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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Producing Poetic Podcasts (Hey, That's Alliteration!)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this culminating lesson for a poetry unit, students will create a video podcast that summarizes a specific poem, analyzes the poet's use of literary elements, and infers the meaning of the poem (theme). The podcast must use a talk...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: I Have a Metaphor

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson not only examines the message of Dr. King, but also the words themselves. This is a lesson in identifying the literary devices that he used in his "I Have a Dream" Speech. It will introduce the following literary devices:...
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Rags to Riches: Idioms From Context

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this interactive, "millionaire-style" game, students read passages with idioms in them. Then they will select the correct explanation for each idiom.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Idioms

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This slideshow lesson introduces idioms.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Proverbs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of reading that responds to and analyzes the effects of sound, figurative language, and graphics in...