So when we got to the point in the first class when it was time to start explaining literary terms and provide examples, my mind immediately went to Hamilton. It’s a cool way to build lessons and lean on one another for support and ideas, but being the newbie means that I’m mostly just going along with what’s already been assembled. Unfortunately, I didn’t put together the materials for introducing literary terms I’m brand new at my school, and we do a sort of group planning with all the grade level teachers (plus me, as the co-teacher for a couple of the regular ed folks). That’s all kind of a tangent, but it serves to say that I had a bunch of Hamilton bouncing around in my head today when I went into work, and it just so happened that we’re beginning our unit on literary terms in my tenth grade classes. They’re packed with tons of intricate wordplay and incredibly musical flourishes. This typically isn’t a big deal it’s just like having a chronic earworm that I can’t bring myself to be annoyed by, because even in isolation I still get gobsmacked examining Lin-Manuel Miranda’s lyrics. See, months after I’ve finally moved past the fan phase where I listened to the soundtrack daily in its completeness I still have fragments of songs come into my head unbidden at all hours of the day. I went to work today with an urge to listen to Hamilton in the car, which turned out to be a pretty fortuitous decision.
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