Curated OER
Comparing Characters Across Two Short Stories
Ninth graders listen to a read aloud of two short stories focusing on literary devices. The write about the settings and realism of the stories, and decide each main character handles the conflict he faces with nature.
Curated OER
What a Garden Can Teach
Students read about land and gardening and create found poems from the text. They use the poems to design interpretation quilts of communal text.
Curated OER
Vocabulary Building Cards
Students select vocabulary words from their reading each week then complete a card for each word which includes definition, source and a sample sentence. They share their cards with the class and complete vocabulary building cards...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Extended Metaphor
This slideshow focuses on the extended metaphor including defining it, stating its purpose, showing the difference between a metaphor and an extended metaphor, and providing a literary example -- Shakespeare's "As You Like It"-- with...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Writing About Writing: An Extended Metaphor Assignment
Contains plans for five lessons that teach extended metaphors using Richard Wilbur's poem "The Writer." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Monster of a Metaphor
Students analyze the monster metaphor from chapter five of The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck as they develop ideas for extended metaphors that describe characters within a specific setting. Teacher instructions and resources are provided,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Simile and Metaphor
You will learn how to explain the effect of similes and extended metaphors in literary text.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Simile and Metaphor
Explain the effect of similes and extended metaphors in literary text.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Right Brained Lesson: Serendipitous Love Metaphors
Based on its title, student writers predict what Benatar's song means when it says that "Love Is a Battlefield." After discussing Benatar's extended metaphor as a class, learners will create an original extended metaphor about love in...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reader Response in Hypertext: Making Personal Connections
Students write a narrative of place, a character sketch, an extended metaphor poem and a persuasive essay then link all four texts to quotations they have selected from a novel.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:romantic Poetry:second Generation: Lord Byron, George Gordon
This lesson on Romantic Poetry focuses on the second generation poet Lord Byron (George Gordon). It features links to his biography, and two of his poems both offered in both text and audio forms: "She Walks in Beauty" and "Don Juan...
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Allegory
This is a glossary entry for the term "Allegory" including multiple definitions for the term, links to other figures of speech, links to more information, and examples.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum
By using music and various writings, students will explore the advantages and disadvantages of conforming to society's expectations at this site.
Other
Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
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