Connotation & Denotation Mini Lesson and Activities for Middle School ELA

*2021 Update* This is the first step to get your students to understand tone. With this mini lesson, you will teach your middle school students what connotation and denotation mean, and its importance in a sentence. It is a great starting off point for analyzing passages.

What's Included:

1. Google Slides Presentation: 10 creative and colorful slides that will help your students understand the basics of connotation and denotation

2. Vocabulary and Definitions: Introduces and explains- Figurative , Literal, Connotation, Denotation. There is also a Quizziz vocabulary practice embedded into the slides!

3. Whole Class Practice Article: Determine how a word is used with a positive or negative connotation compared to its denotation and write correlating sentences. (Answer key Included)

4. Student Practice: This can be used independently or with a partner. Quest activities can be completed digitally on the google slides or on paper.

• Quest 1: Positive and Negative Connotation Activity
• Quest 2: Applying Connotative Understanding to determine author's attitude
• Quest 3: Changing neutral sentences to positive and negative by changing one word.
• Quest 4: Writing about impressions of sports teams based on their team name.
• Quest 5: Personality graphic organizer with short story writing activity.

5. Answer Key and Instructions: Find your instructions, links, and answer key all on one PDF document.

6. Video link to go with this lesson: https://youtu.be/zoiaCMCqsds

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