Tunes Tuesday...

Today I am linkin' up with Nick over at Sweet Rhyme & Pure Reason for Tunes Tuesday.  I'm tellin' you...this idea is BRILLIANT!  What group of kids have you ever met that didn't like learnin' through music? I haven't!  My kiddos LOVE when I incorporate songs, lyrics and videos into any concept that we are learnin'.  This isn't just somethin' to do with a class of rockstars...this is for any and every student!  You really need to check this out!

Here's what Nick has to say about Tunes Tuesday:
"What is Tunes Tuesday? (My new readers may be asking!) It's simple! Just choose a grammar skill and pair it with a popular (or classic!) song (with clean lyrics!) that has examples of that skill in the lyrics. Copy and paste the lyrics into a document, and ask the kiddos to highlight the examples throughout the lyric sheet. I like to play the music video (clean version obvs!) for the kids while they work. It takes just a few minutes, but the kids beg for it every week! Music + boring grammar skill + highlighters = Fun grammar lesson! Click my tag, "Tunes Tuesday" to find past posts about this that have a few freebies to reference and use!"

The song I chose is "Naturally" by Selena Gomez.  The literary element or figure of speech to focus on is metaphors.  A metaphor is comparing two things where one is a symbol of the other.  
The technical definition: met·a·phor  n.

1. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in "a sea of troubles" or "All the world's a stage"(Shakespeare).

2. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol: "Hollywood has always been an irresistible, prefabricated metaphor for the crass, the materialistic, the shallow, and the craven" (Neal Gabler).

In Selena's song she sings, "You are the Thunder and I am the Lightning".  She is calling one person Thunder and herself Lightning. They go hand in hand. Grab the lyrics HERE! 

I'm really excited to see what everyone else is choosin' to link up.  Thanks Nick for hostin' this one!