Beethoven Highlighter Poetry | Classical Music Listening Activities
Print & Play! Do you need engaging music appreciation activities? Highlighter Poetry combines classical music, mindful listening, and social-emotional learning!
While listening to the selected music, students color or highlight keywords (arranged refrigerator magnet-style) including colors, emotions, seasons, and instruments that best describe their mindful listening experience.
These super low-prep activities are great for adding to your composer studies or serving as fun brain breaks and bell ringers.
There are no wrong answers! These mindful listening activities give students meaningful keywords to use in further class discussions about each piece of music.
Learning Objectives
- increased knowledge of German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven
- familiarity with the composer's works
- ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of music
- identify different instrument sounds
- social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within the music
Highlighter Poetry Listening Boards
- Symphony No. 9
- Symphony No. 5
- Bagatelle No. 25 "Für Elise_"_
- Piano Concerto No. 5
- Violin Sonata No. 9
- String Quartet No. 15
- Piano Sonata No. 31
- Symphony No. 1
- 'Moonlight' Sonata
- Piano Sonata No. 8
The music can easily be found through your favorite streaming services. Just print and play!
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