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Compare and Contrast Experiences: Reading and Listening to Poetry
In this lesson, students read and then listen to the audio version of a classic poem, Auld Lang Syne. They'll use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast their experience of reading the poem to listening to musical version of the poem.
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Ready to bring music into your reading lesson? In this lesson, students will read and then listen to the audio version of a classic poem, Auld Lang Syne. They'll use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast their experience of reading the poem to listening to musical version of the poem.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to compare and contrast the experience of reading a poem to listening to an audio version of the text.
Introduction
(3 minutes)
- Display a familiar phrase or jingle from a commercial, such as "Gimme a Break."
- Invite students to share their initial thoughts and feelings about the phrase. Ask, "What do you visualize when you read that statement?"
- Play an audio version of the popular phrase or jingle from the commercial, and prompt students to think about how their thoughts and feelings change when they listen to, rather than read, the statement.
- Ask volunteers to share the difference in their experiences between reading the phrase and listening to the audio version.
- Share that this lesson will give them the opportunity to compare and contrast the experience of reading a poem to listening to an audio version of the poem.