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Imagery
Students listen to poetry and discuss the imagery. They write a creative poem demonstrating imagery. They write about imagery of a picture and visit a website to read poetry tips. They evaluate poetry using an evaluation form.
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Write, Right
This resource provides the beginning ideas for a lesson on writing a narrative. Learners watch a video, identify story elements, including plot and setting, and then write their own stories. If augmented, this lesson could provide a...
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A Sense of Place
Students read "Fish Tale: Falling For a Live One" from The New York Times and discuss the methods and techniques the writer uses to create a strong mental image. Students pick a place in their community they wish to write about and...
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A Creative Presentation
Students read chapter books by Gary Paulsen. In groups, they identify imagery presented in the book. Students locate 10 quotes, categorize each quote into one of the five senses, and then organize it and create a display of their three...
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Incredible Bridges: “Cotton Candy” by Edward Hirsch
Read it, hear it, see it, do it! Young poets experience Edward Hirsch's memory poem, "Cotton Candy," by first closely reading the poem silently, then aloud, watching a video of the poet reading it, and crafting their memory poem of an...
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Sensory Image Chart/Unforgettable Settings
In these sensory image and settings worksheets, students list a book, author, and passage that contains sensory image for the five different senses. Students also read several passages and answer questions about the settings for each.
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Poetry: What's on Your Plate (Part 2)
Students write a short paragraph using strong descriptions. In this using modifiers lesson plan, students define modifier, adjective, adverb, metaphor, and simile. Students then write a journal entry in which they write about a...
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The Power of Poetry
Students utilize the Internet to research figures of speech used in poetry and poetry terms
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Where I Am From
Young scholars study selected poetry to gain an understanding of influences on values and personal identity. They explore language terms such as personification, imagery metaphors and allusion. After reading a poem and discussing it,...
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Poetry Unit Test
In this poetry worksheet, learners complete multiple choice questions on different aspects of poetry. Students complete 40 questions total.
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What's On Your Plate?
Learners explore the use of sensory details in writing. In this journal writing lesson, students write four journal entries after group discussion about a variety of topics such as their weekend, poverty in the United States, and...
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Celebrating the Day of the Dead
Students explore the artwork of the Indo-Hispanic holiday of Day of the Dead. They view images, define key vocabulary terms, and plan and create a two- and three-dimensional sculptural figure.
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CHARTING NEPTUNE'S REALM
Students design a twenty-first century book cover based on the concepts and designs of the eighteenth century.
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Haring Inspired Drawing and Sculpture
Learners research art by identifying the work of Keith Haring. In this sculpting lesson, students utilize the web to examine sculptures and drawings in the style of Keith Haring. Learners utilize sculpting wire, foil, pencils, glue and...
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Poetry Voices
Learners investigate the performance aspect of poetry by reading, writing and discussing poetry pieces.
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Landscape Book
Pupils create a three-dimensional book about landscapes. They must show their understanding of shape, color and balance.
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Tell Me That You Love Me 5-7-5
Learners listen to several examples of Haiku poetry and discuss the strict format. Then students create and edit their own Haiku poems and enhance them with ink designs.
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Those Cells Look Good Enough to Eat
Students explore the parts of the cell. In this cell lesson, students use foods to create cell models that represent the nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane, mitochondria, ribosomes, vacuoles, endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi bodies...
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Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
Sixth graders discuss how people, society, and technology change over time through a unit of integrated lessons. In these changes in society lessons, 6th graders discuss the answers to many questions about how changes effect the...