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High school creative writing songs for homeschool
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
Grades:
8th - 11th
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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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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SUFISM( MYSTIC POETRY/RELIGIOUS POETRY) : (COLLECTION OF TWENTY SUFI POETS)
Dear Readers:This book revolves around my personal favorite collection of inspirational verses contributed by Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Sindhi and Pashtun Sufi poets, belonging to diverse cultural and geographical traditions. In order to pursue the authentic translations of the aforementioned verses, the contributions made by scholars and academics like Vraje Abramia, Daniel Karlin, Margaret Smith, A.J. Arberry, Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, Lochan Singh Buxi, Harjeet Singh Gill, Coleman Barks,
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10th - 11th, Higher Education
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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
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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COMPOSER ACTIVITIES Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
***$5.00*** Overview: This product is a curriculum integration tool incorporating music, history, math and writing for 2-5th. The lesson is built around students learning some facts about Tchaikovsky, identifying and singing a musical theme with original fun lyrics and writing creative narratives. Music vocabulary words are used. Math principles may be applied through the use of rhythm patterns. An easy Orff arrangement is provided.Two Writing Prompts for 2nd – 5th are included, emphasizing t
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2nd - 5th
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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
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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Lent Journal - Song of the Day - Long Version
This is a journal to use during Lent made up of Christian songs, lyric completion followed by a reflection question to answer. I use this during Lent to not only inspire my students to become closer to God but introduce them to popular Christian music.
We typically watch the music lyric video to help fill in the missing lyrics and then silently each student finished the journal reflection.
This 36 page packet allows you to do "Song of the Day" everyday during the Lenten season. I also have a
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3rd - 9th
MUSIC & WRITING Wild About Music! K-5th Common Core-Song, ORFF, Writing Prompts
***$5.00***This product is a curriculum integration tool incorporating Music and Writing for K-5th using the Common Core standards in Writing. The lesson is built around an original song, “Wild About Music!” Music vocabulary words are used in the song. Math principles may be applied through the use of rhythm patterns. An easy Orff arrangement is provided using 5 instruments. Three Writing Prompts for 2nd – 5th are included. Also, three Drawing Prompts for K & 1st are provided as well. A
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K - 5th
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Lent Journal - Song of the Day
Middle & Highschool VersionThis is a journal to use during Lent made up of Christian songs and their music videos, lyric completion followed by a reflection question to answer and bible verse. I use this during Lent to not only inspire my students to become closer to God but introduce them to popular (2017-2020) Christian music. I have provided links to the videos I use.I have also used it throughout the year instead of during lent.We typically talk about the journal question, watch the musi
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7th - 12th
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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
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6th - 12th
Tone Lesson adapted to HMH Into Literature Grade 7
This lesson teaches tone using musical and text examples. Every part of a traditional is present including an Instructional focus, Do Now, Mini-lesson, Word Period, and Closing.
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6th - 8th
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Close Reading using the wonder words: Who What When Where Why and How
Use the Wonder Words to teach what questions to ask during a close read.Cover most of the Speaking & Listening Standards by asking and answering questions during collaborative conversations about a literature piece. Cover most of the CC Literature standards by teaching students what questions to ask when identifying key details in a story. Encourage students to write detailed sentences using the Wonder Words. Teach them the purpose and how to spell the wonder words with familiar song tunes
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PreK - 2nd
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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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kendrick lamar -song analysis and creative rap challenge 'Crown'
This is a song lyrics analysis task and creative rap writing challenge based on the song 'Crown' by Kendrick Lamar. The song lyrics are 100% clean. Song lyrics are not part of the product due to copyright, but they can be simply downloaded. All links are in the product. The resource contains the following:A brainstorm task exploring the connotations of 'crown'A predictive task based on listening to the instrumentalA first listening to the song9 questions analysing possible meanings in the song t
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Rap Music for the English Language Arts Classroom - growing bundle
Figurative Language in "Karma" by Taylor Swift
In this assignment. Students annotate Taylor Swift's "Karma", looking for figurative language (metaphor, personification, simile, and idiom). Students then write their own figurative language for karma. This comes with the handout and answer key. It's in google docs, so you can edit it how you want. I use this with my continuation high school students and they enjoy it.
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7th - 10th
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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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