Allusion Activities are fun and easy using song lyrics and music videos (Printable & Digital) - Editable lesson plans, student handouts, PowerPoint slides, Answer Keys, Rubrics, Google Docs, Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities. Use song lyrics - instead of lengthy, boring fiction and nonfiction passages - to practice analyzing allusions in literature. Enjoy this no prep music as poetry lesson on allusions, complete with allusion worksheets and answer keys for all parts of the lesson. Use MUSIC LYRICS to introduce, practice, assess CCSS.ELA.RL.9: How does a work of modern fiction allude to or reinterpret a source text to enhance tone, characterization, conflict, main idea, purpose and/or theme? Product Includes: Lesson Plan Student Handouts PowerPoint ANSWER KEY Google Doc Google Slides Common Core Standards: Grade 9 - 12 Reading Literature RL.9 Learning Focus Question Introductory Script Mini Lesson: Allusion Definition and Examples URL Link to Printable Lyrics & Music Video: Love Story by Taylor Swift URL Link to Printable Lyrics & Music Video: Lost Boy by Ruth B. Guided Practice Independent Practice Exit Slip Early Finisher Activity 3-Point and 6-Point Reading Response Rubric for Effortless Grading Extra Reusable Assessment Handout to use with ANY text and 2 bonus lyrics! BONUS URL Link to Printable Lyrics: One Call Away by Charlie Puth BONUS URL Link to Printable Lyrics: Wings by Macklemore SEE PREVIEW Simply print the handouts, lesson and answer key, load the PowerPoint, lyrics and music videos, or share the Google Drive link (Google slides) with students to enjoy an effortless, engaging lesson or Google classroom activity to teach students about theme and summary using music videos and song lyrics! Reuse editable mini lesson and assessment handout with ANY text for repeated, spiraled practice and assessment. This is a lifelong tool. Reading Literature Common Core Standard # 9 (Grade 9 - 12): CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9. Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.9. Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. Why using boring texts when you can analyze song lyrics? Perfect for reluctant readers and students with learning disabilities. Common Core ELA Test Prep is FUN with MUSIC LYRIC ACTIVITIES! CURE FOR DISENGAGED STUDENTS! Why wait? Use music to teach irony Use music to teach inferencing! Use music to teach theme! Use music to teach main idea and summary! Use music to teach plot, conflict, mood and tone! Use music to teach characterization! Use music to teach irony, dramatic, situational and verbal! Use music to teach rhetoric, ethos, logos and pathos! Use music to teach point of view and author's purpose! Use music to teach compare and contrast and synthesis! Use music to teach literary analysis! The list goes on and on! ******* THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY OF THE LYRICS, ARTISTS, PRODUCTION COMPANIES, LINKS, WEBSITES OR ORGANIZATIONS LINKED IN THE PRODUCT; IT IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. ******* YOU MAY ALSO LIKE ;) 15 LESSON FUN BUNDLE: Teach EVERY Reading Standard with Videos Persuasive Essay with 40 Inspirational Quotes FUN BUNDLE Literary Analysis Paragraph with Lyrics, Spoken Word & Film: 36 Prompts + Videos Comparative Writing with 80 Inspirational Videos BUNDLE Bell Ringers: Paraphrase 60 Inspirational Quotes Grammar Complete Guide Complete Roots, Suffixes & Prefixes SAT Vocabulary Bell Ringers - 180 Daily SAT Words, PPT, 36 Weekly Quizzes & Key Informational Text Bundle: 50 Articles & 200 Questions WANT MORE PRINT & GO CULTURALLY RELEVANT RESOURCES? Bell Ringers: Paraphrase 60 Inspirational Quotes Emergency Sub Lesson Plans (ELA) No Prep Research Paper Packet: Any Topic Social Media Exit Slips for Any Subject Social Media Activities for Any Text 32 Sports & Hip Hop Articles to Engage Apathetic Students Sports & Video-Game Homework for Reluctant Readers Sports & Video-Game Writing Prompt Task Cards to Engage Reluctant Learners Sports & Video-Game Reading Responses for Any Text Music as Poetry: Teach Poetry with Any Lyrics Nonfiction Reading Fun Bundle: 6 Engaging Articles & Videos Comparative Writing Fun Bundle: 6 Lyrics & Videos Allusion Activities are fun and easy using song lyrics and music videos (Printable & Digital) - Editable lesson plans, student handouts, PowerPoint slides, Answer Keys, Rubrics, Google Docs, Google Slides for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.
