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For copyright reasons, the lyrics from the songs are not provided on the student worksheets. Each sheet has a specific website with the lyrics that correspond with the stanza breaks indicated on the worksheets. Print out the lyrics separately for students to use when completing the assignment. Based on these lyrics, when it indicates stanza 1, students should read only stanza 1 from the printed lyrics, then complete the question.

Below are the links to the lyrics you should print for student use:

Two Black Cadillacs by Carrie Underwood:

www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/carrieunderwood/twoblackcadillacs.html

Someone Like You by Adele

www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/adele/someonelikeyou.html

Teardrops on my Guitar by Taylor Swift

www.metrolyrics.com/teardrops-on-my-guitar-lyrics-taylor-swift.html

Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake

www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/justintimberlake/crymeariver.html

Read%stanza%1%on%the%lyrics%page.

Where do you think the two black Cadillacs are going? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What can you infer about the personality of the husband? What makes you think this? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood

Inferring occurs when a reader uses clues to figure out information that is not provided while predictions occur when the reader uses what they know to guess what will happen later. Use the lyrics below to answer the inferring and predicting

questions in the space provided. Do not read ahead in the lyrics. Base your answers on the section indicated.

How do the women and other family members feel about this tragedy? Give evidence ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Read%stanza%2%(chorus)%on%the%lyrics%page.

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/carrieunderwood/twoblackcadillacs.html

Musical Inferring & Predicting

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What do you think the last line means? Who has a secret and what is the secret? What evidence did you use to make your prediction? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Carrie Underwood

Read stanza 3 on the lyrics page

Carrie Underwood

What can you infer about this phone conversation (who is talking on the phone, what do they discuss etc). Give evidence to support your inferences. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Read the “bridge” (stanza 5) on the lyrics page

Why you think the two women smiled at each other? What does the last line infer.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Adele

Adele

What can you infer about the relationship between the speaker and the person she is talking to? What evidence did you use to come to this conclusion? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Musical Inferring & Predicting

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Inferring occurs when a reader uses clues to figure out information that is not provided while predictions occur when the reader uses what they know to guess what will happen later. Use the lyrics below to answer the inferring and predicting

questions in the space provided. Do not read ahead in the lyrics. Base your answers on the section indicated.

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/adele/someonelikeyou.html

Read%stanza%1%on%the%lyrics%page.

Read%stanzas%2%&%3%on%the%lyrics%page.

Where is the speaker at this point in the song? How do you know this? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Make a prediction about how the person she is talking to will react. What makes you think this? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Adele Read stanza 4 (chorus) on the lyrics page.

Adele

How did the conversation go? Discuss how you think the person reacted, what was said, and how they felt.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Based on these lyrics, discuss how you think the speaker feels and what she will do now. Give evidence for your answer.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Read%stanza%5%&%6%on%the%lyrics%page.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

Who is Drew? What can you infer about him by what the speaker says? Give evidence.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What can you infer about the relationship between the speaker and Drew? Give evidence. Do you think they will end up together? Why or why not?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Inferring occurs when a reader uses clues to figure out information that is not provided while predictions occur when the reader uses what they know to guess what will happen later. Use the lyrics below to answer the inferring and predicting

questions in the space provided. Do not read ahead in the lyrics. Base your answers on the section indicated.

Read%stanzas%1%and%2%on%the%lyrics%page.

Read%stanzas%3,%4%and%5%on%the%lyrics%page.

http://www.metrolyrics.com/teardrops-on-my-guitar-lyrics-taylor-swift.html

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Musical Inferring & Predicting

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake

What can you infer about the relationship between these two people? How has it changed?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What happened to the relationship? Who was to blame? How do you know this?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Musical Inferring & PredictingInferring occurs when a reader uses clues to figure out information that is not provided while predictions occur when the reader uses what they know to guess what will happen later. Use the lyrics below to answer the inferring and predicting questions in the space provided. Do not read ahead in the lyrics. Base your answers on the section of text indicated.

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/justintimberlake/crymeariver.html

Read%stanza%1%on%the%lyrics%page.

Read%stanza%2%on%the%lyrics%page.

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake

What emotions do you think the speaker and the girl are feeling from these lyrics? Give evidence to support your answer.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Make a prediction about the future of this relationship. Give reasons for your prediction.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Read%stanza%3%(chorus)%on%the%lyrics%page.

Read%stanza%4%on%the%lyrics%page.

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