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The purpose of this study was to teach rhyming English song texts of literary qualities and to examine the effects on primary 6th graders' reading and writing abilities and some affective factors. The same rhyming literary texts were taught in two classes. However, the experimental class was taught with the balanced approach which used benefits of both phonics and the whole language approach, focused on the rhyming words in each text, while the concept of rhyme was not introduced to the control group who was taught in the way suggested for the textbooks of the national curriculum. After 17 weeks of experimental lessons, tests on reading and writing were given to the students of both groups, two times over the span of two months. The results of this study were: In the experimental group, the students' ability in reading and writing increased to a statistically significant extent, compared to those of the control group(p=.003, p=.013), with the result of the follow-up test showing more difference(p=.000, p=.000). It means that the approach focused on rhyming words in the instruction of the song texts was more effective than the meaning-based way as shown in the current textbooks. There was no significant difference statistically in emotional effects (interest and confidence) between two groups. However, the interest of the experimental group by itself increased to a statistically significant extent(p=.003). Therefore, it may be interpreted that the approach focused on rhyming words was more effective than the way as adopted in the current textbook instruction in terms of students' interest. On the basis of the results, it is suggested that: Rhyming texts should be presented in our textbooks, as supplementary materials tailored for fast and slow learners; activities such as finding word families and making new rhyming words after understanding the whole meaning of texts should be included in the textbooks. Eventually it is necessary to develop more effective ways to apply rhyming literary texts positively, in the balanced approach.