Valentine’s Day Poetry Assignments - Break Up Song Lyrics Analysis Activities

Add a unique twist to your Valentine's Day lesson with our Anti-Valentine's Day Break-Up Songs Digital Poetry Resource. This engaging resource invites students to analyze, discuss, and respond to the lyrics of four popular break-up songs using ready-to-use digital poetry analysis questions, group discussion questions, and a creative digital writing assignment! Students will listen to the songs and respond to poetry analysis questions about the song lyrics. Then, they will participate in a group discussion activity with opinion-based questions adaptable to any of the songs. Finally, students undertake a creative response writing assignment titled "Heartbreak Advice," where they step into the role of a relationship expert and provide specific advice to the singer based on the song's lyrics.

This is a Google-compatible activity, and students complete all the work on the computer. This works well with distance learning, 1:1 classrooms, remote teaching, Google Classroom, or for online education.

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Included in This Valentine's Day Poetry Assignments and Activities Digital Bundle:

➡️ 4 Break-Up Songs Poetry Digital Analysis Questions: Students will listen to four break-up songs from Taylor Swift, Shawn Mendes, Selena Gomez, and Miley Cyrus, analyze the song, and respond to digital poetry analysis questions that require them to show a deep understanding of the lyrics. Students will need to respond to the meaning of specific lines, analyze the point of view, find text evidence, and infer information. This modern anti-Valentine's Day activity will engage all your students in poetry analysis!

➡️ 30 Break-Up Songs Digital Discussion Questions: After students have analyzed the songs, have them get into groups and use these 30 digital discussion questions that can work for any of the songs. Students will make text connections, examine the lyrics more closely, consider alternative viewpoints, and much more! Discussion ground rules and a process are provided for students to follow. This is a low-stress way for students to examine and discuss poetry around Valentine's Day.

➡️ Heartbreak Expert Response Digital Assignment: Students will become relationship experts and identify three lines from the song lyrics where they think the speaker could use expert advice. They will then expand on the advice by providing a general reflection on what they think is important for people who are going through break-ups to keep in mind.

What Teachers Are Saying About This Valentine's Day Poetry Assignments and Activities Digital Bundle:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My students loved using this resource on Valentine's Day! We had fun listening to the song and working through the questions.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The students love analyzing song lyrics. This was perfect for Valentine's Day. The students really relate to current song lyrics.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Such a fun and engaging way to teach and learn about poetry.

Like this resource? Try these two popular resources:
Who Stole the Love Letter Reading Mystery
Writing a Break-Up Letter

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