Reading 7-6 Big Idea & Theme Analysis

Name:______Date:______Reading 7-6 Big Idea & Theme Analysis

Directions: working on your own to analyze a song, find three big ideas that are illustrated in a song from the choices listed below. After you find three big ideas, transform those big ideas into specific theme statements. In creating the theme, find and write the lyrics that support your theme of choice.

Song Choices: “Let It Go,” by Demi Lovato “Better Days,” Goo Goo Dolls “Home,” by Philip Philips “Live Like You’re Dyin’,” Tim McGraw “Move Along,” All American Rejects “Life is a Highway,” Rascal Flatts

Song title and artist: ______

Big Idea #1: ______

Theme #1: ______

Lyrics to support big idea/theme #1: Big Idea #2: ______

Theme #2: ______

Lyrics to support big idea/theme #2:

Big Idea #3: ______

Theme #3: ______

Lyrics to support big idea/theme #3: