - 10th
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