This class is taught in English.

By the end of the class, students will be able to interpret metaphoric reference in each stanza; identify rhetorical questions; and explain what the imagery in the song refers to. 

Aligned with Florida B.E.S.T. standards: 
ELA.10.R.1.1 : Analyze how key elements enhance or add layers of meaning; 
ELA. 10.R.3.1. Analyze how figurative language creates mood in text and;  
ELA.10.R.1.4 Analyze how authors create multiple layers of meaning and/or ambiguity in a poem. 

I have used this lesson as part of my figurative language review for 12th Grade English/Language Arts for two years. I run this as a refresher to analysis and language before we complete our poetry unit. It's been a fun and effective way to show students how to apply some of the tools they have in their analysis tool box. 

It's a lightbulb moment, when they realize that songs are poems, and that they have "hidden" meanings.

Homework Offered
Assessments Offered
Student will complete a song analysis worksheet that searches the song "Karma" for example of Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Imagery, Alliteration, Allusion Rhetorical Question. After discussion, students should be able to find the meaning in the lyrics. 
Grades Offered

Students should understand simile and metaphor.