Curated OER
The Class Garden Essay
Fifth graders use a class garden as inspiration for a specific writing assignment. They conduct research into different types of flowers in photo images taken with a digital camera. Students write a creative essay and draw a picture to...
Curated OER
Edgar Allan Poe Lessons
Students can learn about literary techniques, such as imagery and symbolism, by exploring these Edgar Allan Poe lesson plans.
Curated OER
Happiness is A Warm Puppy
Students investigate dog breeds and write a short story from a dog's perspective. In this dog research and writing instructional activity, students watch the film, "Dog: The Early Years. They apply critical thinking skills to determine...
Curated OER
A Geopoem About Alaska
Sixth graders conduct Internet research on the physical and human characteristics of Alaska. They compose and write geopoems about the state of Alaska, using a template.
Education.com
Education.com: Words That Make Us Feel: A Lesson on Sensory Language
[Free Registration/Login Required] After this lesson centered around the book Owl Moon, students will be able to identify words and phrases that suggest feelings and appeal to the senses.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Marshmallow and Pretzel Sensory Writing
This language arts lesson applies hands-on materials to help middle schoolers apply the sensory details need for writing. It also incorporates writing skills for comparing and contrasting. In addition, students will utilize Thinkfinity...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Colorful Sensory Poems
This lesson allows students to explore color - both in literal and figurative terms. Students will read books about color, discuss the emotion involved with color, and incorporate color metaphors to write poems using the graphic...
TES Global
Blendspace: Sensory Details
A five-part learning module with links to images and videos about sensory details and using sensory language.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Reading With Our Eyes, Fingers, Toes, Ears and Nose
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, learners are learning to identify sensory words in their reading, specifically in poetry. Students will gain a perspective on how authors use sensory words to portray their ideas. They...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Imagery
Explore the literary technique of imagery to see how sensory language contributes to the meaning and feeling of a poem in this animated video [1:23] from WNET. Discussion questions below help students to further apply their understanding...
Read Works
Read Works: Spring
[Free Registration/Login Required] Four three-lined poems describing the spring season. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Modernism: William Carlos Williams
This lesson focuses on William Carlos Williams and his poems using images of everyday life including "The Red Wheelbarrow" and "This is Just to Say."