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59 resources with the concept allusions

“Choose Something Like a Star” Discussion—Applying Style to Content Lesson Plan

“Choose Something Like a Star” Discussion—Applying Style to Content

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewRobert Frost's "Choose Something Like a Star" and John Keats' "Bright Star" provide the text for a two-part instructional activity in which class members analyze the effects of style on meaning in poetry. Randall Thompson's song cycle...
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Resources for Ghost Boys Lesson Plan

Resources for Ghost Boys

8th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Jewell Parker Rhodes, the author of Ghost Boys, wanted to bring the historical legacy of Emmett Till and the current topic of racial prejudice into today's young readers' mindsets. Use a reading guide and set of discussion questions to...
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Language: 9-10th Grade ELA Common Core
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Language: 9-10th Grade ELA Common Core

9th - 10th
CCSS: Adaptable
Looking for materials that will help your students develop mastery of English grammar and usage, of the conventions of punctuation and spelling, of vocabulary acquisition? Then this collection is for you. Take a look at the attached notes for each resource to find the Common Core Standards addressed by the resource.
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Satire Presentation Presentation

Satire Presentation

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Introduce a study of satire with a presentation of laugh-out-loud funny slides that define the various characteristics of satiric writing and provide examples of each.
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How to Analyze a Poem Activities & Project

How to Analyze a Poem

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
A poetry analysis handout contains information about literal meanings, tone, title, structure, sound, rhythm, and other poetic devices. Use the handout as a support for assigning a literary analysis and watch learners demonstrate a...
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Poetic Devices Handouts & Reference

Poetic Devices

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Have everything you need to know about the elements of poetry with a nine-page handout. Split into four categories—word sounds, meanings, arrangement, and imagery—budding poets may reference terms, read definitions, descriptions, and...
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Unmasking the Truth Behind the Red Death Lesson Plan

Unmasking the Truth Behind the Red Death

9th - 11th
CCSS: Adaptable
"The Masque of the Red Death" provides readers with an opportunity to research and plan a presentation about a topic related to Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story. 
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Early American Poets Unit

Early American Poets

11th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
The poems of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are the focus of a unit that asks readers to consider how an artist's life and changes in society influences his or her work. After careful study of Whitman's and Dickinson's perspectives on...
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Teaching Emily Dickinson: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar Presentation

Teaching Emily Dickinson: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Three of Emily Dickinson's poems, "I like to see it," "Because I could not stop for Death," and "We grow accustomed to the Dark," provide instructors with an opportunity to model for class members how to use close reading strategies to...
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Reading Nonfiction: Analyzing Joseph McCarthy's "Enemies from Within" Speech Lesson Plan

Reading Nonfiction: Analyzing Joseph McCarthy's "Enemies from Within" Speech

11th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Looking for a lesson that teaches class members how to analyze nonfiction? Use Joseph McCarthy's famous "Enemies from Within" speech as a instructional text. Worksheet questions direct readers' attention to the many historical references...
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Basics of Poetry Presentation

Basics of Poetry

7th - 10th
CCSS: Adaptable
Poetry is often referred to as compressed speech—compressed because poets choose their words for their sound, as well as their meaning, and carefully arrange these words to create the maximum effect. Introduce class members to...
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Magical Musical Tour: Using Lyrics to Teach Literary Elements Lesson Plan
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Magical Musical Tour: Using Lyrics to Teach Literary Elements

3rd - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Language arts learners don't need a lecture about poetry; they listen to poetry every day on the radio! Apply skills from literary analysis to famous songs and beautiful lyrics with a activity about literary devices. As class...
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Elegy for Lincoln: Walt Whitman’s Poem Worksheet

Elegy for Lincoln: Walt Whitman’s Poem

7th - 10th
CCSS: Designed
Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" is one of the most famous and emotional tributes to Abraham Lincoln. Guide readers through the evocative elegy with a reading comprehension worksheet, complete with the poem's text and a photograph...
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Identifying Themes in Literature Graphic Organizer
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Identifying Themes in Literature

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
If your language arts learners have a hard time determining the universal theme of a written work, use a straightforward worksheet to help them find it. After reviewing a list of common themes, kids note the title, character, plot, point...
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The Graveyard Book: Concept Analysis Activities & Project

The Graveyard Book: Concept Analysis

4th - 8th
Neil Gaiman's award winning children's fantasy novel, The Graveyard Book, is the focus of a literary analysis overview. Those new to the novel can decide whether the book is appropriate for whole-class discussion or as a book circle...
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Hatchet: Concept Analysis Activities & Project

Hatchet: Concept Analysis

3rd - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Take an in-depth look into Gary Paulsen's Hatchet with a concept guide. With a list and explanation of thematic motifs, types of conflicts, and vocabulary in the novel, learners will engage with the text in a whole new way.
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Figurative Language Project Activities & Project
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Figurative Language Project

4th - 8th
Want a handy way to remember the difference between metaphors and similes, or allusions and alliteration? Individuals craft their own figurative language booklet, complete with definitions, examples, and illustrations, following...
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The Raven Unit Unit

The Raven Unit

9th - 12th
Nevermore will class members ponder over Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven." They will distinctly remember reading, acting out, and writing about Poe's stately raven.
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The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Allusion Lesson Plan

The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Allusion

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Consider the biblical allusions in Emily Dickinson's poetry with the seventh of ten lessons in a language arts unit. Learners read "A little East of Jordan" and "Come slowly - Eden!" and discuss the allusions to the original Old...
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The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: Allusions Lesson Plan

The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: Allusions

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
An allusion can help a writer get a complex idea across with just a few words by tapping into shared cultural knowledge and memory. Examine this phenomenon in Robinson Jeffers' poems "To the House" and "Hooded Night." Learners discuss...
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The Modernist Struggle: Allusions, Images, and Emotions in T.S. Eliot’s Prufrock Lesson Plan
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The Modernist Struggle: Allusions, Images, and Emotions in T.S. Eliot’s Prufrock

11th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Designed
After a series of close reading activities that focus on modernist elements in T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," individuals are asked to adopt the point of view of a mental health professional and e-mail Prufrock...
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The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe: Allusions Lesson Plan

The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe: Allusions

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Allusion can be a difficult concept for pupils to grasp. Home in on two brief poems by Edgar Allan Poe, "To Helen" and "Sonnet–To Science," with allusion in mind. Class members discuss the relationship of classical Greece and Rome to the...
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Reading Poetry Presentation

Reading Poetry

9th - 12th
Present your class with an overview of poetry-related information. The slides are clearly organized by topic, starting with reading poetry, ending with myths, and touching on everything from the five senses to open and closed forms of...
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It's All an Allusion: Identifying Allusions, in Literature and in Life Lesson Plan

It's All an Allusion: Identifying Allusions, in Literature and in Life

11th - 12th
To allude, or not to allude, that is the question: whether ‘tis better to make a reference and engage your audience or risk confusing them or sounding dated. After reading an article about, and loaded with allusions, class members take a...
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