Exploring Reading Strategies by Creating a Soundtrack

The novel playlist

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/musical-note-exploring-reading-861.html

"This lesson takes advantage of young people's interest in music by asking students to create a soundtrack for a novel that they have read. Students begin by analyzing how specific songs might fit with a familiar story. Students then create their own soundtracks for the movie version of a novel they have read. They select songs that match the text and fit specific events in the story. Finally, students share their projects with the class and assess their work using a rubric."

"Examples in this lesson focus on The Beast by Walter Dean Myers, but any piece of literature can be used as the basis of students' soundtracks."

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Teach by grabbing your students' attention!

Teaching Content Outrageously:

How to Captivate All Students and Accelerate Learning

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By Stanley Pogrow

"Drawing from a teaching model designed to banish boredom and student apathy, this book explains how dramatic practices can serve as powerful tools for enlivening lessons and captivating students, even the most resistant learners. Filled with intriguing classroom examples, Pogrow shows how any teacher can make use of dramatic techniques, such as surprise, humor, fantasy, role plays, games, and simulations to create standards-based content lessons that are riveting, effective, and meaningful. The author explains how to design such lessons into any content area."