Fun Main Idea Activities for Middle School
Do you need fresh and fun main idea activities for your middle school students? Use rap song lyrics as reading passages to engage your class!
Use music to your advantage!
We all know that students today are constantly plugged into their devices, listening to music. So why not use this to your advantage and get keep their attention with songs while you teach main idea and details skills?
These activities are the best solution for engaging your students while they practice their main idea and supporting details skills. With high-interest rap songs as reading passages, they’ll be able to listen to the lyrics and complete fun and educational activities.
High-interest reading passages based on rap songs!
Do you have sports fans? Got it! Music and theater fans? Got it again! What about history with a girl-power theme? Got it again again. Check out a few of the songs these activities are based on below.
NBA Gamechangers history rap song
Bessie Coleman history rap song
Hamilton the Musical vs. History rap song
And it doesn’t stop there! The high interest passages and songs also cover:
- Hip-Hop culture,
- Hip-Hop dance,
- rap music history,
- the truth about Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott,
- and our “Selfie Monster” story about a teen girl who is transformed by her selfie obsession in a spooky tale.
No prep. No hassle. All fun!
And the best part? This bundle is no prep, super simple, and easy to use! Just play the song with subtitles, pause after each verse, and use the included song lyrics as a reading passage to complete the graphic organizer activities and questions together as a class. Your students can then complete the remaining activities independently and work together in groups for the “Turn and Talk” activities.
Your students will have a blast identifying the main idea and supporting details for each section of the song lyrics. From the Bessie Coleman biography rap song to the “Selfie Monster, Part 1” rap song, there’s something for everyone in this bundle.
So what are you waiting for? Get these activities main idea activities for middle school and keep your students engaged with learning even after the music stops!
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