Query
So I'm rolling this idea around in my head and asking for any ideas you might have to add to my brainstorming. I want to do a poetry unit this year. I'd like to do a daily/weekly/somethingly poetry intro/experience for the kids before the unit. Maybe each week until the unit, not sure yet. But I'd like to introduce it through song lyrics, preferably not all songs they already know. Give them the lyrics, discuss the meaning/s and use of language, then after all that, play the song and discuss interpretation and personal meaning.
Some songs off the top of my head that are rolling around in the (very early stage) brainstorm are:
Sting - Windmills of Your Mind
NIN - Up Above It
Eagles - Hotel California
Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi
Sister Hazel - Change Your Mind
Black Eyed Peas - Where is the Love
John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change
Clarification: This is not a post to have you tell me why NOT to use a song or anyone else. It's just a first step in the process. One possible sub-goal might be songs that get them thinking about their own efficacy in the world.
Suggestions?
TPQ
Some songs off the top of my head that are rolling around in the (very early stage) brainstorm are:
Sting - Windmills of Your Mind
NIN - Up Above It
Eagles - Hotel California
Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi
Sister Hazel - Change Your Mind
Black Eyed Peas - Where is the Love
John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change
Clarification: This is not a post to have you tell me why NOT to use a song or anyone else. It's just a first step in the process. One possible sub-goal might be songs that get them thinking about their own efficacy in the world.
Suggestions?
TPQ