Contemplate and write
1. Which pop music artists are your favorites?
- Why?
2. What types of pop music do you listen to?
(eg. Rap, Blues, R&B, Emo, Classic Rock, Punk, Indy, Jazz, World, etc.)
3. List some song titles that you think are really good.
- What makes them so?
4. What are some songs that you like mostly because of the lyrics?
5. Give an example of a song that has lyrics that really make you think?
- Quote the thought‐provoking phrases. What thoughts go through your mind?
6. Give an example of song lyrics with words that you really like the sound of.
- List those words.
7. Give an example of song lyrics that tell a gripping story.
- Tell the story!
8. Think of a song lyric that paints pictures in your mind.
- List the phrases and what they make you see.
