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Patterns In Poetry: Images (Part 3)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore imagery in poetry. For this poetry lesson, students examine how the use of metaphors and similes aid in reading comprehension. Multiple resources are provided.
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Imagery and Emily Dickinson

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore imagery, particularly in relation to figurative language.
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Recognizing Similes: Fast as a Whip

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students review basic knowledge of similes and engage with similes on a more abstract level. In this similes lesson, students define similes and identify examples. Students read and analyze the similes used in poetry by Derricotte,...
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Lift Every Voice and Sing

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze sculpture, poetry, and music to gain an understanding of historical events. In this critical thinking skills lesson, students take a closer look at African-American history as they examine "Lift Every Voice and Sing'"...
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Review of Literary Devices

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders review literary devices. They use both fiction and nonfiction texts to review metaphor, simile, alliteration, imagery, symbolism and personification. This instructional activity has a scripted guide for the teacher to follow.
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Imagery

For Teachers 4th - 6th
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

For Teachers 6th
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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Dazzling Digital Poem Project

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a digital poem using PowerPoint, Audacity.com, and www.freeplaymusic.com. In this digital poem lesson, 8th graders write and edit original poems. Students utilize figurative language and imagery in poems and review...
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Teaching Imagery

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the terms idyll and imagery. They read "A Winter Idyll" from "Snowbound" as a class. They break into groups of 5 and respond/react to their lines to make connections to the text.
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Figuring Out Frost

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read "The Runaway" by Robert Frost and analyze it for its literal and symbolic meanings. They compare their personal experiences with the poet's suggestions about youthful attitudes and behaviors. Some nice worksheets are...
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Introducing Symbols–The Beach

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Looking for a way to introduce class members to the concept of symbolism and multiple levels of meaning? Readers examine two different passages about the beach and consider how the writers use concrete objects, and places to represent...
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Telling Stories: Symbols of a Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Art and literature can go hand in hand, they both are used to express elements of the self in a creative and interesting way. Budding story tellers interpret and analyze the narrative elements they find in a work of art. They focus on...
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Using Rock to Teach Literary Devices: Jimi Hendrix “The Wind Cries Mary”

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore literary elements through music. In this figurative language instructional activity, students examine imagery and personification in "The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix.
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Polar Bear Literacy Activity

For Teachers K - 1st
Students generate vocabulary words synonymous or related to "noise." In this literacy activity, students listen to the book Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do You Hear? by Bill Martin and Eric Carle and discuss the meaning of vocabulary...
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A Sense of Place

For Teachers 6th - 12th
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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Color Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe colors. In this descriptive writing instructional activity, students brainstorm color descriptions using all of the senses except sight. Students write poems including similes, sensory images, and interesting word...
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Analyzing Advertising Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study hyperbole and imagery in advertising. In this advertising techniques lesson, students identify hyperbole and imagery in print advertisements.
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A Creative Presentation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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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Satire in Fiction

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders identify satire in various fictional texts.  In this language arts lesson plan, 12th graders will learn to define satire, parody, and caricature. Students will identify different forms of satire in historical and...
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Let Freedom Ring: The Life & Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use text and photos to visualize the delivery of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historic "I Have A Dream" speech. They analyze Dr. King's speech for examples of imagery and allusion and create original poetry and illustrations...
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War Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Working in groups, young historians review a war poem written by Stephen Crane. After reviewing the poem, they present an oral interpretation of the poem and hold a panel discussion about their analysis. The panel is made up of five or...
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Telling Stories About Ourselves

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover how visual images communicate meaning. They create costumes that tell personal stories and perform dances wearing the costumes.
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"Black Boy"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students read a series of sentences and decide what literary term is being shown. They also discuss a novel about prejudice.
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Sound Devices in Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars examine the impact of sound devices in poetry. In this poetry instructional activity, students read the listed poems and identify uses of alliteration, repetition, consonance, rhythm, rhyme, and slang. Young scholars...