ADVANCED LYRICS PROJECT
I. GETTING STARTED 
Choose any TWO English songs whose lyrics you like.
Find the lyrics, copy/write them. Use WORD or POWERPOINT. 
II. TRANSLATION 
Translate the two songs into Hebrew. 
Report on the translation process. 
•	What difficulties arose? 
•	How did you deal with them? 
•	What did you learn about Hebrew or English as a result of the translation? Be specific.) 
Your assessment __________________________________________________________ 
III. ANALYSIS OF IDEAS 
•	What ideas/themes are dealt with in each song? 
•	What do you think the writer of the song is trying to say to the listener?
•	Do you agree with these ideas? 
•	What is your reaction to the lyrics? 
Your assessment __________________________________________________________ 
IV. ENJOYING WORDS 
•	List any words/phrases/lines/rhymes etc. that you like more than others? 
•	Explain why you like them.  (Is it because of meaning, sound, position in sentence, association, symbolism, originality, other?) 
Your assessment __________________________________________________________ 

V. RESEARCH 
Do some research on the lyricist/singer/band. Find at least two sources of information. 
•	Combine and arrange the information clearly. Use color/font or any other method to indicate which information came from which source. You must obviously list your sources. When quoting please use "Italics".
•	The project should be in your own words (connecting sentences, introduction, conclusion etc.).  
Your assessment __________________________________________________________ 
VI. PERSONAL CREATIVE WRITING 
•	Write a monologue/ dialogue/play/short story/diary entry/poem/an account of a personal experience/other (discuss with me first) inspired by/related to the songs you have chosen. 
Your assessment __________________________________________________________ 
VII. REFLECTION (Be specific!) 
Write what you enjoyed/disliked about this project and write what you learned when doing this project.
•	About yourself 
•	About language learning. 
•	Write what you would like to do next to improve your English (taking into account you experience from this project). 
Your assessment __________________________________________________________ 
VIII. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS: 
•	Project must be typed well, printed, illustrated 
•	and presented in a plastic folder 
•	with a recording of the chosen songs. 
•	Include an opening page) and this project instruction page. 
•	Each section will be assessed on the quality of the content, quality of the writing (grammar, spelling, expression) and the effort taken. 
Your assessment __________________________________________________________ 
ENJOY yourselves. 
I’m looking forward to reading your work and listening to your songs.

To find lyrics you may find these links useful: 
http://www.lyrics.com/ 
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~inferno/sla.html 
http://www.ubl.com/ 
http://www.nme.com/ 

LYRICS PROJECT
(SEE ORT MUSIC CRITIC PROJECT 2002)