Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Monster of a Metaphor

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students analyze the monster metaphor from chapter five of The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck as they develop ideas for extended metaphors that describe characters within a specific setting. Teacher instructions and resources are provided,...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reader Response in Hypertext: Making Personal Connections

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students write a narrative of place, a character sketch, an extended metaphor poem and a persuasive essay then link all four texts to quotations they have selected from a novel.