Lesson Plan
Figurative Language
Lisa S. Wallis
GOAL STATEMENT: Writers of beautiful text use figurative
language to create vivid pictures in the readers’ minds and extend the comprehension
of the selection. Examples of figurative
language are found in prose.
STANDARDS:
6-R1.1 Demonstrate the ability to read a
variety of texts fluently.
6-R1.4 Demonstrate the
ability to summarize and paraphrase texts.
6-R1.12 Demonstrate the
ability to use graphic representations such as charts, graphs, pictures, and
graphic organizers as information sources and as a means of organizing
information and events logically.
6-R2.5 Demonstrate the ability to identify
elements of style such as word choice and sentence structure (syntax) in a variety
of texts.
6-R2.6 Demonstrate the
ability to analyze devices of figurative language such as the extended
metaphor; begin identifying imagery and symbolism.
6-R3.3 Demonstrate the
ability to use sentence structure (syntax) and context to determine meanings of
unfamiliar words and multi-meaning words.
6-R3.4 Demonstrate the
ability to analyze the figurative use of words in context.
6-R3.5 Demonstrate the
ability to make simple and complex analogies.
6-W2.1 Demonstrate the
ability to use writing to explain and inform.
6-W2.2 Demonstrate the
ability to use writing to learn, entertain, and describe.
6-C3.1 Demonstrate the
ability to make predications about the content of what he/she views.
6-RS2.1 Demonstrate the
ability to use a variety of resources, including technology, to access
information.
6-RS2.4 Demonstrate the
ability to summarize the information that he or she has gathered.
Objectives:
MATERIALS:
LOC :
http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/twain
http://memory.loc.gov/mss/magbell/081/08100101/0002.jpg
WWW :
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/twain/huckfinn.html
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/modeng/modengT.browse.html#Twain,%20Mark,%201835-1910
SCHEDULE:
Day 1:
Figurative Language – PowerPoint presentation, worksheet to identify four types
of figurative language and to practice writing sentences and ideas using
figurative language.
Day 2:
Samuel Clemmons – LOC web sites on Samuel Clemmons, examples of figurative
language used by Clemmons, web search worksheet
Day 3:
Figurative Language Journals: Students will copy examples of figurative
language from the novel and under each citation, identify the type of
figurative language and explain the citation’s literal meaning. Required to find one – two
examples for each chapter. (More
if possible)
Day 4:
Introduce The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Reading Response Journals
for figurative language entries
Day 5-14:
Read the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn aloud as a class and in reading
groups on alternating days
Day 15:
Compare Reading Response Journals
Day 16:
Assessment – Matching excerpt examples of figurative language from The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with the type and the literal meaning.
Day 17:
Assessment – In the computer lab, Reading Counts Test for The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
Assessment:
Reading Counts Test
Figurative Language Journals
