Week 11: Developing
ideas for final project
My lesson will be in the subject of Language Arts. The state
standard (TEKS) that will drive the lesson is the following: 7.8A Determine the figurative meaning of
phrases and analyze how an author’s use of language creates imagery, appeals to
the senses, and suggests mood. The design of the lesson will follow the
format I am required to use presently in my campus. The topic I would like to
address will be figurative language in poetry. The tool my students and I will
be using is Inspiration. I will use this tool in various ways.
First, I will teach students what figurative language is and
how it is used by writers. I will address Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole, Idiom
and Personification. Secondly, we will analyze poetry from various authors to
practice identifying figurative language. Third, I would like for students to
classify figurative language from a poem titled The Witch by Jack Prelutzky using Inspiration. They will
also write a paragraph explaining how figurative language creates imagery,
appeals to the senses, and suggests mood.
Finally, Students will be required to create an
autobiographical poem using each of the types of figurative language. Last, I
would use the online rubric maker to
make the rubric that will be used to assess the autobiographical product of
each student.
I also will be using Inspiration. I liked the program and also they let you have a free 30 day trial, to good to pass up. I think that these mapping programs allow the students to break things down into a way that they can then visualize. It provides a different learning modality. It will be interesting to see your and my projects. The same tool used in two different classes.
ReplyDeleteAlso, are you going to build the rubric or are you going to have the class build it?
Tom
I will build the rubric this time since I have to show them how Inspiration works first, and this alone is very challenging for my students.
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