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Texas Gateway: Close Reading of Poetry: Practice 2 (English I Reading) Unit PlanTexas Gateway: Close Reading of Poetry: Practice 2 (English I Reading) Unit Plan
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Texas Gateway: Close Reading of Poetry: Practice 2 (English I Reading)

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[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Through this practice lesson, students will learn how to interpret poetry. They will learn how to spot a metaphor, to identify imagery, and be introduced to the terms allusion and symbolism. When they come to the end of the lesson, they should find that poetry is not so difficult to understand after all. RL.9-10.9 alllusions to other works

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

metaphors, symbolism, close reading, imagery

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how to interpret poetry, allusion, close reading of poetry: practice 2, rl.9-10.9 alllusions to other works, texas gateway, texas gateway: close reading of poetry: practice 2 (english i reading)

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

RL.9-10.9 RL.9-10.10a RI.11-12.10a RL.11-12.10a

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