Music is a universal pleasure, but writing about it can be a little trickier. An informative handout discusses common types of music writing assignments that one might encounter in a college-level course. Individuals read about musical terminology and writing an argumentative essay to get a feel for future work.

Concepts

music analysis, college preparation, the writing process, essay writing, argumentative writing, lyric analysis

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have volunteers play a favorite song for the class as classmates write a description using suggestions from the handout
• Ask learners to write a comparative essay about two different versions of the same song

Classroom Considerations

• Teachers must print the handout if there is no Internet access

Pros

• Provides links to additional handouts
• Organizes information with bold headings and numbered lists to make it easier to read

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.9-10.1.a W.9-10.2.a W.9-10.3.a W.9-10.10 W.11-12.1.a W.11-12.2.a W.11-12.3.a W.11-12.10