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Language Arts Unit 8: Figurative Language 5 ~100 minutes as Co-Teaching Lesson Plan

Essential Question: How, and why, do authors use similes, metaphors, and personification as literary devices?
Content Standard: 5.RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. 5.L.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context. Lesson Objective:Students will be able to define simile, metaphor, and personification. Students will identify examples of similes, metaphors, and personification. Students will interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.

A ctivating Strategy: Read poem: A Book Is Like

Discuss what the poet was comparing a book to. Remove the word like from the poem and ask the students if the comparisons remained the same, or did anything change. Pre-Assessment: __Figurative Language Cloze and reflection using white boards Key Vocabulary:_figurative, literal, simile, metaphor, personification

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Teaching Strategies: graphic organizers, differentiated groups based on readiness, collaborative pairs

Core Instruction Materials: Preassessment Cloze, white boards and markers, graphic organizers (1 per student/1 for display projector).
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Considerations (may include adaptations, differentiation, accommodations, and student-specific needs)

Beginning: Reassessment Cloze Activity

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15 min.

Give directions for clozestudents use the whiteboards to write down what word they would choose to complete the cloze, and choose an appropriate example (the choice should create an example of each type of figurative language).

Choose students to offer words that would correctly fill in the sentences. Facilitate discussion about why they chose that word.

Matt, Jared, Mirabel16 pt. font on text. Analy, Kimberly, Jonathan will need choice of 3 words for cloze.