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Students will use information from their history class to write a song
Level: Beginner

Start With A Rhyme
Students will create rhyming song lyrics and compose a melody for them, following specific guidelines.
Level: Beginner

Rap Talk
Students will freestyle rap focusing only on the rhythm of their speech. They will speak to a beat.
Level: Beginner

Everyone Likes Singing a Parody
Students will create an educational parody based on a popular song they already know and like.
Level: Beginner

Chord Tic-Tac-Toe
Students will play through multiple semi-random combinations of chords, compare their sound, and pick a favorite. They may then use this chord progression as a basis for a song.
Level: Beginner

Mystery Song
Students will learn how to write a song based on the pattern of a known song
Level: Beginner

Hip-Hop Hamburger
Students will compose their own “Hook” and “Rap” around a chosen topic, while gaining an understanding of ABA structure, AABB rhyme patterns, and phrase length.
Level: Beginner

Mix and Match Chords
Students will make artistic choices about chord combinations in order to compose a song.
Level: Beginner

Chord Tone Melodies
Students will compose and transcribe a melody to sing by selecting chord tones from a given set of chords.
Level: Beginner

Composing With Chord Tones
Students will improve their technique while composing short chord tone patterns and employing iconographic notation to document their creations.
Level: Intermediate

Colored Squares
Students will combine the free write process with guided composition parameters to create song lyrics.
Level: Beginner

Composing a 12 Bar Blues Song
Students will understand the phrase structure of a 12 bar blues lyric and the concept of AAB and Call and Response. They will demonstrate learning by composing an original blues lyric.
Level: Intermediate

Rapping with End Rhymes
Students will be able to improvise and/or compose a narrative using a given set of “end-rhymes”.
Level: Intermediate

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