This lesson is an introduction to songwriting. In this lesson, students will have the opportunity to study the lyrical mastery of well-known artists, learn idea generating strategies, understand and apply different lyrical structures, and write a song of their very own! Extension ideas: - Instructors may choose to have students write a brief reflection in which they explain their reasoning and meaning behind specific metaphors, imagery, rhyme, structures, etc. - Instructors may choose to have st