Building Writer Confidence through Music: A Journey through the Words & Music Program

Music is often regarded as a thing of the creative realm, something that sits to the side of the main core subjects, but music in the classroom shows music can be much more than a complement to a poetry unit. The author's journey through the Country Music Hall of Fame's Words & Music program revealed that delving into the world of songwriting can encourage novice writers' confidence and provide a valuable opportunity for students to learn how to build a quality piece of writing from freewriting sessions. This article shares the insights and experiences of an English teacher and her ninth grade classroom when they participated in Words & Music.