Students identify the value of symbols in shorts stories and analyze Flannery O'Connor's use of symbolism. In this symbolism lesson plan, students complete a worksheet about symbols for cars. Students answer questions about...

Students explore Earth Day by creating an arts and crafts project. In this nature appreciation lesson, students utilize nature related vocabulary terms on magnets and put them in different orders to create interesting poetry. Students...

Students complete literary analysis activities for the Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this novel analysis lesson plan, students read chapters 29 and 30 of the novel and complete chapter quizzes. Students write...

Young scholars use different types and lengths of sentences. They write with an insight of the stylistic aspects of composition. Students use precise language including adjectives, adverbs, action verbs and specific details that convey...

Eighth graders are introduced to the mechanics of writing a standard-form essay. They draft, edit and polish a five-paragraph essay about spending the day as an animal of their choice.

Students read a sample found poem and create one together as a class. For this Great Depression lesson, students select a topic, such as miners, and read primary source documents related to the topic. Students select one narrative as the...

Eighth graders explore figurative language through the study of picture books. In this figurative language instructional activity, 8th graders listen to books and chart the figurative language that they hear.  Students discuss...

Fifth graders examine and analyze various poems by Edward Hersey Richards, Robert Frost, and Emily Dickinson. They explore similes, and write journal entry responses.

Third graders log on to the net, type in the address for Scholastic and browse the subjects for the week. They select one area of interest and generate five interesting facts about the article.

Students investigate dialect in poetry as an indication of a people's culture in literature. They write a poem about dating in this era.

Learners create a poem on about spring. They read final version of their poem chorally. They write reflections of their experience in creating the poem.

Students examine the different types of poetic conventions. They write a poem about philanthropy using these conventions. They illustrate their poem with artwork of their choice.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to recognize the literary devices of simile and metaphor and understand their roles in poetry and fiction.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the book Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad to learn to identify and understand the use of simile and metaphor in...

Contains plans for four lessons that teach students 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...

Writers use sensory imagery ("smelled the salty air"), similes ("like a strong man playing tug-of-war"), and metaphors ("the waves roaring in my ears") to capture the reader's imagination. In this lesson, you will learn how to identify...

An eighteen-part learning module with links to videos, charts, and images to teach similes and metaphors.

This lesson focuses on rhetorical devices and how to use them effectively in public speaking. These include alliteration, antithesis, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, repetition and parallelism, and simile and metaphor.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use two provided poems to learn to identify and understand the use of similes and metaphors in poetry. Lesson includes direct teaching, guided practice, and independent...

Contains plans for two lessons that ask students to make connections between literary texts and popular culture texts like song lyrics. After checking popular culture texts for literary elements, these elements are then examined in...

This is a lesson plan for teaching the seven literary terms used in poetry: simile, metaphor, alliteration, imagery, hyperbole, personification, and onomatopoeia.

This lesson focuses on understanding imagery, metaphors, and similes.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this three-lesson unit, students use the book If You Hopped Like a Frog by David Schwartz and some additional short texts to learn to identify and understand the use of simile and metaphor in fiction...