The new Chinese language curriculum for compulsory education requires students to express and communicate, stating: "Observing life from multiple perspectives, discovering the richness and diversity of life, being able to grasp the characteristics of things, and laying the foundation for writing. Writing should have genuine emotions, express one's feelings, experiences, and thoughts about nature, society, and life, and strive for creativity." The lyrics of popular songs often draw inspiration from life, are rich in content, full of emotions, and easily resonate with listeners, which is why they are widely sung. Cleverly integrating popular songs with composition teaching can stimulate students' interest in writing, enrich their writing materials, and improve their expression and writing skills. The "dreamlike linkage" between popular songs and middle school entrance exam essays provides new ideas for essay teaching. 1. Learn language expression and accumulate materials to learn rhetoric: The lyrics of popular songs often use rhetorical devices such as metaphor, personification, parallelism, parallelism, and repetition to enhance the expressive power of language. We can intuitively feel the charm of rhetorical devices through the artistic conception and rhetorical beauty of the lyrics. Give a few examples: "Do you still remember your dreams when you were young? Like a flower that never withers" (The Price of Love, metaphor); The fish in the water look at us, quietly listening to our happy singing "(" Let's start rowing ", personified); This is the call of the heart, this is the dedication of love, this is the spring breeze of the world, this is the source of life "(" Dedication of Love ", parallel); In the distant night sky, there is a curved moon, and beneath the curved moon lies the curved small bridge. Learning wisdom: The lyrics of popular songs contain many wisdom quotes that cover various aspects of life. There are patriotic ones, such as "Drawing my mountains and rivers with my brush and brush, painting the majestic mountains and rivers with the sharp edge of my sword, painting the dragons and snakes on the rushing river water, painting my China with unwavering determination" ("Mountains and Rivers"); Motivational, such as "We are all racing against ourselves, striving hard for a better future, and striving for a meaningful victory" ("The Race Against Myself"); There are also homesickness, youth growth... Some popular song lyrics have a high degree of consistency with the core theme of the middle school entrance examination essay, and students unconsciously accumulate good words and sentences in the beautiful melody. Accumulation of materials: When students are attracted to a song, they will unconsciously want to learn about the story of the singer or songwriter. The growth process of some singers can be used as writing materials, such as Zhou Shen's ethereal voice and unique tone, which made him stand out among young singers. Faced with doubts, he went from being misunderstood to being recognized, never giving up his persistence in his music dream, step by step stepping out of secular prejudices, and finally stepped onto the stage of the Spring Festival Gala. His experience tells us that as long as we persistently pursue our dreams and maintain our love for life, our talents will not be buried and difficulties will eventually be overcome. Love you walking alone in the dark alley, love the way you don't kneel... "The lyrics of" The Lone Brave "are well-known, but the story of Tang Tian, the lyricist, who narrowly escaped death and fought against illness is little known. After being diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, she made a wish on her sickbed to write a song for Eason Chan. The inspiration for the lyrics comes from her painful personal experience, and she wants to write for every ordinary person who is not good at words and walks alone at night. In the lyrics, we can feel her positive and sunny attitude and her unwavering determination to face fate. The touching hymn of struggle she composed inspires every person in adversity. Of course, there are also some popular songs that deliberately break the daily language expression patterns in order to achieve a special aesthetic effect, creating many obscure and difficult to understand language that does not conform to grammatical norms, in order to pursue artistic innovation. The lyrics of popular songs vary in quality, and some songs are filled with vulgar and negative energy. This requires teachers to strictly monitor and carefully choose, guiding students to fully utilize the positive and uplifting content in the lyrics, making them an indispensable source of inspiration for students when writing, injecting infinite vitality into their words. Identifying grammatical errors in lyrics and using error correction methods can not only improve students' ability to discern lyrics, but also enhance their language discrimination skills, effectively improving their writing proficiency. From lyrics and music to visuals, improving students' ability to comprehend topics and ideas. Their life experience is still shallow, and their cognition is relatively superficial and one-sided; The lyrics are mostly the wisdom and philosophical thoughts of adults, which can enhance the connotation and depth of students' compositions. Adolescent students crave their own independent personality, have a strong sense of self-awareness, and often have conflicts with their parents, wanting to break free from parental control. In Mao Buyi's "One Meat and One Vegetable", it is sung: "A small square table with one meat and one vegetable, a figure calmly busy, and a pair of hands giving this time a warmth." The warm scene is presented before our eyes, and as children grow up and run around, they truly realize that the warmth of home and the care of their families are the most important. A simple one meat and one vegetable may be the most anticipated thing in adulthood. On the eve of National Day, teachers can watch the video of "As You Wish" together with students. "If you have ever endured my sweetness, I am willing to live your wish... walk the long road you have walked... write the poems you have not written..." For the construction of New China, the older generation worked hard and sacrificed their lives for the country, which is unimaginable for us born in a prosperous era. I believe this song will arouse students' patriotic enthusiasm, cherish their current happy life more, and love our great motherland. Careful study of excellent popular songs can enhance students' thinking quality and ability to comprehend topics and ideas. 3. Apply what you have learned to add color to your essay on site. When writing a test essay, using popular song elements well and skillfully can also add color to your essay. Title finishing touch, attracting attention: Many song titles or lyrics are concise and beautiful, and if cleverly used, they can be transformed into article titles as a stroke of genius. For example, the essay materials and writing requirements for the 2023 Yibin City High School Entrance Examination in Sichuan Province are as follows: Along the way, everyone has their own story and scenery, and everyone is striving forward in the face of gains or losses. Along the way, you are your own strength, you are the warmth of this season. Please write an article of no less than 600 words based on the inspiration from the materials, with your own topic, idea, and style. Analysis shows that the theme of the high school entrance examination essay is "Growth, Progress, Gains and Losses". Candidates can write stories of their own transformation and inspiration during their growth, share their growth insights, and establish a positive and correct attitude towards life by facing gains and losses. We can choose titles such as' Sunshine Always After Wind and Rain 'and' Invisible Wings'. For example, for an essay on the topic of "family love", it may be better to use titles such as "Go Home Often", "Let Time Slow Down", "Fragmented Recitation, Year by Year", etc., and cleverly use lyrics to attract the attention of the examiners at the first time. The first paragraph is relevant and gripping: In ancient times, the beginning of an article was often compared to a "phoenix head". A good beginning should be closely related to the topic, concise in language, and creative, leading the way. Starting an article with concise and profound lyrics can achieve extraordinary innovative effects. For example, in the essay "My Worries", you can start with "Sometimes I feel like a little bird, wanting to fly but unable to fly high no matter what..." I sing sadly, carrying a heavy backpack and walking helplessly on my way home. Adding color to the text with a clear hierarchy: Whether it's writing about people's memories or discussing viewpoints, if some excellent lyrics can be reasonably quoted, it will add luster to the article. For example, when writing an essay on patriotic themes, you can quote the lyrics of "Misaligned Time and Space" and write it as follows: "Welcome the remains of volunteer soldiers back home, they were still young when they left home, and now they are sleeping in a foreign land... How beautiful the new China you dreamed of a hundred years ago was, and this prosperous era is as you wished." The ending echoes and leaves a lasting impression: a clever ending can not only bring a satisfactory conclusion to the entire article, but also deepen the theme, generate empathy, and enhance the infectiousness of the article. Choosing a suitable lyric as the ending can achieve a bell ringing effect of "clear and surplus". For example, in the 2020 high school entrance examination essay "Don't worry, take it slow" in Zibo City, Shandong Province, we can choose the lyrics from "Don't panic, the sun sets and there is moonlight" as the ending, "Don't be confused, don't panic, the sun sets and there is moonlight, it will illuminate the path of life and accompany you to the place you want to go". The fast-paced life of seeking quick success and instant benefits has caused us to miss out on too many beautiful things. We need to slow down and feel the beauty in life with our hearts. For example, in the 2024 Zibo City high school entrance examination essay "Warmth Up", we can choose "Angel's Wings" to summarize the entire article by saying "That familiar warmth, like angel's wings, glides over my boundless heart", giving the whole article a perfect ending and allowing people to wander in that warm moment. Overall planning and compact structure: The lyrics of a good song must have a reasonable layout and clear hierarchy. Therefore, in addition to partially borrowing the content of the lyrics, sometimes we can also borrow the lyrics of a song as a skeleton to connect the entire article, making the article interconnected and logically clear. Of course, the premise is that the structure of the lyrics naturally matches the requirements of the essay topic and cannot be blindly applied. (New Society)