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Figurative Language Instructional Plan



Topic | Standards | Goals| Objectives | Instructional Cycle| Assessment |Materials Needed |Reflection on Teaching
 

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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INSTRUCTIONAL CYCLE

Day 1: Introduction

Day 2: Practice in large and small contexts

Day 3: Practice in large and small contexts


Day 4: Practice in small context

Day 5: Practice in large and small context

Checking for understanding

Closure

 

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ASSESSMENT

 

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MATERIALS NEEDED

                    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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Topic | Standards | Goals| Objectives | Instructional Cycle| Assessment |Materials Needed |Reflection on Teaching


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