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Close Reading in Music With Taylor Swift!
Ages 8-13
Live One-Time Class
Live video meetings
Meets once
3-9 learners per class
55 min
What’s included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hoursMastery Evaluation
Verbal feedback during class as this will be discussion based.Certificate of Completion
includedClass Experience
US Grade 3 - 5
Close reading with music is a way to engage your students so they enjoy close reading! Music is a way of letting our emotions out and allowing ourselves to express our feelings. Music speaks to people, it inspires people, and it allows people to express themselves…why not teach with music in our classrooms? Close reading with music has so many benefits! • Your student will ENJOY close reading! • Engaging for all students • Deepens comprehension • Promotes student talk • Cite evidence from text • Analyze song lyrics (helps with poetry and transfers to other types of texts) • Improves listening and speaking skills • Helps struggling readers (listen to lyrics first) • Teach multiple concepts and skills: theme, inferencing, drawing conclusions, vocabulary, author’s purpose, observing details and facts, • Teaches to all modalities of learning Reading closely means reading for meaning and understanding. Close reading requires students to read, look, listen more slowly, noticing details, making connections, and asking questions. These strategies taught through high interest song lyrics will be engaging and make students want to dig deeper. These strategies will transfer over to other texts. Reading lyrics (poetry to music) is like readers going on a scavenger hunt, uncovering the layers of meaning. As students close read, they analyze the text by reading it multiple times.
Other Details
Pre-Requisites
Students should have reading skills and be ok with having a discussion conversation. An interest in Taylor Swift music is a plus.
Supply List
A one-page handout will be provided upon the first session.
Language of Instruction
English (Level: A2)
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
We will refer to Taylor Swift's lyrics of Shake It Off, You Belong with Me, and Never Grow Up.
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a music teacher that reads and analyzes lyrics for their meaning in many situations. We close read the text in order to find out what the author meant for us to listen for and why the music is written that way to reflect the text. We look for theme, gist, author's point of view, and personal connection.Reviews
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