EDUC 2220- Educational Technology Lesson Plan Template

Name of your lesson

Kristina Hoffman
4th Grade History and Language Arts

Common Core Standards:

o English Language Arts, Strand: Language, Topic: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
 L.4.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and
phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range or
strategies.
 L.4.4a Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or reinstatements in text) as a clue to
the meaning of a word or phrase.
 L.4.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and
nuances in word meanings.
 L.4.5a Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a
picture) in context.
o English Language Arts Vertical Alignment
 Speaking and Listening Strand: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative
discussions (in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and
texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
o Geography Strand
 Human Systems: Communities may include diverse cultural groups.
o Government Strand
 Civic Participation and Skills: Individuals have a variety of opportunities to act in and
influence their state and national government. Citizens have both rights and
responsibilities in Ohio and the United States.
Lesson Summary:

o Students will understand and identify different types of figurative language including simile,
metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.
o Students will apply their knowledge of figurative language to their reading.

Estimated Duration:
This lesson will only take place during one school day, but because it integrates two subjects the first 50
minutes of the lesson will take place before lunch and recess period. The lesson (final 50 minutes) will
resume afterwards.

Commentary: In my experience with 4th graders, figurative language is confusing and hard to grasp because
there are so many different forms of it. This is why it is important to engage the students by using references
to movies and books that they are familiar with. Kahoots are only used once per week in my classroom, so
this will be exciting for them as a fun assessment.

Instructional Procedures:

 Opening Moves
o “So you have already learned about author’s purpose, and you have done a great job
reflecting that knowledge in your own writing. To further advance your reading and writing
skills, I want to move ahead and discuss figurative language. Before I tell you what figurative
language means, has anybody heard of this before? Does anyone know the difference
between figurative and literal?”

 Procedures
1. Ask the students what they know or think about figurative language before I tell them
what it is. Ask if they have heard of it, or know what the difference is between
something that is literal and something that is figurative.
2. Show students the Figurative Language Notes document on Google Classroom. Read
it aloud to them.
3. Watch the Figurative Language in Movies video.
4. Ask the students if they know of any other songs or movies that contain figurative
language elements.
5. Read the Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have A Dream” Speech with them slowly. (The
link will be in Google Classroom). Slowly interpret the passage and look for
figurative language.
a. Figurative Language elements to point out:
i. “Great beacon light of hope” is a metaphor
1. Hope is compared to a big, shining light
ii. “Seared in flames of withering injustice” is a metaphor
1. Injustice is compared to flames of a fire
iii. “Long night of captivity” is a metaphor
1. Duration of African American oppression is compared to night
 iv. “Chains of discrimination” is personification
1. Discrimination has chains like a human would
v. “Lonely island of poverty” is a metaphor
1. Compares poverty to an island
vi. “Business as usual” is an idiom
1. Return to how things are and always will be
vii. “Justice rolls down like waters” is a simile
1. Compares justice to flowing water
viii. “Righteousness like a mighty stream” is a simile
1. Compares righteousness to a mighty stream
6. Kahoot! On figurative language

Assessment:
o Informal
 Immediate and corrective feedback within question responses, specifically while
reading “I Have A Dream.”
 Observe how much students are engaged and understanding
o Formal
 Kahoot! Figurative Language

Differentiated Instructional Support

o There are several students in this class that have IEPs. To accommodate for their learning
needs during this lesson, I can allow for them to have extended time while reading and while
playing Kahoot. I can also provide cues and prompt responses to questions.

Extension
https://www.opschools.org/Page/7294
This website not only has quick access to the definition and examples of each type of figurative language,
but it also provides other websites for the students to visit.

Homework Options and Home Connections

I would like for each of my students to complete weekly journals or discussion boards in the class Google
Classroom website. After learning about figurative language, they will be able to practice adding it to their
paragraph-long submissions each week.

Interdisciplinary Connections

This lesson plan has already been integrated with history while reading Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech.
However, I would also connect figurative language with mathematics by using the assignment above.

Materials and Resources:

 For teachers o Figurative Language in Movies (video)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMSLgxj2dxk
o Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have A Dream” Speech
 https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
o Kahoot! Figurative Language
 https://embed.kahoot.it/3ce70c36-d0b9-4ebb-894f-7ccb0a508b2d

For students o Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have A Dream” Speech

 https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
o School laptops or iPads

Key Vocabulary
o Figurative Language – language that is intended to create an image or association in the
reader’s mind that goes beyond the literal meaning of the words involved
 Simile – uses words “like” or “as” to compare two objects and suggest they are alike
 Example: busy as a bee
 Metaphor – describes an object in a way that isn’t literally true, but it makes a
comparison
 Example: Raining cats and dogs
 Personification – figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an
animal or object
 Example: My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed
 Alliteration – repetition of the first letter(s) or sound in a series of words
 Example: She sells seashells by the seashore
 Onomatopoeia – A word that imitates a sound
 Example: Snap, crackle, pop
 Hyperbole – An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the
statement is true
 Example: I’m so hungry that I could eat a whole elephant
 Idiom – A word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning
 Example: “Break a leg” means good luck