- A post about one of their favorite songs - what the song means to the artist who wrote it and what it means to them (the student writing the post). They should cite examples from the lyrics and/or music as examples to prove their point about the meaning of the song.
- A post about a happy song (or a song that makes you feel happy) - what the song means to the artist who wrote it and why it makes the student feel happy (the student writing the post). They should cite examples from the lyrics and/or music as examples to prove their point about the meaning of the song.
- A post about an inspirational song - what the song means to the artist who wrote it and why it makes the student feel inspired (the student writing the post). They should cite examples from the lyrics and/or music as examples to prove their point about the meaning of the song.
- A post about a sad song - what the song means to the artist who wrote it and why it makes the student feel sad (the student writing the post). They should cite examples from the lyrics and/or music as examples to prove their point about the meaning of the song.
- A song that reminds you of your family, friends, boyfriend, or girlfriend - what the song means to the artist who wrote it and why it makes the student think about their family, friends, or boyfriend/girlfriend (the student writing the post). They should cite examples from the lyrics and/or music as examples to prove their point about the meaning of the song.
- A post about a song that makes you think about big ideas about life or the world - what the song means to the artist who wrote it and why it makes the student think about a big idea (the student writing the post). They should cite examples from the lyrics and/or music as examples to prove their point about the meaning of the song.
- A post about Beyonce's first emotion in Lemonade, "Intuition" - what the narration and the song "Pray You Catch Me" means to Beyonce and what it means to the student writing the post. They should cite examples from the narration, lyrics, music, and/or video as examples to prove their point about the meaning of the song.
- A post about Beyonce's second emotion in Lemonade, "Denial" - what the narration and the song "Hold Up" means to Beyonce and what it means to the student writing the post. They should cite examples from the narration, lyrics, music, and/or video as examples to prove their point about the meaning of the song.
- A post about Beyonce's third emotion in Lemonade, "Anger" - what the narration and the song "Don't Hurt Yourself" means to Beyonce and what it means to the student writing the post. They should cite examples from the narration, lyrics, music, and/or video as examples to prove their point about the meaning of the song.
- A post about Beyonce's fourth emotion in Lemonade, "Apathy" - what the narration and the song "Sorry" means to Beyonce and what it means to the student writing the post. They should cite examples from the narration, lyrics, music, and/or video as examples to prove their point about the meaning of the song.
And if a student has already finished, they should begin writing blog posts about the next four emotions/songs in Lemonade:
- Emptiness and Loss (including the song "Six Inch")
- Accountability (Including the song "Daddy Lessons")
- Reformation (including the song "Love Drought")
- Forgiveness (including the song "Sand Castles")
Here's what each blog post should look like:
- Paragraph 1: Explain Beyonce's meaning in each narration/song pair. The way you find her meaning is to analyze what each part of the narration and song means and why Beyonce uses it to show the emotion that the song is connected to. If you use an Internet source, you need to cite it.
- Cite = write down the source/text that has the fact or idea you wrote down. Just say the name of the author who wrote the fact/idea, like "according to (author's name)" and then the fact/idea you're using from the source.
- But you also need to use three (3) of your own examples to prove your claim about why Beyonce uses them.
- Paragraph 2: Explain what this song/narration means to YOU. Use 3 different examples to show how this song means something unique to you
- What does it make you think about?
- What does it remind you of?
- How does it help you understand your own life differently?
- What other topics does it connect to in your life?
- This should be written in a blog post that is 2 paragraphs long. When you think you are finished with your first post, send an email with the link to your blog to [email protected] and 3 other people in class. These four people will give you feedback that you can use to edit and revise your blog post.