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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Using Vivid Language

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Analyze the components of precise wording and vivid language in this language arts lesson plan. Middle school writers illustrate a passage from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and write a response to a Norman Rockwell print. This resource includes most of the necessary materials, worksheets, and a rubric.

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normal rockwell, imagery, literary devices, the adventures of tom sawyer, mark twain, precise language, word choice, diction

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imagery, norman rockwell, tom sawyer, vivid language, precise language, precise words, english language arts
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
3 days
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
Year
2008

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