ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Langston Hughes
A lesson plan based around the use of metaphor in Langston Hughes's "Dreams" poem. A good reference for teachers looking for instructional activity ideas on the Harlem Renaissance.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Stairway to Heaven Examining Metaphor in Popular Music
Contains plans for two lessons that ask students to make connections between literary texts and popular culture texts like song lyrics. After checking popular culture texts for literary elements, these elements are then examined in...
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "Stopping by Woods" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and highlight details that show austere view in blue, details that show New England dialect in red, and trivial metaphor in green. When...