Lets Figure It Out...
Figurative Language
Instructional Plan
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Instructional Cycle| Assessment |Materials
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TOPIC
Figurative
language expresses an authors inner feelings, thoughts, and emotions through
expressions and phrases their audience can relate to. A developing writer
needs to experience the use of figurative language in other written material to
encourage and develop their own use of this special writing tool. Through
this unit the students will have the opportunity to reach back into history's
past to develop their own skills in figurative language.
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STANDARDS
Greenville County and South
Carolina Curriculum Standards
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GOAL
Documents such as letters,
poems, every day
writing, and songs, found in the Library of Congress tell about the
history and culture of our country and include figurative language used by
writers to help readers experience or clarify the life, the feelings, actions,
thoughts, and values of people they refer to or make the setting in which they
lived more vivid and understandable.
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OBJECTIVES
The students will:
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fill out a K-W-L chart relating what they
know about figurative language (similes, metaphors, hyperboles, and
idioms)--Day 1
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develop their
Inspiration chart relating to figurative language during teacher
instruction of each type--Day 1
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define and match types of figurative
language in oral examples--Day 1
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read to identify the different types of
figurative language in the American Memories Collection: 19th
Century Song Sheets--Day 2
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brainstorm and develop a web using the
guiding questions in the Web Quest on figurative language--Day 3
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create a poster "selling" a product
through the use of figurative language--Day 4
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present a brief presentation of the
student's advertising poster--Day 5
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INSTRUCTIONAL CYCLE
Day 1: Introduction
- The teacher will overview of what the students will be learning and doing
during the unit on figurative language--Inspiration
Map
- Students will fill out "K" and "W" portions of the
K-W-L chart
- The teacher will present the an introductory PowerPoint Presentation
to capture the interest of the
students. (Dr. Hecker and Dr. Pecoy, this presentation is separate
from the required presentation.) (html format) (ppt format)
- The teacher will then cover the types of figurative language while
allowing students to fill in their graphic organizer for future
reference: Figurative Language Inspiration Map for students
- Oral Examples of the different types of figurative language will be given
to allow the students to practice this new skill. Sites
for examples
- Throughout the day students will use the classroom computer or go to the
computer lab to self assess their understanding of figurative language in the "Can You Figure It Out" Quiz
--Interactive element
Day 2:
Practice in large and small contexts
- The teacher will introduce the lesson by reviewing with the students their
inspiration map describing the different types of figurative language.
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The teacher will then present
PowerPoint Presentation--Figurative Language
(html format) (ppt format)
- In groups students will write a list areas of writing that figurative
language can be used.
- The teacher will divide students into groups of three or four and pass out
the list of poems from Poetry Page: American Memories Collection: 19th Century Song
Sheets
- The poetry page listed above are poems that have already been downloaded from the LOC, but if you
would prefer to get your own examples,
click here for
the original collection.)
- In groups, students will choose a 2 poems from the Library of Congress and
record an examples of the different types of figurative language found in each
poem. CHALLENGE: Try to find at least one example of a simile, metaphor,
hyperbole, and idiom.
- Student recording sheet for poetry search
- The teacher will circulate through the classroom answering questions and
offering assistance.
- The class will come together to share two examples found and allow other
groups to figure out which type of figurative language each
statement is.
Day 3:
Practice in large and small contexts
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The class will meet in the Computer lab for the
Figurative Language Web Quest
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The teacher will need to give instructions regarding
proper behavior in the lab. Click here
for teacher script of Web Quest
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Students will need to choose a product from the Web Quest
product list then begin to develop a web brainstorming the essential questions stated in the
Web Quest
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For homework, students will need to finish developing
their top three "selling statements" and discuss with family members, friends,
and classmates which statement would be "sell" his/her product.
Day 4:
Practice in small context
- Students will ask the teacher their final questions for how to best use
figurative language in writing the best "selling statement."
- The students will begin and complete their advertising posters started from Figurative Language Web Quest
- Students will review the process taken to develop their advertising
poster: brainstorming, web development, conversing with others about how to
use figurative language in selling an object, and then how they developed
their final product.
- In the remainder of class time and then finishing for homework, students
will develop a 3 x 5 card of "speaking
points card" for a 1 minute oral presentations about his/her
advertisement poster.
Day 5:
Practice in large and small context
- The students will present their oral presentations of their advertisement
posters.
- Allow audience to give constructive feedback to students about whether or
not they would buy the product--could there be a better way to state the
"selling statement", etc.
- As a wrap up for the lesson, allow students to complete the "L" portion of the
K-W-L chart.
Checking for understanding
Closure
- Students share the "L" portion of their K-W-L chart telling what they
learned about figurative language.
- The next day in "Daily Journal" time, the students will write about the
most important things they learned from the unit on figurative language.
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ASSESSMENT
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MATERIALS NEEDED
- Examples of figurative language:
1. Similes and
Metaphors
2.
Building Similes and Metaphors (Great class instruction or individual
practice!)
3.
Hyperboles (be selective as some examples are not best suited for
elementary students)
4. Idioms
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REFLECTION ON TEACHING
Each time this unit is taught take a couple minutes to
write down what things worked, what didn't work, what kind of adjustments needed
to be made, and how the students reactions to the different elements of the
unit. Also, record great ideas you and the students discovered along the
path of learning..."Reflections" Worksheet
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