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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Gift for Mom and Dad

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Following a reading of O. Henry's "Gift of the Magi," students write an expository essay based on the connotative definition of "gift." The essay is then presented as a holiday gift. The lesson can be adapted to a variety of occasions...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reference Materials Printed and Electronic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reference Materials: Printed and Electronic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
You will learn how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Did English Evolve?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the evolution of the English language. What is the difference between "a hearty welcome" and "a cordial reception"? In a brief, action-packed history of the English language video, Kate Gardoqui explains why these...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Prediction and Inference Terms Test

For Students 7th Standards
A test with five matching questions and 4 multiple choice questions over the following literary terms: prediction, inference, suspense, foreshadowing, character, character traits, motivation, denotation, and connotation.
Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Prediction and Inference Terms Match

For Students 7th Standards
Race against the clock while matching each literary text term with its definition. Terms include: prediction, inference, suspense, foreshadowing, character, character traits, motivation, denotation, and connotation.
Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Prediction and Inference Terms Flashcards

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Eight flashcards on literary terms including: prediction, inference, suspense, foreshadowing, character, character traits, motivation, denotation, and connotation.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reference Materials Printed and Electronic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find out how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reference Materials Printed and Electronic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 6.1 Writing About Literature: Analyzing Prose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to analyze prose by understanding connotation and denotation, identifying metaphors and similes, looking for repetition, and finding imagery in a text.
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Other

Lexiconic.net: Elements of Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explains how to approach an analysis of a poem. It discusses assumptions people may have, the importance of reading it closely before analyzing it, looking at the stanza structure, the type of poem, the sound patterns,...
Handout
Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Commonly Confused Words: Continual / Continuous

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry focuses on the commonly confused words continual and continuous including providing an explanation, examples, and a link to a quiz/exercise.
Interactive
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Did I Read?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explicit and implicit information are reviewed in this lesson. Students will choose a part of the body and then read a short passage that explains what it does. Students will answer three questions over the passage and then determine...
Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: General Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Victoria's Writer's Guide includes an extensive list of literary and rhetorical terms. List can be displayed alphabetically.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Context to Determine Meaning of a Word [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This learning module contains three nonfiction reading lessons that will assist student understand how to apply context clues when they encounter new vocabulary words.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Can Infer Meaning of a Word in Context [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This activity contains two graphic organizers that will help students infer the meaning of words in context. Students can use these graphic organizers as they read nonfiction texts, particularly while reading in the content area.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Euphemism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Euphemism" including a definition and examples. L.9-10.5a Figures of Speech
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Polish Tone, Style, and Figurative Language (English Ii Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students will learn strategies for evaluating and revising the tone, style, and figurative language in an essay.
Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms a E

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The first of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, A - E, covers forty-four terms from "Allegory" to "Exposition."
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Quia

Quia: Word Choice and Tone Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive series of questions assesses students' understanding of the impact of word choice on the tone of a passage. Students will identify the correct tone used in sentences, paragraphs, and poems.
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TES Global

Tes: Varieties of English

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer will help student reflect on the similarities and difference among formal and informal word choices. Dialect, idiolect, and verb effectiveness are featured.
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Other

Prezi: Tone, Diction, and Analysis of Word Choice

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Slideshow explores the connection between word choice and the author's tone.
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Other

Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
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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