Process-Music-Is-Poetry

Purpose The Process Evaluation Timeline Resources

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(FINAL ASSESSMENT)
1. For homework, students will find an appropriate song to share with the entire class. 2. Using the knowledge we have learned about figurative language in school, the students will read through the lyrics of their song and find all figurative language that the author of this song used. 3. Students will label the figurative language in the song in a similar style to how the teacher did in the lyrics from the song she modeled in class. 4. Students will then reread the lyrics looking for the deeper meaning of the song and will write a well-organized summary of that meaning. 5. On the day assigned, the student will bring in on a flashdrive a copy of the lyrics, copies of the lyrics to pass out, or will have emailed the lyrics to the teacher ahead of time so that they can be displayed on the white board in class. The student will also have the song available to play via mp3 music player, file on flashdrive, or actual CD. 6.The student will play the song for the class, while simultaneously showing the lyrics to the class for them to follow along. Once the song is over the student will make a 2 minute presentation explaining the figurative language that was used in the song and their analysis of what the song means. 7. At the end of the presentation, the student will hand in the lyrics that shows the location of the figurative language and the summary paragraph.