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Day 9: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (original) 

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Day 9: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (original) 

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Day 9: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (modern)

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Day 9: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (modern)

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If you wish to wake up students a bit and get them participating in class, try using songs. Songs are a great way to teach a large number of Common Core skills. Right away, you're probably thinking that you can teach figurative language and other poetic elements; however, you can do much more. Teaching the skill "Compare and Contrast with Songs" can be a fun and a memorial experience for your students .

Compare and Contrast

Let it Go vs. Towards the Sun

Compare and Contrast
When You Wish Upon a Star vs. Somewhere Out There

When You Wish Upon a Star comes from Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. Jiminy Cricket sings the song at the beginning and the end of the movie. The song talks about how dreams come true. Pinocchio, a wooden doll, wishes to be a real boy.

Both songs speak of wishing on stars.

Don't Worry, Be Happy became a hit song in 1988 by Bobby McFerrin. The phrase comes from the Indian guru Meher Baba. The song appeared in the movies Cocktail (1988) and Casper - A Spirited Beginning (1997). George H.W. Bush used the song in his 1988 U.S. Presidential Election. Mattress Firm even made a commercial featuring this song.

Taylor Swift says the song Shake it Off was her way of dealing with some of her critics. She wanted to overcome her fear of bad press. In the video, Swift dances with professional dancers. She awkwardly tries to keep up. Swift says she wanted the video to spread the message that it is okay to be different.

Roar vs. Eye of the Tiger

Katy Perry's song Roar encourages people to be strong and stand up. The word roar is used 16 times during the song to emphasize the power.

Both songs emphasize using empowerment.

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Links to the Other Posts in this Teaching Text Structures with Songs Series

FREE Compare and Contrast Teaching Ideas

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Teaching Compare and Contrast with Songs - Book Units Teacher

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If you wish to wake up students a bit and get them participating in class, try using songs. Songs are a great way to teach a large number of Common Core skills. Right away, you're probably thinking that you can teach figurative language and other poetic elements; however, you can do much more.

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FCAT Reading Grade 4 Additional Reading Strategies, Author's Purpose.

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The Present | A Short Film by Jacob Frey

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Blue Ribbon Readers: The Hamburger Game

The Hamburger Game is part of WPSU's Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of seven interactive games designed to help elementary school students gain reading comprehension competences. The Hamburger Game helps students practice attentive reading by choosing the main idea-or "meat"-from a passage of text and dragging it to the center of a sandwich. A hamburger appears and they win points if they are right.

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The Hamburger Game is part of WPSU's Blue Ribbon Readers, a collection of seven interactive games designed to help elementary school students gain reading comprehension competences. The Hamburger Game helps students practice attentive reading by choosing the main idea-or "meat"-from a passage of text and dragging it to the center of a sandwich.