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This Catching a Grenade: How Word Choice Impacts Meaning and Tone lesson plan also includes:
- Halo Lyrics Video
- Grenade Lyrics Video
- Student Work Sample - Advanced
- Student Work Sample - Meets Expectations 2
- Student Work Sample - Meets Expectations 1
- Student Work Sample - Approaches Expectations
- Student Work Sample - Emerging
- Activity
- Rubric
- Graphic Organizer
- Song
- Student Reference
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Beyonce's "Halo" and Bruno Mars' "Grenade" provide eighth graders with an opportunity to consider how a writer's choice of words can create a very different tone even when the subject is the same. After a close reading of both lyrics, writers craft a literary analysis in which they use the figurative language in the songs to support their analysis.
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Instructional Ideas
- Provide groups with copies of the emerging student work sample and have members use the rubric to critique the essay
- Share the lyrics to the songs on Google Classroom to save copying and paper costs
Classroom Considerations
- Set aside some extra prep time to familiarize yourself with the many tabs and links in the resource
- Although videos of both songs are available on the Internet, neither is appropriate for a middle school classroom
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Pros
- The carefully scaffolded lesson includes tasks that support the writing process
- Includes models of student essays
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- None