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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Deciphering the Mechanics of Poetry

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read and listen to various types of poetry. They analyze the meaning of the poems by examining the use of poetic devices, voice and author's intention.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Poetry Search

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this Literature worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to poetry. There are 27 words located in the word search.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Found Poetry with Primary Sources: The Great Depression

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils read a sample found poem and create one together as a class. In this Great Depression lesson, students select a topic, such as miners, and read primary source documents related to the topic. Pupils select one narrative as the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spelling List 4: Sight Words, "al/il," and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 21 words 2 times each. Words are sight, academic or have the al/il sound. A reference website is given.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery, Metaphor, and Simile (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on understanding imagery, metaphors, and similes.
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Activity
Other

My Schoolhouse: Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Definitions and examples of simile, metaphor, and hyperbole followed by 15 sentences asking students to identify whether the sentence contains a simile, metaphor, or hyperbole.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Bud, Not Buddy: Similies and Metaphors

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
These games use the similes and metaphors from the novel Bud, Not Buddy. There are three games: Flashcards, Matching, and Concentration. Flashcards has half of the simile/metaphor on each side of the card; Matching has students match the...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Simile and Metaphor

For Students 7th - 9th
You will learn how to explain the effect of similes and extended metaphors in literary text.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Simile and Metaphor (English Iii Reading)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
You will be able to identify the similes and metaphors in a text and evaluate their importance to the meaning of the text. W.11-12.2d Lang/Fig/Voc
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Text: Imagery, Metaphor, and Simile

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery: Simile and Metaphor (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[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.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery: Simile and Metaphor (English I Reading)

For Students 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Identify the similes and metaphors in a text and evaluate their importance to the meaning of the text. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery, Metaphor, and Simile (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Evaluate the role of imagery, metaphor, and simile in literary nonfiction such as speeches and essays.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Simile and Metaphor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explain the effect of similes and extended metaphors in literary text.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Grammar Basics: Metaphors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about similes and metaphors through this multimedia presentation. First view a slide show describing different types of metaphors as well as a simile. Then watch a video [3:13] showing similes and metaphors used in popular songs. A...
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Metaphor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Metaphor" including a definition and links to simile, personification, hyperbole, anology, and other figures of speech.
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eBook
Other

Paradigm Education: My Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The text of Act IV of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, accompanied by audio narration. Be sure to advance to scenes 2 and 3 (or to other acts of the play) using the buttons at the top. Includes audio narration, performance clips, discussion...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: 4th Grade Lesson: Similes and Metaphors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[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...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: An Ocean Unit Exploring Simile and Metaphor

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Metaphors and Similes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces metaphors and similes. It also provides practice and a writing assessment.
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Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Figurative Language Worksheets

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying different types of figurative language. Reinforcement is provided through the worksheets, quizzes, video game links, and online sites for the following types...
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Graphic
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Identifying Figures of Speech [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A graphic organizer which allows students to document and list the figures of speech they identify in a given piece of literature. These include simile, metaphor, personification, and symbol, and require examples from the text.
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Lesson Plan
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Literary Terms Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This is a lesson plan for teaching the seven literary terms used in poetry: simile, metaphor, alliteration, imagery, hyperbole, personification, and onomatopoeia.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Similes and Metaphors

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
An eighteen-part learning module with links to videos, charts, and images to teach similes and metaphors.

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