In this lesson plan, Teaching Grammar in Context by Constance Weaver provides foundational information for this lesson plan. When I Go Camping with Grandma, a book by Marion Dane Bauer, is used as the mentor text of this lesson plan....

In this lesson, the first chapter of the novel Girl with a Pearl Earring is used as a mentor text. Students will identify metaphors and then create their own unique metaphorical descriptions that they will begin to collect in their...