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Bring music and engagement into the ELA classroom!

This bundle thoughtfully pairs 9 poems with 9 songs, helping students deepen their understanding of theme, tone, and voice through meaningful connections and comparisons.

Poem & Song Pairings

1. Langston Hughes (Mother to Son) & Tupac Shakur (Dear Mama)

2. Emily Dickinson (I’m Nobody! Who Are You?) & Ed Sheeran (Beautiful People)

3. Shakespeare (Sonnet 18) & Justin Bieber (Anyone)

4. Robert Frost (The Road Not Taken) & Avicii (Wake Me Up)

5. Langston Hughes (I, Too) & Tupac Shakur (Changes)

6. W. H Auden (Funeral Blues) & Bruno Mars (When I Was Your Man)

7. Robert Frost (Nothing Gold Can Stay) & Twenty One Pilots (Stressed Out)

8. Maya Angelou (Life Doesn’t Frighten Me) & Shawn Mendes (In My Blood)

9. Langston Hughes (Harlem) & Tupac Shakur (The Rose that Grew from Concrete [not a song but still a great pairing])

Lessons Include:

• Common Core Standards

• Teaching Guide

• Pre-Activity Worksheet

• Poem & Song Analysis Questions

• Comparison Questions

• Tone/Speaker/Theme/Dialogue Worksheets

• Author Connection Worksheets

• Paired Video

• Paired Informational Text

• Real-World Connection Questions

• Creative Writing

• Answers

• More