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    • Activity 1: Targeted Cloze
    • Activity 2: Summarizing
    • Activity 3: Class Discussion on a Song’s Theme
    • Activity 4: Building a lesson around a repeated phrase
    • Activity 5: Writing New Song Lyrics
    • Activity 6: Singing or Speaking the Chorus
    • Activity 7: Walking Lyrics-Dictation
    • Activity #8: A Minimal-Prep Lesson
    • Activity #9: One-Question Interview on Music
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    • “Another Day of Sun”
    • “As Long As You Love Me”
    • “Be Alright”
    • “Breakaway”
    • “Can’t Stop the Feeling”
    • “The Castle on the Hill”
    • “A Change Is Gonna Come”
    • “Don’t Shut Me Down”
    • “Don’t Stop Believin’”
    • “Down”
    • “Driver’s License”
    • “Fight Song”
    • “Hello”
    • “Here Comes the Sun”
    • “I Don’t Care”
    • “Lost Boy”
    • “I Will Remember You”
    • “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free”
    • “Love Yourself”
    • “Make You Feel My Love”
    • “Memories”
    • “One Call Away”
    • “Renegades”
    • “Ring of Fire”
    • “See You Again”
    • “7 Years”
    • “She’s Leaving Home”
    • “Something Just Like This”
    • “The Sound of Sunshine”
    • “Stressed Out”
    • “Sunny”
    • “Tom’s Diner”
    • “True Colors”
    • “Underdog”
    • “When We Were Young”
    • “Wichita Lineman”
    • “Wonderful World”
    • “You’re Beautiful”
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  • Stories
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    • “A Change Is Gonna Come”: The Story Behind the Song
    • Bob Dylan: The Story Behind His Nobel Prize in Literature
    • Don’t Stop Believin’: Arnel Pineda’s Story
    • “Dreams”: The Story Behind the Song
    • “Easy On Me”: The Story Behind the Song
    • “Fight Song”: The Story Behind the Song
    • “Hello”: The Story Behind the Song
    • “Let It Be”: The Story Behind the Song
    • “Lost Boy”: The Story Behind the Song
    • “Renegades”: The Story Behind the Song
    • “See You Again”: The Story Behind the Song
    • “Sunny”: The Story Behind the Song
    • “The Sound of Sunshine”: The Story Behind the Song
    • “We Shall Overcome”: The Story Behind the Song
    • “Wichita Lineman”: The Story Behind the Song
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