approximate rhyme, exact rhyme, free verse, rhyme scheme, tag Preparation Make copies of and and Hope You Lyric Sheets. “Me Bobby McGee” “I Dance” Locate audio or video versions of and by Janis Joplin and Hope “Me Bobby McGee” “I You performed by Lee Ann Womack. Dance” Note: and Bobby written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, is a song “Me McGee,” that has been recorded and/or performed by many artists. Roger Miller originally recorded it, but Kristofferson recorded it, as well. Janis version is the most Joplin’s famous, though she changed some of the lyrics from the original. Kenny Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot, Pink, and many others have also performed the song. If time allows, play at least two versions for students. For advanced students, make copies of on (Page 88). “Spotlight Rhyme” Free Write 5 minutes Discuss Homework 3 minutes Divide students into pairs to review what they wrote. Prompt: What syllable patterns did your partner use? What songs were used for models? Brainstorm 2 minutes Prompt: In your journal, write as many words that rhyme with as you can in 30 “top” seconds. Your rhyming words do not have to be only one syllable long. For example, with or just Share a few of your favorites with a “hip-hop” rhymes “tip-top” “top.” partner. Activity 35 minutes 1. Explain that rhymes occur when words at the end of two or more lines in a song share the same or a similar sound. Rhymes can be exact or approximate: An has the same ending sound. and are exact rhyme “Last,” “past,” “fast” examples of exact rhyme. An approximate rhyme sounds like a rhyme, depending on how the artist sings the words, though the words do not have exactly the same ending sounds. “Age,” and all share the same vowel sound— are examples of “fade,” “play”—which approximate rhyme.
approximate rhyme, exact rhyme, free verse, rhyme scheme, tag Preparation Make copies of “Me and Bobby McGee” and “I Hope You Dance” Lyric Sheets. Locate audio or video versions of “Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin and “I Hope You Dance” performed by Lee Ann Womack. Note: “Me and Bobby McGee,” written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, is a song that has been recorded and/or performed by many artists. Roger Miller originally recorded it, but Kristofferson recorded it, as well. Janis Joplin’s version is the most famous, though she changed some of the lyrics from the original. Kenny Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot, Pink, and many others have also performed the song. If time allows, play at least two versions for students. For advanced students, make copies of “Spotlight on Rhyme” (Page 88). Free Write 5 minutes Discuss Homework 3 minutes Divide students into pairs to review what they wrote. Prompt: What syllable patterns did your partner use? What songs were used for models? Brainstorm 2 minutes Prompt: In your journal, write as many words that rhyme with “top” as you can in 30 seconds. Your rhyming words do not have to be only one syllable long. For example, “hip-hop” rhymes with “tip-top” or just “top.” Share a few of your favorites with a partner. Activity 35 minutes 1. Explain that rhymes occur when words at the end of two or more lines in a song share the same or a similar sound. Rhymes can be exact or approximate: An exact rhyme has the same ending sound. “Last,” “past,” and “fast” are examples of exact rhyme. An approximate rhyme sounds like a rhyme, depending on how the artist sings the words, though the words do not have exactly the same ending sounds. “Age,” “fade,” and “play”—which all share the same vowel sound— are examples of approximate rhyme.
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