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Digital Figurative Language Escape Room!

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Want students to be able to spot the difference between similes and metaphors like a dog wants a bone? Are you anxiously anticipating aiding in academic understanding of assonance and alliteration? Are you buzzing for onomatopoeia? Well look no

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English Language Arts, Reading, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Activities

CCSS:

RL.7.4, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.4

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Dystopian Unit (Poems, Short Stories, & Film analysis!)

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Dystopian Unit!Students love digging into dystopian societies! This unit has students track commonalities of dystopian societies across a variety of texts including a poem, short stories, short films, and full length films. Inside of the Dystopian

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities, Graphic Organizers, Movie Guides

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.6, RL.9-10.7, RL.9-10.9, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.1b, W.9-10.8, W.9-10.9, W.9-10.9a, CCRA.W.8, CCRA.W.9...

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"The Quiet World" poem by Jeffrey McDaniel Protocol and Chart

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

This includes a reading protocol, a poetry analysis chart, and critical thinking questions related to Jeffrey McDaniel's poem "The Quiet World."This would go really well with a poetry or Dystopian unit. Students will dig into the meaning of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.6, RL.9-10.10, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4

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Poetry Escape Room - Hands on (Not Digital)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

A hands on, fun, fast paced, poetry escape room for middle school students! After introducing different styles/types of poetry and literary devices, use this escape room to allow students to help teach themselves about different styles of poetry.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5

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Digital Poetry Escape Room

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Want a fun, engaging way to introduce your students to poetry?This Google Form digital escape room with a notes page is a perfect way to do so! Please ensure you are using the link from the "Answer Key" to copy this and share with your students.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Poetry

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities, Games

CCSS:

RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.10

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Poetry Analysis Final Project

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

In this poetry final, students will research 5 poems that they find interesting and briefly analyze them for diction, tone, theme/purpose, and poetic devices. They will then choose 3 to write formal paragraphs on and submit. Computers will

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Assessment

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Similes and Metaphors Through Pop Music

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Students struggling understanding the difference between similes and metaphors? Engage them in learning and using them with these TWO lessons (teaching and review) using pop music they love. This resource contains two PowerPoints: one for teaching

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations

CCSS:

L.6.5, L.7.5, L.8.5, L.9-10.5, L.11-12.5

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Independent Reading Sonnet Project (for any book!)

By Teachers with Books and Cleverness

Do you want students to read a book independently and complete a project for it? Sonnets are a perfect application for this! They develop their poetry skills (counting rhythm, rhyme scheme, etc.) while also showing knowledge of their book. In this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.9, CCRA.W.10

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Two National Boards Certified ELA teachers with 20 years of experience working at both the middle and high school levels. We share a passion for all things books, literature, and of course, Harry Potter!

MY TEACHING STYLE

Focused on engaging activities to encourage critical thinking and developing students self-motivation to be lifelong learners.

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National Boards Certification, National Boards MOC, District Teacher of the Year Nominee

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Specialty, Math, Other (Math), Science, Other (Science), Social Studies, Ancient History, Government, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Art History, Other (Art), Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Performing Arts), Physical Education, Drama, ESL-EFL-ELL, Career and Technical Education, ELA Test Prep, Geography, Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Professional Development, Statistics, Psychology, Study Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, Valentine's Day, For All Subjects, Informational Text, School Psychology, Close Reading