Some comprehension strategies to help you understand songs better are:
1. Make yourself questions about the song.
2. Identify the main idea
3. Identify details
4. Understand the intention or feeling of the song.
For example, let’s take “The cool kids” by Echosmith.
1. Make yourself questions about the song.
What’s the name of the song? Is the music sad, energetic, soothing or festive? What do they mean by the term “cool”? Am I familiar with the video? (or any other you can come up with).
2. Identify the main idea. The main idea of the song is found in the chorus. The chorus is usually repeated in the song, it’s catchy, and normally rhymes.
3. Identify details. The details of a song and usually the message that the artist is trying to
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Understand the intention of the song. Identify emotions, the nature and if it has a moral.
1. Questions:
What’s the name of the song? Cool kids.
Is the music sad, energetic, soothing or festive? Soothing and a little sad
What do they mean by the term “cool”? Slang for socially adept
Am I familiar with the video? Yes, a bunch of normal kids appear in it.
2,3. Identify the main idea and details.
"Cool Kids" by Echosmith copywriting material by Warner music
She sees them walking in a straight line, that's not really her style.
And they all got the same heartbeat, but hers is falling behind.
Nothing in this world could ever bring them down.
Yeah, they're invincible, and she's just in the background.
And she says,
"I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids."
He sees them talking with a big smile, but they haven't got a clue.
Yeah, they're living the good life, can't see what he is going through.
They're driving fast cars, but they don't know where they're going.
In the fast lane, living life without knowing.
And he says,
"I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit
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2,3. Identify the main idea and details.
• Write your song in the space bellow.
• Identify the stanzas and the chorus.
• Underline new vocabulary and look it down in a dictionary.
4. Understand the intention of the song. Identify emotions, the nature and if it has a moral.
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ACTIVITY 3 Learn your song
Learn the song and practice it with your team. Here are some tips to help you memorize your song proficiently.
• Write down the song repeatedly.
• Visualize the story.
• Karaoke (Look for the song on YouTube in karaoke version and sing along with the lyrics presented)
• Repeat the words in short phrases one line at a time.
• Sing yourself to sleep
ACTIVITY 4. Plan a School Recital (imagen de un recital de musica)
Here are 7 steps to set up a School Recital.
1) After you have rehearsed your songs and planned a program, decide a name for the recital and the outfits you’ll be wearing that day.
2) Get the school principal’s approval for the
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