Set a poem to music
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-6-8/Set_a_Poem_to_Music.aspx
A lesson plan for grades 5–8 English Language Arts and Music Education
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students choose a favorite poem, set it to a rhythmic meter, and assign an original melody to the rhythm.
Students will:
- apply prior knowledge of note values and assign meter to each syllable of their poem and
- set their poems to a melody in the key of C Major, following composition guidelines.
ARTSEDGE provides detailed instructions for completing the lesson, a supply list, suggestions for assessment and extension activities, and links to related web resources, student handouts, and an assessment rubric.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 5
- Goal 2: The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
- Objective 2.03: Read a variety of texts, such as:
- fiction (tall tales, myths).
- nonfiction (books of true experience, newspaper and magazine articles, schedules).
- poetry (narrative, lyric, and cinquains).
- drama (plays and skits).
- Objective 2.03: Read a variety of texts, such as:
Grade 6
- Goal 5: The learner will respond to various literary genres using interpretive and evaluative processes.
- Objective 5.02: Study the characteristics of literary genres (fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry) through:
- reading a variety of literature and other text (e.g., novels, autobiographies, myths, essays, magazines, plays, pattern poems, blank verse).
- interpreting what impact genre-specific characteristics have on the meaning of the work.
- exploring how the author's choice and use of a genre shapes the meaning of the literary work.
- exploring what impact literary elements have on the meaning of the text such as the influence of setting or the problem and its resolution.
- Objective 5.02: Study the characteristics of literary genres (fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry) through:
Grade 7
- Goal 5: The learner will respond to various literary genres using interpretive and evaluative processes.
- Objective 5.02: Study the characteristics of literary genres (fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry) through:
- reading a variety of literature and other text (e.g., mysteries, novels, science fiction, historical documents, newspapers, skits, lyric poems).
- analyzing what effect genre specific characteristics have on the meaning of the work.
- analyzing how the author's choice and use of a genre shapes the meaning of the literary work.
- analyzing what impact literary elements have on the meaning of the text such as the influence of setting on the problem and its resolution.
- Objective 5.02: Study the characteristics of literary genres (fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry) through:
Grade 8
- Goal 5: The learner will respond to various literary genres using interpretive and evaluative processes.
- Objective 5.02: Study the characteristics of literary genres (fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry) through:
- reading a variety of literature and other text (e.g., young adult novels, short stories, biographies, plays, free verse, narrative poems).
- evaluating what impact genre-specific characteristics have on the meaning of the text.
- evaluating how the author's choice and use of a genre shapes the meaning of the literary work.
- evaluating what impact literary elements have on the meaning of the text.
- Objective 5.02: Study the characteristics of literary genres (fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry) through:
Music Education (2001)
Grade 5
- Goal 4: The learner will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.
- Objective 4.04: Use a variety of sound, notational, and technological sources to compose and arrange music.
Grade 6
- Goal 4: The learner will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.
- Objective 4.03: Use a variety of sound, notational, and technological sources to compose music.
Grade 7
- Goal 4: The learner will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.
- Objective 4.03: Use a variety of sound, notational, and technological sources to compose and arrange music.
Grade 8
- Goal 4: The learner will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.
- Objective 4.03: Use a variety of sound, notational, and technological sources to compose and arrange music.
