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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-first-time-ever-i-saw-your-face

Step 2 · Questions

1. What is the composer?
2. What is the year of composition?
3. Who wrote "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and when?
4. Who was the song originally dedicated to?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

Singer-songwriter
Folk-pop
Cultural phenomenon

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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Answer key (teacher copy)

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the composer?Ewan MacColl
2. What is the year of composition?1957
3. Who wrote "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and when?Ewan MacColl wrote the song in 1957.
4. Who was the song originally dedicated to?It was dedicated to Peggy Seeger, who later became his third wife.

Singer-songwriter: An artist who writes and performs their own musical compositions, often with personal lyrical content.
Folk-pop: A genre that merges the narrative and acoustic elements of folk music with the accessibility and melodic structures of pop music.
Cultural phenomenon: An event or trend that becomes widely popular and influential within a society or across cultures.