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Nov 4, 2010 · Overview | How can music help illuminate literature? And how can literature teach us about music? In this lesson, students read a review of a musical performance based on Plato’s dialogues and...
Incorporating music into selected reading units can transform and channel that strong sense of individuality and autonomy into excitement for literature and developing critical thinking skills. The key?
Aug 8, 2017 · Using music in the secondary classroom is a great way to engage students, so here are some songs to use in ELA, and some ways to use them. (Blog post)
Hans Zimmer is a German film composer and record producer. This biography profiles his childhood, family, personal life, music career, achievements, and some interesting facts.
- Bell Ringers
- Timer
- Brain Break
- Figurative Language
- Grammar
- Story Elements
- Narratives
- Vocabulary
- Poetry
- Mood and Tone
Use music as a bell ringer. Pose a question on the board that relates the song to whatever skill students are currently learning. Songs make for engaging mentor texts. Try “Fly” by Nicki Minaj for parallelism or “Jolene” by Dolly Partonfor repetition, figurative language, or characterization.
We often use timers in the classroom. When students have a few minutes to respond, when you’re transitioning between activities, or when students are cleaning up after an activity, use music! Add some spice to your timers and help students finish tasks on time with songs for a change of pace. A simple way to manage this is to ask students for their...
Research shows students need brain breaks. Intentionally insert dance breaks or yoga stretches into your lesson plans! You don’t have to play the entire song…just enough to lighten the mood and relieve some stress. Show students how to stretch their forearms and their necks as they relax their minds.
Using music in the classroom is the perfect avenue to reinforce figurative language. Show students the difference between figurative and literal, and help them see how a text’s impact would be lessened without it. “Stereo Hearts”by Gym Class Heroes is excellent for metaphors,“Love Song” by Taylor Swift for allusion, and “Grenade”by Bruno Mars for h...
Mix grammar reinforcement into whole-class reviews, small group interventions, or station activities after direct instruction. Playing songs like “Call Me Maybe”by Carly Rae Jepsen can help students to analyze a variety comma rules in an authentic text. Listening to music is just one more way we can give students an opportunity to hear fluent langu...
When reading literature, we can allow students to analyze how songs relate to the setting, conflicts, character, and theme of the text. Doing so helps them to dig deeper into the story and make connections. How does Alanis Morisette’s “Ironic” echo how Mathilde feels at the end of “The Necklace” or Della and Jim at the end of “The Gift of the Magi”...
Find songs that have narrative structures, and use them as mentor texts to review story elements before reading or writing fictional works. This behind the scenes look at Disneyhighlights some of the ways popular songs are intentionally created to impact narrative elements.
Music in the classroom is fun when paired with vocabulary. Play a clip from a song, and ask students to write a short paragraph or talk with a small group to explain how some of their vocabulary words relate to the lyrics. For instance, while playing “Popular” by Ariana Grande, students might write about words like introspection, insights, epiphany...
Use music in the classroom to teach poetic elements. After all, it IS poetry! How does the song writer use rhythm, rhyme, and figurative language to enhance the listening experience? Make studying poetry relevant and engaging while asking students to think analytically. Doing so can ease the transition into complex texts. Grab this free handoutfor ...
Raise the level of thinking in the room by using songs to teach the concepts of mood and tone. Finding analogies for complex concepts helps to make abstract terms more concrete. Students often get confused with tone and mood. Trying to find ways to help them, I reflected on what has helped me to internalize these concepts. I think of them in terms ...
Feb 21, 2021 · Use Music Videos To Look For Symbolism. Before students dig into printed texts to look for symbolism, start them off with symbols they can actually see.
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Sabrina and Vicki LOVE Literature! In this episode we are recording in Vicki’s office, not very fancy for recording: just a chair draped with a blanket for best sound production! We homeschool moms are often making do with what we have! That’s why we know this wise saying from Vicki: Motherhood is the necessity of invention.
