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Middle school creative writing songs for ESL-EFL-ELL
Song Parody Writing Unit for Music or ELA print or digital
Getting buy-in from upper elementary and middle school students can be a challenge! This parodies and piggyback songs unit is NO PREP and includes everything you need to engage those reluctant musicians in composing their own lyrics. This unit works perfectly in music or ELA classes, and includes both printable and Google Slides(TM) versions.This is designed as a cross-curricular activity that could be implemented easily by a music teacher OR an English teacher. I’ve supplied you with an example
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6th - 8th
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Teaching Figurative Language with Taylor Swift Songs - Grades 3-6
If there’s one thing I love about Taylor Swift (other than her dance moves!) it is her use of figurative language. If you have ever listened to her songs you know she uses a lot of similes and metaphors in her writing. She is a major pop star today, and I guarantee your students can (and will!) sing along to any one of her songs! With this product you will be able to teach and have your students practice identifying and writing seven types of figurative language using Taylor Swift songs.
Beginn
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3rd - 8th
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Similes and Metaphors in Music Activity Pack
This packet contains:
~links to 6 different music videos with fun songs the kids know and love that contain examples of similes and metaphors. The songs include:
"Without Love" from the movie Hairspray
"Firework" by Katy Perry
"Red" by Taylor Swift
"Mr. Grinch" from When the Grinch Stole Christmas
"Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class Heroes
and "Similes and Metaphors in Pop Music" you can use as an introduction or review
~A Simile and Metaphor Cheat Sheet
~Song Lyrics to the songs listed above
~Pr
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3rd - 6th
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Analyzing Fahrenheit 451 Through Music Unit - 20+ Songs, Analysis Activities
What better way to connect students with literature than through the music they love? In this novel study for Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, students will be able to analyze each part of the novel by listening to, annotating, explaining, and presenting different songs that closely correlate with the novel on many levels. Beat the boredom of study guides and chapter quizzes, and instead engage your students through music to help them analyze—and appreciate—this classic Bradbury work.This engagin
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8th - 11th
Bilingual Christmas Carols / Villancicos Navideños ~ Spanish-English Songbook
Add to your Christmas Around the World unit with this Spanish and English Christmas Carols (Villancicos de Navidad) Song Book: These bilingual Christmas carols are perfect for Spanish or ESL classes to get in the holiday spirit! We have chosen the most popular and common Christmas carols, so that most kids will be familiar with the tunes. The song book contains 10 traditional songs in both Spanish and English, and 4 additional songs in Spanish, for a total of 14 songs:
Rudolph the Red Nosed Rei
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1st - 12th
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ESL - ESL Activities Package of Popular Songs
This a great package of ESL activities correlated to more than 10 popular songs. ESL activities include vocabulary, lyric read-alouds, clozes, and discussions. Play the songs in your class to spice things up while students learn with these song activities!
Correlated Activities Included for the Following Songs:
“A Little Bit Stronger”, By Sara Evans……………………..pg 4
“Ain’t No Sunshine”, By Bill Withers………………………pg 8
“Call Me Maybe” By Carly Rae Jepsen……………………pg 11
“Firework”, By Katy Perry……………………
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Holidays - Reader's Theatre Play
This is an 11 page HOLIDAY PLAY that can be used with a class or theatre group to put on a performance to both small and large audiences. It is based loosely on the story 'Scrooge.' It centers around a student that wants to quit the Holiday play out of selfishness. After visits from Spirits the main character learns the errors of his ways. The play teaches a moral about how others depend on us even though we don't realize it. For adventurous teachers, there are also some recommendations for s
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Songs to teach The 6 Traits of Writing
This is a collection of six songs that I developed to help my students understand the 6 Traits of Writing. These songs will help your students understand Ideas, Organization, Word Choice, Voice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions. You may also print out each page and create a poster to display in your classroom.
Songs to teach The 6 Traits of Writing by Lindsay Stark is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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PreK - 12th
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Touch Alphabet Sounds
Here are a total of 28 pages geared to helping autistic and SDC (Special Day Classes) students learn and master the alphabet sounds. I have my 28 pages placed in plastic sheets and in a binder. Students touch the alphabet letters and items as they sing the song Alphabet Sounds (By Barbara Milne). Students will be engaged in this multisensory approach on auditory, visual and tactile/kinesthetic levels. I have created a letter song for each page so my students can easily focus on the item associa
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PreK - 12th
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Zombie Apocalypse Figurative Language in Songs Middle School - FUN!
Get that lesson out of the way with all the prep done for you (or your sub)! Students use these figurative language worksheets in an engaging way by reading and/or listening to music lyrics along the zombie / death theme. They'll be tapping their feet and enjoying themselves, reducing the anxiety often associated with figurative language and poetry. The materials include examples of figurative language in songs, including similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration etc. These activities build
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5th - 8th
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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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John Lennon - Song "Imagine" with pictures. Lyrics with blanks to fill in.
It's a popular song by John Lennon and the best-selling single of his solo career. The download includes 5 sheets: the lyrics of the same song IMAGINE by John Lennon, but with 2 levels of difficulty EASY - the lyrics with blanks to fill in and WORD BANK of 7 words (some are repeated twice) + the adapted answer key DIFFICULT - the lyrics with blanks to fill in but without any WORD BANK + the adapted answer key. the complete song (without numbers)Great for ESL stu
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Songs Bundle for ESL Classes
✏️Songs are a fantastic and enjoyable tool that can greatly benefit students of all ages learning English.✏️Using music enhances vocabulary and motivates learners while boosting their self-confidence in grasping new concepts. ✏️Songs make learning engaging and memorable.These song-based activities for English language teaching include the following songs featured in the bundle: 1.✔️ “UNSTOPPABLE"❤️by Sia.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrEqeqblAN2.✔️“Best Day Of My Life"❤️by American Authors ht
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3rd - 7th
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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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Juanes, Social Justice, World Problems & Solutions Bundle in Spanish
This Latin American Culture, Social Justice & World Problems mega bundle includes detailed lesson plans, cultural readings about TEN topics, comprehension questions, related songs with music activities, Juanes information, Colombia Power Point, tons of Colombia videos and resources, and student survey to assess prior knowledge. It is an excellent resource to teach about social justice issues in Spanish-speaking countries.This MEGA Bundle includes cultural readings, comprehension activities,
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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La Historia de Juan by Juanes - Spanish Song Lyrics & Activities Unit
"La Historia de Juan" tells the story of a lonely child who is abandoned by his parents and must live in the streets to survive. "La Historia de Juan" by Juanes is a moving and thought-provoking song that teachers can use to teach students about the problems faced by those that live in poverty such as street children and by abused children. This song is easily comprehensible and uses the preterit tense throughout. The included cultural lessons have readings and comprehension questions about s
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Juanes, Social Justice, World Problems & Solutions Bundle in Spanish
ESL Bundle on Eurovision - Lesson Plan + Reading Comprehension + Songs Activity
ESL Bundle on Eurovision - Lesson Plan + Reading Comprehension + Songs ActivityThis Bundle offers 3 ESL-EFL-TESOL Teaching Resources for English as a Second or Foreign Langauge on Eurovision Song Contest (Lesson Plan + Reading Comprehension Activity + ESC Songs Activity). Ideal participants for this Activity are Foreign Languages Students at High School. These teaching toolbox can also be Great for ESL Centers Abroad and ESL-EFL-TESOL Tutors (online/offline) or private teachers around the world.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Juntos by Juanes- Spanish Song Unit & Activities - Migrant Workers
"Juntos" conveys a strong message about overcoming challenges and working together in order to succeed. Thus, this wonderful music unit with cultural information about migrant workers in the United States is great for students of all levels including native speakers classes. This "Juntos" song unit for this song by Juanes teachers biographical information about Juanes the actor, musician, and humanitarian. This song also highlights the present tense and the related videos, information, and
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Juanes, Social Justice, World Problems & Solutions Bundle in Spanish
ESL Teaching Resources on Taylor Swift - Song Activity + Reading Comprehension
ESL Teaching Resources on Taylor Swift - Song Activity + Reading ComprehensionThis Bundle offers 2 ESL-EFL-TESOL Teaching Resources for English as a Second or Foreign Langauge on Taylor Swift (Song Activity + Reading Comprehension Activity Worksheet).Ideal participants for this Activity are Foreign Languages Students at High School. These teaching toolbox can also be Great for ESL Centers Abroad and ESL-EFL-TESOL Tutors (online/offline) or private teachers around the world.These two ESL Teaching
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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[Song] have been to
[What can be taught with this material]-Pronouns-Questions-has/have-counting-colors have you ever been tohave you been tohas he (ever) been tohas she (ever) been tohave they (ever) been towho has been toyes, I have no, I haven'tyes, he has no, he hasn't(we / they)◇ Teachers sing along with students. During intervals the teacher should try to ask at least 2 students a unique question using "have been to". This can be countries, or any place. Rooms in a house / stores / etc. Try to avoid any
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: [Song/Cards] Have been to
Snowflake Bentley- worksheets, creative writing, songs, technology, sequence!
Your elementary kids (and even 6th graders!) will "Fall" for this packet based on the award winning book Snowflake Bentley written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin!
Included in this packet are all these completely original works!
* 20 reading comprehension questions in matching format, with answer key
* 2 creative writing opportunities with prompts and illustration space
* 2 original SONGS about snowflakes complete with audio file to sing along! One for younger students and one for older students!
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1st - 6th
Rap Music for the English Language Arts Classroom - growing bundle
This is a growing bundle of all my rap resources for bringing hip hop into the English Language Arts classroom. I will also add any resources I create on this theme.It includes the following:Hip Hop comprehension unit - 40 clean rap songs and 40 question sets.Eminem to teach inference and language devicesCommon -I have a Dream -Using rap to teach inference and analytical skills.Macklemore -Glorious- Teaching Inference and tracing language choicesValentines Day Songs and poetic devices with John
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7th - 12th
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DINAMIC & INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE LYRIC SONGS WITH BRUNO MARS
This pack contains two wonderful lyric activities of Bruno Mars (Talking to the moon and Count on me) for ESL students with several educational and dynamic activities that will help them engage in poetical expressions, lexical understanding and critical thinking (Listening skills, vocabulary acquisition, antonym words, sentence structuring, word search games, riddles, etc.) These lyrics activities come with answer key. Undoubtedly, teaching lyrics in schools not only enhances language and analy
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Figurative Language with Encanto Song Lesson Plan
Engage your students with a lesson involving one of the most popular songs from Disney's Encanto: Surface Pressure! Students will first get to practice finding similes and metaphors from Disney songs and then use the lyrics of "Surface Pressure" to find other examples of figurative language such as idioms and allusions.
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Encanto Lessons Bundle!
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