Grade 8
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Language
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Reading: Informational
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Reading: Literature
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Speaking & Listening
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Writing
CCSS ELA Standard: 8.RL.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Let's help William Shakespeare with his use of repetition.
Let's take a starting phrase about St. Patrick's Day and get specific. No, even more specific!
Let's make this simile about a strong uncle even more specific.
Students will make this slimy broccoli simile seriously specific.
Let's make this simile about a quick baby even more specific.
Let's make this simile about a loud class super specific!
Students will make this simile about stinky seaweed super specific.
What if... Edgar Allen Poe wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words ("Jabberwocky") and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it's only natural for students to write their own nonsense poems.
Ready to push kids beyond the boring, old ABAB rhyme scheme and into something a bit more complex?