Mix and match activities to create a fun lesson on writing lyrics to a song. Integrate solfeg.io in teaching your students to explore an existing popular song and modify its lyrics.
🎲 What’s included in the activities:
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🕐 Time: 5 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
-Open the Solfeg.io Song library and invite students to have a look at the song titles.
-Each student chooses a song title they like the best.
What would you write about?
How would you put your own life experience into the lyrics?
Would your lyrics be similar to the lyrics of the original song?
🕐 Time: 10 min
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🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
Some rhyming words from the song;
One catchy phrase from the song;
1-2 phrases that they really like in the song.
What, in your opinion, makes good lyrics?
Is the title of the song catchy?
🕐 Time: 15 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
Write about your day;
Write about how you feel;
Write about traveling somewhere;
Write about something that you really want.
🕐 Time: 10 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎶 Recommended Songs:
🎲 Activity:
🕐 Time: 5 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
🕐 Time: 5 min
🎯 Objectives:
🎲 Activity:
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by…
In this lesson, students will learn how literature and music are combined to create a unified form of expression. They will explore song titles and learn how the lyrical content of the song is reflected in its title. Students will also interpret the existing song titles and think about how to express their own experience of a similar subject. Their main task will be writing lyrics to an existing melody and performing their new literary-musical creation.
The timing and pacing of the exercises in this lesson plan example are approximate and will differ depending on your students' skill level. If the pace of this lesson plan is too fast for you, divide it into several lessons. If the pace of this lesson plan is too slow for you, explore the 'Beyond the lesson' chapter at the end of this lesson plan for additional activities.
⏰ Time: 45 min
🎓 Grades: 5-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Materials:
🕐 5 min - Titles
-Open the Solfeg.io Song library and invite students to have a look at the song titles.
-Each student chooses a song title they like the best.
What would you write about?
How would you put your own life experience into the lyrics?
Would your lyrics be similar to the lyrics of the original song?
🕐 10 min - Exploring the existing lyrics
Some rhyming words from the song;
One catchy phrase from the song;
1-2 phrases that they really like in the song.
What, in your opinion, makes good lyrics?
Is the title of the song catchy?
🕐 15 min - Exercise 1 - Writing your own lyrics
Write about your day;
Write about how you feel;
Write about traveling somewhere;
Write about something that you really want.
🕐 10 min - Exercise 2 - Performing your own lyrics
🕐 5 min - Discussion
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by…
In this lesson, students will learn how literature and music are combined to create a unified form of expression. They will explore song titles and learn how the lyrical content of the song is reflected in its title. Students will also interpret the existing song titles and think about how to express their own experience of a similar subject. Their main task will be writing lyrics to an existing melody and performing their new literary-musical creation.
The timing and pacing of the exercises in this lesson plan example are approximate and will differ depending on your students' skill level. If the pace of this lesson plan is too fast for you, divide it into several lessons. If the pace of this lesson plan is too slow for you, explore the 'Beyond the lesson' chapter at the end of this lesson plan for additional activities.
⏰ Time: 45 min
🎓 Grades: 5-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Materials:
🕐 5 min - Titles
-Open the Solfeg.io Song library and invite students to have a look at the song titles.
-Each student chooses a song title they like the best.
What would you write about?
How would you put your own life experience into the lyrics?
Would your lyrics be similar to the lyrics of the original song?
🕐 10 min - Exploring the existing lyrics
Some rhyming words from the song;
One catchy phrase from the song;
1-2 phrases that they really like in the song.
What, in your opinion, makes good lyrics?
Is the title of the song catchy?
🕐 15 min - Exercise 1 - Writing your own lyrics
Write about your day;
Write about how you feel;
Write about traveling somewhere;
Write about something that you really want.
🕐 10 min - Exercise 2 - Performing your own lyrics
🕐 5 min - Discussion
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by…
In this lesson, students will learn how literature and music are combined to create a unified form of expression. They will explore song titles and learn how the lyrical content of the song is reflected in its title. Students will also interpret the existing song titles and think about how to express their own experience of a similar subject. Their main task will be writing lyrics to an existing melody and performing their new literary-musical creation.
The timing and pacing of the exercises in this lesson plan example are approximate and will differ depending on your students' skill level. If the pace of this lesson plan is too fast for you, divide it into several lessons. If the pace of this lesson plan is too slow for you, explore the 'Beyond the lesson' chapter at the end of this lesson plan for additional activities.
⏰ Time: 45 min
🎓 Grades: 5-12
🎯 Objective(s): As a result of this lesson students will know and/or be able to...
💡 Required Prior Knowledge and Skills:
💻 Materials:
🕐 5 min - Titles
-Open the Solfeg.io Song library and invite students to have a look at the song titles.
-Each student chooses a song title they like the best.
What would you write about?
How would you put your own life experience into the lyrics?
Would your lyrics be similar to the lyrics of the original song?
🕐 10 min - Exploring the existing lyrics
Some rhyming words from the song;
One catchy phrase from the song;
1-2 phrases that they really like in the song.
What, in your opinion, makes good lyrics?
Is the title of the song catchy?
🕐 15 min - Exercise 1 - Writing your own lyrics
Write about your day;
Write about how you feel;
Write about traveling somewhere;
Write about something that you really want.
🕐 10 min - Exercise 2 - Performing your own lyrics
🕐 5 min - Discussion
Challenge students to go beyond the lesson by…