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 American composer Melba Liston
• 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

1. Insomnia
2. Blues Melba
3. You Don't Say
4. Wonder Why
5. Christmas Eve
6. The Dark Before The Dawn
7. What's My Line Theme
8. Exodus

The music can easily be found through your favorite streaming services. Just print and play!

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