Set a Poem to Music

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Set a Poem to Music

Description:

After exploring a "singable" picture book as a class, each student examines a personally selected poem for rhythm to determine its musical meter. Using previous musical skills, students set the poem to music. As a final reflection, they create a two-page spread of a picture book that contains their "singable" poem.

Education Levels:

5, 6, 7, 8

Subject:

Process Skills, Literature, Music

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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Keywords:

Music composition, Rhythm, Poetry, Songs, Meter

Mediator:

Middle school teachers, Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

ARTSEDGE

Is Part Of:

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Picture books that began as songs; Computers with Internet access; Projector; Collection of children's poetry; Access to piano or keyboard or computer (or virtual piano); Transparent tape; Drawing tools; Paper

Learning Time:

1.5 hours

Referenced Resources/Versions

Required Learning:

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/~/media/ArtsEdge/LessonPrintables/grade-6-8/s...

Assessment:

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/~/media/ArtsEdge/LessonPrintables/grade-6-8/s...

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, Arts

Instructional Methods

Interaction Method:

Large Group instruction

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards: Foundational Skills

Fluency

4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

b. Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings

Broad Correlation