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Analyzing Figurative Language and How the Author’s Word Choice Affects Tone and Meaning (Chapter 3) Lesson PlanAnalyzing Figurative Language and How the Author’s Word Choice Affects Tone and Meaning (Chapter 3) Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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6th
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2014
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Analyzing Figurative Language and How the Author’s Word Choice Affects Tone and Meaning (Chapter 3)

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How figurative language affects the tone and meaning in Chapter Three of Christopher Paul Curtis' Bud, Not Buddy is the focus of a series of exercises that ask readers to locate, record, and analyze Curtis' word choices.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

tone, figurative language, diction, word choice, word meanings, christopher paul curtis

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Jigsaw the triads into three larger groups and have kids share a key point of their triads' discussion

Classroom Considerations

  • The third session in a 12-lesson unit
  • Requires a class set of the novel

Pros

  • The richly detailed plan includes a Tracking Bud's Rules graphic organizer, suggestions for language learners, discussion questions, and assessments

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.6.4 L.6.5.a L.6.5.b L.6.5.c

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