Music and Language Arts

Abstract Chapter 3 explores connections between music and English language arts. The chapter includes rationales for integrating music and language arts, common links between the two disciplines, and a discussion of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and the National Core Arts Standards. Tables clearly show the standards that are incorporated throughout the lessons and examples. The chapter contains four detailed, full-length lessons that integrate music and language arts. These include lessons exploring storytelling in music using key ideas, details, and structure; comparing visual devices in graphic novels and graphic musical scores; staging an informal debate; and examining poetic and musical elegies. The chapter ends with an inventory of ideas detailing fifteen additional lesson topics, specific teaching strategies, and recommended activities.