Curated OER
It's Time to Open Wide for O
Young scholars recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through listening and decoding activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students match the phoneme and letter in words they read on...
Curated OER
Most Wanted Villians
Students review the characteristics of various characters in fairytales. As a class, they review the story details and create a concept map using a software program. They create their own wanted poster of the villians in the fairytale to...
Curated OER
Method for Teaching the Blending of Sounds: Train Technique
Students explore the blending of individual sounds to make words and, using visuals and manipulatives, equate this process to the hooking up of railroad cars to make a train. They link individual letters/sounds to make short words.
Curated OER
Major Issues Facing America
Students continue to examine the issues of the 2004 presidential election. Using the internet, they discover where they stand on each issue and where each candidate stands on the issues as well. In groups, they participate in a...
Curated OER
Sorting the Loyalist Documents
Students organize the Canadian Loyalist primary source documents and add more information to their primary source document concept maps.
Curated OER
Creating Storyboards for Younger Students
Students create electronic storyboards for younger children about a nearby refuge and lake. After interviewing the younger students about their impressions of the lake, they use Powerpoint to make the storyboard, including the interview,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Imagery and Figurative Language (Grade 6)
This lesson focuses on the use of imagery and figurative language in writing to aid understanding and create images in the mind.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Folk Speech, Figurative Language
In this lesson plan, students will consider Their Eyes Were Watching God: Folk Speech and Figurative Language. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. This activity provides students with an...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Figurative Language Awards Ceremony
Contains plans for five to seven lessons that teach about figurative language like similes, metaphors, and personification by asking students to write award acceptance speeches that incorporate them. In addition to objectives and...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Finding Figurative Language in the Phantom Tollbooth
Contains plans for four lessons that use The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster to teach about figurative language. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to handouts and to sites used in the...
TES Global
Blendspace: Figurative Language & Tone
A twelve-part learning module with links to texts, videos, and websites on figurative language and tone.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Poetry Lesson: Paradox Poetry
Jack Johnson's "Inaudible Melodies" creates an interesting paradox of how society perceives itself versus the reality of how society really behaves. After listening to a second song using paradox in order to further understand the...
TES Global
Blendspace: Figurative Language
A twelve-part learning module on figurative language including links to images, videos, a song, and a game to help students learn.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Figurative Language Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson helps students understand figurative language.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Irony, Sarcasm, and Paradox (English Ii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to evaluate the role of irony, paradox, and sarcasm in literary nonfiction such as speeches and essays. It includes the definitions and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Descriptive Writing: What Is Descriptive Writing?
This lesson focuses on what descriptive writing including defining it and discussing the characteristics. It includes links to several websites about descriptive writing including the Discovery Education Video: "Literature for Children:...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Euphemisms
This slideshow lesson focuses on euphemisms including providing definition and background, lists of common examples, practice determining meaning, information about when to use, and links to more information about them. L.9-10.5a Figures...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: An Ocean Unit Exploring Simile and Metaphor
Contains plans for four lessons that teach learners about similes and metaphors using ocean themed resources. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Poetry and Music Fun With Chris Daughtry
This language arts lesson grabs students' attention by incorporating a popular musician. The lyrics to "Over You" include vivid language that makes identifying figures of speech intriguing. The students will identify similes, metaphors,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Text: Syntax
A learning module that teaches students about syntax in six mini-lessons: Introduction, What is Syntax?, The Building Blocks of Syntax-Clauses and Phrases, Adding on-Figures of Speech, and Your Turn.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Close Reading of Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking"
Contains plans for two lessons that explain an inductive method for analyzing poetry. Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking" is analyzed using this model as an example, although the method can be used on a variety of poems. In addition to...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Style Choices of Hemingway and Hawthorne
Lesson plan which helps students understand the impact of the literary element of style on a piece of writing. Students read and analyze the works of Ernest Hemingway and Nathaniel Hawthorne. L.11-12.3 Language Functions/Style,...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Troll's Paradox Riddle?
You and your brother have discovered another realm and set off exploring the new wonderful world. Along the way, you see a troll catching creatures in an enormous net. The troll agrees to release the creatures if you can come up with a...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Writing Abc Books to Enhance Reading Comprehension
Contains plans for four lessons that are adaptable to many texts that learners may be reading. Students analyze the text for literary elements such as characters, setting, figures of speech, and themes, and then publish their findings in...