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These Lyrics Do Not Exist: Write a Song with AI for Grammar Analysis
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Activity Description
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Students create a song with AI to use as source material for a grammar activity.
Preparation
- Check the website to ensure it is not blocked at your site.
- Read through the lesson plan.
- Print and make copies of any handouts.
- Practice using the site before demonstrating with students to be able to anticipate any challenges.
- Decide what the focus of the lesson will be (one or all parts of speech, a particular verb tense, synonyms and antonyms, etc.) and prepare the warm-up, presentation, and practice stages of the lesson plan, which could include lyrics of a well-known song or lyrics generated with the site.
Other AI Song Generators include the following:
Boomy
RhymeCool
SongR
Suno AI
VoiceMod
How-To
- Open a web browser and navigate to the site https://theselyricsdonotexist.com/.
- Type a song topic word or even an emoji.
- Select a genre (country, metal, rock, pop, rap, electronic).
- Select a mood (very sad, sad neutral, happy, very happy).
- Select the "Generate My Lyrics" button.
- If the lyrics are satisfactory, select "Download." The file will be a .txt file. If not, select "Regenerate Lyrics."
These are sample lyrics generated with the site using the word "summer," pop music as the genre, and happy as the mood:
Verse 1
The birds sang funny songs in the summer skies
You could feel the magic in the atmosphere
And I love to dance like you
High on the roof with the feel of summer air
Pre-Chorus
Set your body against mine
Into the sun of summer
Chorus
I love the smell of summer
I smell it as I walk in the park
Lookin out the leaves under the summer sky
Counting all of the stars one by one
Verse 2
Cause you make it hotter than a summer tonight
Me and you together is feeling so right
Boy you make me feel great
A hot summer, the air was filled with magic
Pre-Chorus
She showed me where we would go
Through lazy summer days
Chorus
I love the smell of summer
I smell it as I walk in the park
Lookin out the leaves under the summer sky
Counting all of the stars one by one
Bridge
Picture the summer of love
We were young and serious
Chorus
I love the smell of summer
I smell it as I walk in the park
Lookin out the leaves under the summer sky
Counting all of the stars one by one
Created by TheseLyricsDoNotExist.com generation number #11518966
Teacher Tips
The site has ads. As you demonstrate using the site with your class, point out that students shouldn't select the ads.
More Ways
Students can use the site to write a song about themselves, an experience, the class, something they learned in class, a hobby, an interest, a goal, etc.
Program Areas
- ESL: English as a Second Language
Levels
- Intermediate High
- Advanced
Lesson Plan
The warm-up will depend on what you decide to focus on for the lesson. In this case, the focus will be on adjectives.
Show an image with a lot of detail, such as the following:
Tell students that these words are called adjectives. They can describe a person, place, or thing, or a subject pronun (I, you, he, she, it, we they). This lesson will cover identification of adjectives.
Have students tell where the words from the list generated to describe the room in the warm-up fit into the following categories:
Number
Opinion
Size
Age
Shape
Origin
Material
Purpose
Teach students that describing words (adjectives) typically go in three possible positions in a sentence and elicit sentences for each of the following about the image of the room:
1. After the verb "to be" - The room is...
2. After a state of being verb (look, appear, seem, sound, smell, taste, feel) - The room seems/looks ... It sounds ... etc.
3. In front of a noun -- This is a ______ room.
Then teach students that if there are more than one adjectives in front of a noun, the adjective order typically follows a particular organization, which can be memorized with the mnemonic "NO SAS COMP" - number, opinion, size, age, shape, color, material, purpose (usually another noun or a gerund - verb+ing). Elicit a few examples from students with the image.
Ask students if they like music and if so, what genres. Tell students that they are going to practice identifying adjectives in song lyrics.
Open the site These Lyrics Do Not Exist (or prepare song lyrics ahead of time using the site) and ask students for a topic (or use a current class topic), genre, and mood. Generate the lyrics. If the lyrics do not contain many adjectives, regenerate until they do. (You could also ask students to tell what their current favorite song is in English and locate the lyrics online.
Model and then elicit from students locating the adjectives and determining which nouns or pronouns they describe.
Then have students individually, in pairs, or in small groups use the site to generate their own song lyrics. These could be printed or copied onto a shared Google Doc. Teams can work together to identify the adjectives in the lyrics they generated or in other team's songs. This could be done by highlighting, underlining, changing color, or annotating the adjectives.
Create an original song using the site for an adjective identification "quiz."
Students will be able to identify and use adjectives to be more descriptive.
Standards
- Language
- CCR Anchor 1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- CCR Anchor 2 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- CCR Anchor 3 - Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
- CCR Anchor 4 - Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
- CCR Anchor 5 - Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.