Lesson 11: Skill: Figurative Language
Duration of Days: 3
Lesson Objective
After rereading and discussing a model of close reading, students will be able to describe how the poet’s use of figurative language, such as metaphors, similes, and personification, achieves specific purposes.
1. Have you ever helped a friend try to imagine or visualize something that you’ve seen? Did you compare it to something else, and if so, what kind of comparison did you use?
2. How can you describe feelings by comparing what you feel to something else?
figurative language, figure of speech, context, metaphor, simile, personification
Instruction:
CCSS: RL.6.4, L.6.5.A
Application:
CCSS: RL.6.1, RL.6.4, L.6.5.A, SL.6.1.A, SL.6.1.C, SL.6.2
Describe how author's use of figurative language, such as metaphors, similes, and personification, achieves specific purposes
small groups
on grade level peer support
visual glossary
sentence frames
modified practice
additional examples
Have students complete the multiple-choice questions to demonstrate their understanding of figurative language
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