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Your assignment is to create a webpage or blog for your artist and interpret the lyrics of your assigned song. Build a webpage with the following:
Page 1: The Artist:
WHO is your artist?
WHEN did your artist live?
WHERE did your artist live?
WHAT is/was his/her instrument?
WHAT was special about his/her music?
HOW did your artist influence the music of his/her time?
WHO influenced your artist?
OTHER fun or interesting facts?
ADD an image or two.
Page 2: The Song:
• List and explain at least three key phrases/words that you find in the lyrics. What are the intentions of the writer? Do they generate a feeling? Explain.
• What do you make of the line “What’s goin’ on?”. What kind of a question is this? Is he expecting an answer? Is this a rhetorical question? Explain.
• How does the writer want to make you feel or act?
• What genre is this song? What is the Motown sound?
¨ ADD ONE LISTENING Example or a YouTube link of your assigned song
¨ ADD the lyrics on your webpage
Page 3:
ADD SIX questions for your classmates to answer.
