Learning Metaphors and Similes Through Song!

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. Songs used: Furtado, Nelly. "I'm Like a Bird." Whoa, Nelly! DreamWorks, 1999. Perry, Katy. "Firework." Teenage Dream. Capitol, 2010. Ravenscroft, Thurl. "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch." By Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel and Albert Hague. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! MGM, 1966. Swift, Taylor. "Mean." Speak Now. Big Machine, 2011.