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= //Poetry in Motion:Themes and Song Lyrics// =


 * Welcome to Ms. Hedstrom's 8th grade English Wiki!**


 * With this Wiki we will explore the role of poetry in music, including themes and text-to-text (song-to-song) connections.**


 * Here you will respond to activities exploring lyrics in music as a poetry.**

Use the navigation bar to the left to post and disscuss your projects. You have three projects to complete for this unit.

1**) Lyrics across genres with accompanying wordle**. Here you will choose two songs with similar lyrical content from two different genres.


 * 2) Song pairings (classic and contemporary) with accompanying digital collage**. Here with with choose songs with similar lyrical content from two different eras.


 * 3) Theme album with accompanying digital poem**. Here you will create an album of four songs with lyrics around a central theme. Three will be from different artist and one with be self-composed.


 * Some Websites to Visit. Add any that you find too:**

[|Musicians give songwriting tips]

[|Lyrics as poetry in rap]

[|Why we study lyrics as poetry]