Stay True Lesson Plan

Interpreting a Song as You and as Your Parents

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will consider Hsu's analysis of "November Rain" and use it as inspiration for their own analysis of a song, including what they would perceive to be their parents' analysis of the song.

Structure:

Consider the following passage from section II:

“I listened to Slash’s flamboyant, searching guitar solo on ‘November Rain’ and heard liberation, a suggestion that crazed, committed vision could carry you away, somewhere else. To my parents, Slash’s greatness was evidence of virtuoso skill, the product of thousands of hours of study and practice.” (20)

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