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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Nonfiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to analyze literary nonfiction, especially speeches, by making inferences and drawing conclusions based on evidence in the text. The...
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Quia

Quia: Simile, Metaphor, or Personification?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Twenty sentence analogies for students to complete by choosing the word that correctly shows the relationships. Correct answers are given for any missed, and the score is tallied throughout the exercise.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery and Figurative Language (Grade 8)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students learn how to make complex inferences and use textual evidence such as imagery and figurative language to support understanding.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Erinyes (Furies)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Encyclopedia article that discusses the "Erinyes or Eumenides (the Romans called them the Furies) [who] were female personifications of vengeance." Provides a summary of their role in Greek mythology, a discussion of their use in...
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 6: Plic Fac Cogn:word Roots #6 Intermediate

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson plan features the Latin roots PLIC = fold, bend; FAC-FIC = make, do; COGN-NOT = know. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle has directions, a clue and a vocabulary word list....
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History; Statue of Eirene (Peace)

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the 1st century A.D. Roman sculpture "Statue of Eirene (personification of peace)" with a description and images of the piece.
Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Water Cycle [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A reader's theater script for "The Water Cycle" is provided on this site. Nineteen speaking roles are needed in this script.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Adventures of a Penny by Mrs. Perring

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Adventures of a Penny by Mrs. Perring (1865), a fictional account of the life of a penny as told by the penny itself.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Transcendentalism: Key Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on key literary terms that fit the writings of the period and an interactive crossword puzzle using the terms and their definitions.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning:american Literature and Composition: Modernism:carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Carl Sanburg and his poem "Chicago." It includes biographical information, as well as links to the poem, a video of pictures of Chicago in the early 20th century, and a "Discovery Education" video on Carl Sandburg....
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Modern Poet: Poetry Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a poetry terms presentation which defines poetry terms.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery and Figurative Language (Grade 6)

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
This lesson focuses on the use of imagery and figurative language in writing to aid understanding and create images in the mind.
Website
Other

Centre for Literacy in Primary Education: Poetryline: Poetic Forms and Devices

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for learning about the different forms and devices used in poetry. Each item is linked to its own page which has examples of its use. Many of the pages have videos of authors reading their poems, and some have...
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Nyx

For Students 9th - 10th
Read to learn about Nyx, the goddess of the night, who meets the goddess of the day to transition from day to night.
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Psyche

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this and learn the story of Psyche and Eros. Do they get back together after the terrible accident?
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Fences" by August Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
The play "Fences" explores the complex relationships of a 1950s middle-class, African American family and how they deal with issues of financial hardship, infidelity, and insecurities. Selected (7) reading passages (grades 7-11) to pair...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Pre Reading Activities for El Ls

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Pre-reading activities can engage student interest, activate prior knowledge, or pre-teach potentially difficult concepts and vocabulary. They also offer a great opportunity to introduce comprehension components such as cause and effect,...
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Vocabulary Spelling City

Spelling City: Figurative Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website focuses on figurative language: hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification, and idioms. It provides lists of examples for each based on three educational levels: elementary, middle school, and high school.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: There Once Was...

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Part 2 of this tutorial on limerick writing demonstrates the importance of form (meter and rhyme) in limerick poetry using the exemplary and amusing work of Edward Lear.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Scary Somethings

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Dick Gackenbach's classic picture book, Harry and The Terrible Whatzit, is a wonderful story about a child and his fear of the Whatzit that he is sure lives in his cellar. The story shows how through determination and the desire to save...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Death Personified

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, young scholars will personify an object within a poem. They will focus on voice and word choice in order to fully convey their message.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Fox's Story by E. Veale

For Students 1st - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Fox's Story by E. Veale (1892), a story written from a fox's viewpoint.
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Other

Spelling police.com: Literary Devices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A simple list of literary terms. Click on each for a definition and examples.
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Able Media

Figures of Speech: Rhetoric Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a great exercise that helps students practice identifying and translating rhetorical devices in Latin poetry. Uses examples from Book II of Vergil's Aeneid.

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