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Neh: Edsit Ement: Introducing Metaphors Through Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed to help students begin to engage with metaphors on a deeper and more abstract level. The lesson will begin with a poem containing metaphors accessible at all levels, and with each poem, the lesson will progress in...
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Concepts and Practices for Writing Courses: Interpreting Literature

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This tutorial surveys the way readers should interpret literature or text in symbols, syntax, meaning, and the like. The article features a Literary Toolkit for Analyzing Literature.