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What is a Lyric?
Kind of Activity:
Technology
Objective:
Students will be able to define lyric and understand the form of the text.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5
Structure:
To begin the activity, explain to students that Rankine calls Citizen a lyric—meaning not a song lyric, but a form of poetry. Then, organize students into pairs and instruct them to come up with a definition of a lyric. Students will work backwards from the text and reason their way to a definition. Give students about 5-7 minutes to work on that.
Then, give students some examples of lyrics. You might choose the following examples:
To Anthea, who may Command Him Anything...
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