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Self Acceptance

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders brainstorm their strengths and the positive qualities that make them unique. They write their own short story in prose.
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New York City Department of Education

Egypt

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This six-week unit encompasses all subjects with a focus study on world history and the development of ancient civilizations. As gifted and talented students dive into the interesting yet challenging topic of Egypt, they think critically...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read and analyze the novel "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. They discuss the poetry and prose of the book, the importance of role models, complete a worksheet, and write a narrative using figurative language.
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You Are What You Read

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders select a prose, poetry, or nonfiction excerpt from a book of their choice and share it by reading aloud to their classmates, who identify the genre and respond to related questions in their journals.
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Words Have Meaning

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Learners interpret and analyze art for meaning and a Maya Angelou poem for meaning. In this art and literature analysis lesson, students analyze Alison Saar's "Lost and Found" and Maya Angelou's poem "Alone." Learners write creative...
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Metaphorical Gold: Mining the Gold Rush for Stories

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students complete a history and research lesson about the Gold Rush using selections from Jack London. In this Gold rush research lesson, students research the Klondike/Alaska Gold Rush and use details from the history in their own...
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Figurative Language and Symbolism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify figurative language and symbolism in poetry as well as prose. In this literary elements lesson, students read and discuss the role of symbolism in Yellow Man by Moonlight, A Christmas Carl, The House of Wings, and...
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Figurative Language Project

For Teachers 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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Illustrative Mathematics

Tilt of Earth's Axis and the Four Seasons

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Geometry meets earth science as high schoolers investigate the cause and features of the four seasons. The effects of Earth's axis tilt features prominently, along with both the rotation of the earth about the axis and its orbit about...
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Deer Valley Unified School District

Close Reading: Analyzing Mood and Tone

For Students 9th - 12th
The AP Literature and Composition exam is all about close reading. Test takers are presented with a passage and asked to analyze how an author uses literary devices to create a desired effect. Prepare your students for the exam with a...
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In The Year 2121

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the advances of an invention's industrial design over decades or centuries. They project improvements and innovations for the future in drawings and descriptive prose. Automobiles are used as an example.
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Three Coffles Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read about the slave trade in primary source documents. They discuss differences and commonalities in experiences. They write prose or poetry from the point of view of one of the figures from the reading and create a triptych.
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Interative History Notebook Mini-lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars respond to Holocaust literature. In this interactive history lesson, students select quotes from chapter 1 of Elie Wiesel's Night and reflect on their meaning as they record their thoughts on poetic, prose, comic. or...
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Madame Bovary Study Questions and Essay Topics

For Students 10th - 12th
In this Madame Bovary worksheet, students analyze social class and fate, prose style, and irony as well as the themes of love and romance in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
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Sound Devices

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine the impact of sound devices in poetry, prose, and non-fiction. In this figurative language instructional activity, students read instructor-selected literature and identify uses of alliteration, repetition, consonance,...
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Rollin’ on the River: Identifying Jargon

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify jargon in poetry, prose and fiction. For this literature lesson, students will read selections from Mark Twain and identify figurative langauge, focusing on jargon.
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CTBS Reading Practice #4

For Students 7th - 8th
For this reading practice worksheet, students read four different passages and answer nineteen total multiple choice questions related to the plot, meaning, and information from the passage.
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Model Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study how to identify and analyze the use of figurative language used in selected poems, short stories or other pieces of prose chosen by the teacher. These pieces of literature represent at least two pieces by one writer...
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Creating Nonviolence: A Theatre of the Oppressed Approach to Things Fall Apart

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze Ahimsa and complete activities for nonviolence. In this nonviolence lesson, 11th graders define violence and relate it to their lives. Students adapt prose into a dialogue to act out and analyze the violence in...
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Character Study in Macbeth

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze a Shakespeare soliloquy by writing a prose summary of it. They keep a character journal, following one character through the play and analyzing what the character does and says, as well as, might have done or...
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My Country at the Crossroads to Peace

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss issues with regard to different ways their countries are affected at the cross roads to world peace. They write prose pertaining to issues relating to unpeaceful situations in the world.
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"He Says, She Says"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Stuents compare and contrast male and female views of love and beauty in classic Chinese and Japanese society through the reading and evaluation of prose and poetry. Chinese and Japanese art is also studied.
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Annenberg Foundation

Rhythms in Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Rhyme, rhythm, free verse, imagery: Do these words describe poetry, or jazz music? The answer is both! A resource explores these similarities as scholars watch a video, engage in discussion, read author biographies, write poetry and...
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Sound/Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers combine creativity with the rigor of careful editing by adding music to their story. It forces them to focus on how they communicate the meaning of their story to the listener.

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