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- A matter of identity: Writing an extended metaphor poem
- Students apply their knowledge of literary devices by reading and analyzing the poem “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco. Students then create their own poem incorporating the literary devices studied and analyzed in the above mentioned poem. This lesson includes modifications for a Novice Low Limited English student.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Susan Brooks and Carrie Mabry.
- Write on!: Hooking the reader
- Students will recognize new and innovative ways to write a narrative by discovering various ways to "hook" the reader with catchy beginnings and using figurative language and writing components to write an interesting story.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)
- By Tina Duckwall.
- Walk Two Moons: An integrated unit
- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech is a bittersweet story of a teenager who desperately wants to be reunited with her mother. This unit is an integrated study combining setting, theme, point of view, character, and plot with geography and geometry.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
- By Janet Fore.
- Non-Halloween activity for October 31
- Students will rewrite the lyrics to a well-known song focusing on Autumn sounds, smells and sights, but without any of the usual Halloween trappings.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)
- Style
- In The five features of effective writing, page 5
- Style, the fourth Feature of Effective Writing, is what makes an author's writing unique. Here's how to help your students establish a style appropriate to different genres and audiences.
- By Kathleen Cali.
- An integrated poetry unit
- My students have always disliked poetry. The different ways in which this lesson approaches poetry and the connection it makes to their "March Madness" studies seems to make poetry more enjoyable, fun, and relevant for my students. In order to integrate with the sixth grade math and social studies teachers, I teach this unit during the ACC tournament to coincide with the "March Madness" unit that is covered in the math classes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Nancy Guthrie.
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- Onomatopoeia: A figurative language mini-lesson
- In this lesson, students are introduced to the literary device of onomatopoeia and explore how the technique adds to a writer's message. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: IRA/NCTE
- Buzz! Whiz! Bang! Using comic books to teach onomatopoeia
- In this lesson, students use comic strips to find onomatopoetic words, develop a vocabulary list from the words, and discuss why writers use onomatopoeia. In the introductory activity, students listen for words that imitate the natural sound associated... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- Poetry: Sound and sense
- In this lesson, students read and listen to several poems while concentrating on the author's language choices. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: IRA/NCTE
- Dr. Seuss's sound words: Playing with phonics and spelling
- Boom! Br-r-ring! Cluck! Moo! — Everywhere you turn, you're bound to find exciting sounds. Whether you visit online sites that play sounds or take a sound hike at school, a near-by park, or on a field trip, ask your students to notice the sounds they... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
