Figurative LanguageSimile, Metaphor
Samantha DeRose10/20/08
Target Audience / Length of Time
• High School Language Arts Grade 12 Advanced Placement
• 45 Minutes
Objectives
• Students will be able to– understand simile / metaphor supporting writer’s
message– identify simile / metaphor– analyze figurative language in AP essay
Outcomes, Evaluation, Assessment
• Outcome– Well-written essay– Confident oral interpretation
• Evaluation– Student participation– Discussions– Group activities– Journals
• Assessment – test, quiz, paper, project
Sense and Meaning
• Asked to recall nicknames
• Asked to describe person close to student using figurative language
Prime Time 1• Power Point presentation
– Simile and Metaphor defined– Song
• Online short film set to poem• Novel excerpt analyzed for figurative language
Down Time
• Journal– Socrates quote– Brainstorming Buddies – pairs discuss quote– Individuals write in journals
Prime Time 2– Voluntarily act out lines from Shakespeare’s plays
• “Juliet is the sun” (Romeo and Juliet, Act II sc. ii)
• “Life’s but a walking shadow” (Macbeth, Act V, sc. v)
• “Death lies upon her like an untimely frost” (Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, sc. v.)
– Verbalize real-life comparisons to a rose– Asked how similes and metaphors are used in
daily life / music / literature
Learning StylesConcrete Sequential• Counting lines in poetry• Counting number of times figurative language is used
Abstract Sequential• Evaluating excerpt from novel•Discussing quote
Concrete Random•Writing Journal•Acting out lines
Abstract Random•Listening to poems, music•Listening to buddies•Watching actors•Focusing on tasks
Multiple IntelligencesVerbal Linguistic
Small Group Discussion
Mathematic
Counting number of times writer uses figurative language
Musical
Listen to song, identify figurative language
VisualSpatial
View Power Point set to song and video clip identifying figurative lang.
BodilyKinesthetic
Acts out figurative language – excerpt from play
Interpersonal
Buddy Brainstorming for Journal Socrates Quote
Intrapersonal
Journal – Respond to Socrates quote
Naturalistic
Smell, touch, see a rose –make comparison
Existential
Socrates quote “Envy is the ulcer of the soul” – Journal response
Technology
• Power Point – demonstrating figurative language
• Audio/Visual Clip – Author’s reading
Neurons & Sensory InputSensory Cells send messages to brainas students see visuals, hear sounds, smell items, touch objects during lesson.
Integration occurs - neurons (sensory cells) interpretinput to make sense
Cerebral Lobes & Limbic System
Works CitedBloomberg, Robert. “Naming of the Parts.” Film, 1971.
Chudler, Eric H. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/lobe.html , Neuroscience for Kids, Online Resource, 2008. Retrieved from Internet for project October, 2008.
Cristini, A., Blocher, Donna, (?)Evelyn (2008). “Linking the Brain, Mind, Teaching, and Learning. Brainy Bits.” Class notes, Fall semester.
Gardner, Howard (1999) Intelligence Reframed. Multiple intelligences for the 21st century, New York: Basic Books.
Google Images
Microsoft Clip Art
Santo, Susan A. http://www.usd.edu/~ssanto/gregorc.html , Gregorc Learning Styles, Online Resource, December, 2007. Retrieved from Internet for project October, 2008.
Shakespeare, William. “Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth,”
Sousa, David A. How the Brain Learns. 2nd Edition, Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press, Inc., 2001.
Train. Drops of Jupiter. Sony, 2001.
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