Curated OER
Hamlet
Young scholars examine patterns of imagery in Hamlet by using online resources. Students compare the patterns they see to those they've found in other Shakespeare plays. Then young scholars draw conclusions about why Shakespeare might...
Curated OER
See What I Hear
Students investigate the link between music and visual art by applying principles of design to convey the emotions/expressions in different types of music.
Curated OER
Imagery
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.
Curated OER
Visual Poetry Lets Students 'See' The Words
Pupils read a favorite poem and create a Power Point slide show depicting a visual interpretation of the images in the poem.
Curated OER
Something is Rotten in Denmark!
Students identify a key line from a Shakespearean play and create a poem based on the imagery evoked by the dialogue.
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Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Poetic Devices [Pdf]
This is a nine-page PDF on poetic devices; it includes four sections: The Sounds of Words, The Meanings of Words, Arranging the Words, and The Images of Words. Each section includes the poetic devices that fit the topic complete with...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Cuban Crab Migration
In this video segment from Nature, crabs face numerous obstacles in their migration from their forest home to the Caribbean Sea. [4:09]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Poetic Stickup: Put the Financial Aid in the Bag
See performance artist, Carvens Lissaint to use language, metaphor, and imagery to express an emotional plea to make college education more accessible to all. [5:05]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The World of Volcanoes
In this segment from Nature, Scientists travel to the top of Mount Kilauea to collect molten lava samples for testing.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Porter in Detail
An extremely extensive look into three works of Katherine Anne Porter. A biographical sketch of Porter, discussion of her works, a study guide, and related links are all provided.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Starting & Stopping With Strong Imagery: Revision Strategy
In this lesson, students will engage in revising their writings to incorporate sensory images. Students will brainstorm topics of places, away from their home, that are special. Then students will choose and then write a descriptive...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: An Image of a Child Can Change the Way We See the World
Article reports on the power of imagery to change how people perceive various crises and how they affect children.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature; American Romanticism: Vocabulary
This lesson focuses on defining the literary terms in American Romanticism. It features a list of terms and an interactive crossword puzzle using them.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: American Romanticism: Edgar Allan Poe
This lesson focuses on Edgar Allan Poe and his short story "The Fall of the House of Usher." It features links to the Discovery Education Video: "Profile of the Author: Edgar Allan Poe" (Registration required), a Poe biography, the text...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Transcendentalism: Key Terms
This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on key literary terms that fit the writings of the period and an interactive crossword puzzle using the terms and their definitions.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Modernism: William Carlos Williams
This lesson focuses on William Carlos Williams and his poems using images of everyday life including "The Red Wheelbarrow" and "This is Just to Say."
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Modern Poet
This is an introduction to a modern poetry unit; it features links to poetry and technology standards and a list of key terms. The essential questions for the unit focuses on the characteristics of contemporary poetry, how poets use...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Modern Poet: Poetry Terms
This is a poetry terms presentation which defines poetry terms.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature:the Modern Poet: Luis J. Rodriguez
This lesson focuses on Luis J. Rodriguez and his poem "The Concrete River." It features links to Rodriguez's biography and "The Concrete River." The text of the lesson provides a list of question about the poem that the students should...
TES Global
Tes: Much Ado About Nothing: Shakespeare Resource Pack
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource from the National Theatre will assist students interpret the dramati production William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Visualizing Cultures
Illustrating the impact artwork can have in molding a society or culture can be added to with this impressive collection of resources.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Imagery and Figurative Language (Grade 8)
In this lesson, students learn how to make complex inferences and use textual evidence such as imagery and figurative language to support understanding.
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.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Imagery and Figurative Language (English 7 Reading)
This lesson, focuses on three ways to use figurative language: to create imagery, to appeal to the senses (using sensory detail), and to suggest mood.