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Grades 7–12
6 Sessions: 55 Minutes Each
Informational, Media, Narrative, Persuasive
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Motown Music & History

by Andrea Cisneros, Jeff Shi, Daniel Reck, & Frances Martin, 826michigan
1. Genre Study of Liner Notes
2. Listening Party
3. Close-Reading Lyrics
4. Research
5. Writing!
6. Revising, Editing, and Sharing
Students will use music as a lens to learn about a historical period and research primary and secondary sources to write their own liner notes.
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Listening Party

In this session, students develop a shared vocabulary that music writers use to talk about and describe music.
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What Your Students Will Learn

What do we, as writers, talk about when we talk about music? Just like with any kind of persuasive writing, there is a common vocabulary that unites many liner notes and other writing about music. As music is a pervasive and almost inescapable part of everyday life, it is likely that writers are already familiar with many of these terms.

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