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1.8 Songs/ Oral Poetry: Love Songs

Literature in English · Grade 11 · 6 lessons in the design

What you will be able to do

  • recognise form and subject matter in love songs for literary study
  • analyse the stylistic devices used in love songs for diligent evaluation
  • perform love songs for cognitive grasp and enjoyment
  • acknowledge the role of love songs as a form of expression in real life

Key questions

“How does the structure of a song help us appreciate its subject matter?”

Lessons

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  1. What are love songs?
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Recognise love songs as a form of oral poetry and their kinds.
  2. Form and subject matter of love songs
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Recognise the form and subject matter in love songs.
  3. Themes and subject matter in love songs
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Recognise the subject matter in love songs for literary study.
  4. Stylistic devices in love songs
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Analyse the stylistic devices used in love songs.
  5. Performing love songs
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Perform love songs for enjoyment.
  6. The role of love songs as a form of expression
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Acknowledge the role of love songs and answer the key inquiry.