Know popular song connotative meaning!

Introduction

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Have you ever wondered what the real meaning of the song? With this WebQuest, you can discover so much about the connotative meaning from the song! 

Task

Pair with your friend, and make a presentation using PowerPoint explaining about connotative meaning of the song with these requirement: 

  • Each pair should provide minimum 3 connotative meaning from the song
  • You can use any videos/pictures related to the song to strengthen your findings about connotative meaning from the song (you can use a video interview with the band about the song that is widely spread on the internet)
  • The videos/pictures which used in presentation should be a good resolution (1920 x 1080p)

After making a PowerPoint presentation, each pair should present their findings in front of the class. You should present your findings with clear voice and good pronunciation. Your presentation must be in 5-10 minutes.

Process

1.What is connotative meaning? : Connotative meaning is a word or expression signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning. Connotative meaning can found from anywhere, from songs, poems, short story,etc. In this WebQuest, you’ll find a connotative meaning from a song.

2. Watch a material video : To understand what is connotative meaning you can watch "Connotative vs Denotative" by Communication Coach Alex Lyon on youtube. The video give some simple explainer to the theory that you’ll use in this WebQuest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqyS7AiHqLY

3. Read some more materials : To better understand the connotative meaning you should read some journal and article from these link below who can help you to find a connotative meaning.

http://www.csun.edu/~bashforth/098_PDF/06Sep15Connotation_Denotation.pdf

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-fscj-publicspeaking/chapter/denotative-vs-connotative-meaning/ 

https://www.texasgateway.org/resource/denotation-and-connotation-english-i-reading

 

4. Choose one of the songs below :

After choosing one of the existing songs, please listen to the song carefully and watch the videos.

 

5. Repeat the song : After listening to the song you choose, you can repeat it again to get more knowledge of the song.

 

6.Find the connotative meaning : After you feel you know enough about the connotative meaning of the song, you can take notes first. You can look for other sources on the internet about the song to strengthen your discovery of the connotative meaning.

For example, I found a connotative meaning on December Pt.1 by Neck Deep lyrics, "I hope you get your ballroom floor, Your perfect house with rose red doors." the connotative meaning i can get is "he wishes all good things for her." because at the official music video showing the woman with the less-than-good house.(you can insert the video on your PowerPoint to show the evidence to audiences)

 

7. Arrange your findings : Last, after found connotative meaning on the lyrics, you should arrange your findings on PowerPoint and make it attractive to you classmates. You can use any videos/pictures related to your findings. Good luck for your presentation!

Evaluation

 

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Points

Material in Presentation

Student properly found an interesting connotative meaning on the song.

Student found a connotative meaning on the song

Student misses key points on the song

 

 

Information Gathering

 

Information is gathered from multiple electronic and non-electronic sources and cited properly

 

Information is gathered from multiple electronic and non-electronic sources

 

Information is gathered from limited electronic and non-electronic sources

 

Pronunciation

Good pronunciation and easy to understand.

Understandable but there are few minor mistakes

Poor pronunciation make it hard to understand

 

Conclusion Reached

Numerous detailed conclusion are reached from the available evidence

Several detailed conclusion are reached from the available evidence

A conclusion is made from the available evidence

 
Conclusion

With this WebQuest, you can understand what is the connotative meaning and how to find it on the song lyrics.You also can improve your pronunciation while presenting your findings in front of class.

Credits
Teacher Page

  1. Introduction: With this WebQuest, you can understand what is the connotative meaning and how to find it on the song lyrics.You also can improve your pronunciation while presenting your findings in front of class. With connotative meaning, song writer can make a song have a better engagement with listeners.

  2. Learners: The target learners of this webquest is senior high school students 12th grader

  3. Standards: This webquest used Elmsford Union Free School District curriculum for 11th-12th Grade Common Learning Standards

  4. Process: The teacher gives a little introduction and example on this material. During the process, the teacher also open for consultation and keeping an eye on the students

  5. Resources