Aca-Scuse Me? Teaching Theme vs. Main Idea With Music and Lyrics

This assignment is PITCH PERFECT for teaching theme to students grades 4 through 8!

***UPDATED 9/8/18 TO INCLUDE:***

PRE/POST TEST ANSWER KEYS

CONCEPT HANDOUT FOR STUDENTS

ANSWER SHEETS FOR EACH OF THE 5 SONGS

If you are like me back during my first year of teaching 5th, I struggled to teach main idea and theme. This assignment makes the task more fun. Resource is designed to help your students analyze 5 popular songs for themes.

Included in this 21 page bundle:

-5 hugely popular song lyric pages for students to highlight/analyze

-Answer Keys for each of the 5 songs for both theme and main idea

-5 note taking pages for students to write down thoughts during their first/second listen to the song(s).

-Pretest for main idea and theme concept

-Posttest for main idea and theme concept

-Pre/Posttest Answer Key

-Handout for students explaining concept

-Suggested implementation strategy page

Aligns with the following Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2

Features "The Sign" as featured in Pitch Perfect 1, The Climb by Miley Cyrus, Where You Are from Moana, Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield, and Mean byTaylor Swift.

Enjoy! If you like this, be sure to check out my other resources, such as:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/No-Prep-Phonological-Awareness-Bundle-3560639

Thanks for stopping by!

Little Miss Dys{lexia}