Jazz Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Are you looking for an engaging and interactive way to teach your students about jazz music, its rich history, and covering important reading and ELA skills? Then our jazz reading comprehension worksheets based on a history rap song is for you!
This resource is designed to be easy to use, with no prep required to save you time.
Your students will listen to the song and use the song lyrics as a reading passage to complete a variety of activities. These activities include short-response and multiple-choice comprehension questions, context clues questions for defining figurative phrases in the song, a timeline graphic organizer activity, and a sequential paragraph writing activity.
Our rap song explores jazz music’s African heritage, its roots in the Congo Square of New Orleans, and ends with the Jazz Age of history with Louis Armstrong. Not only will your students learn about jazz music, but they will also practice their reading skills and improve their understanding of context clues and figurative language.
Our resource has been highly rated by teachers, with many praising its engaging and interactive nature. One teacher said, “My students were very engaged with this resource.”
Another said, “Great resources, the rap was really engaging and provided a lot of history in an interesting way for students.”
This resource is perfect for Black History Month but can be used throughout the year to incorporate Black history into your lessons at any time.
It’s also a great way to add a cross-curricular connection between reading/ELA and music. Collaborate with a music teacher to teach various activities in the unit or simply expand on your students’ love for music by teaching the history of jazz using a fun rap song.
Don’t miss out on this unique and engaging way to teach your students about jazz music and its rich history while covering reading skills.
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