Fun End of Year ELA Activities for Middle School
Using rap song lyrics as reading passages = fun end of year ELA activities for middle school!
Imagine your classroom filled with the rhythm of rap songs and the excitement of pop culture themes while students review ELA skills! That’s what these end of year activities will bring to your students!
Use song lyrics as reading passages!
Middle schoolers are drawn to music and pop culture, so here is a collection of clean, school-appropriate rap songs that cover a range of themes, from the history of Hip Hop to the backstory of popular movies and comic book heroes that are used for language arts review! The songs are used reading passages, making learning effective AND also enjoyable.
Themes kids will love!
Bring the fun with topics that guarantee engagement! Keep your students attention as they practice ELA skills while reading about basketball stars, comicbook heroes, Hamilton the Musical, and Hip Hop dance!
Have your students learn about how Steph Curry, Michael Jordan, and Allen Iverson changed the NBA!
Let your students uncover the history behind the Black Panther superhero!
Have your students analyze the details in Hamilton the Musical vs. the historical Hamilton facts!
Test your students’ Hip Hop knowledge as they read about the Hip Hop dance, “breaking,” commonly called “breakdancing”!
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Easy-to-use with high engagement!
These activities are hassle-free for you and super engaging for your students. You can easily incorporate them into independent work or use them as dynamic class lessons. Plus, they are no-prep, saving you valuable time during this busy season.
Here’s a glimpse of what these activities based on song lyrics include:
- Vocabulary Exploration: Students dive into content-specific vocabulary words, practice synonyms and antonyms, and differentiate between fiction and nonfiction.
- Figurative Language Mastery: From identifying figurative sentences to understanding personification, students sharpen their figurative language skills in a fun and meaningful way.
- Character Analysis: Through character traits exploration and compare-and-contrast activities, students analyze characters from the songs and connect them to real-world personalities.
- Main Idea and Sequencing: Students tackle main idea and supporting details using graphic organizers and engaging challenges like “Main Idea on Beast Mode!” They also work on sequencing and timeline activities to enhance comprehension.
- Syllable Smarts: A unique feature of our activities is the focus on syllables. Students not only learn syllable counting but also engage in syllable challenges, enhancing their phonemic awareness.
What’s included:
- Song lyrics for use as reading passages
- Links to the songs with subtitles for students
- Multiple-choice questions with answer keys for various skills
- Graphic organizers for character analysis, main idea, and sequencing
- Syllable activities for phonemic awareness
- And much more!
Get ready for awesome!
Spice up your classroom with rap-song language arts activities and watch as your students have a blast! Give your students an awesome end to the year with these activities!