Blended Learning Lesson Plan

Lesson Title:

Identifying, Explaining, and Using Literary Devices

Objectives:

Students will be able to apply literary devices into their own writing.

Students will be able to describe the purpose of each literary device.

State Standards:

RL.9.1 Identify the literary devices of rhythm, repetitive language, and simile and sound devices
of rhyme, onomatopoeia, and alliteration; explain how the author uses each.

C.5.2 Employ a combination of words, phrases, rhythm, rhyme, repetitive language, similes,
onomatopoeia, and alliteration for impact.

Context: Before the standard of literacy devices, the students have previously learned about
intonation, word stress, voice inflection, expression, rhythm, and rhyme. This will help the
students understand the material being taught, increase their engagement/comprehension, and
learn how to identify, explain, and use the various literary devices.

Data: Students will be grouped based on their previous quiz grade about the different literary
devices and their group presentations of poems, short stories, role-play, or songs. There will be a
lower group, middle group, and higher group that the students are placed in according to the
grades that they received. The lower group includes the students who need the most help with the
material. This is for them to relearn the lesson. The middle group includes the students who need
to review the content of the lesson. The higher group includes the students who have a strong
comprehension about literary devices. This is to allow each group to focus on standard RL.9.1
C.5.2 (with classmates of the same comprehension level) and be able to differentiate/understand
rhythm, repetitive language, similes, rhyme, onomatopoeia, and alliteration. In this lesson,
student learning data will be collected through a class Jeopardy game and an exit ticket.

Materials:

Part of Lesson Materials Needed Link

Introduction Smart Board, YouTube https://youtu.be/piAwuADrC

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https://youtu.be/FBQCgjo1Q
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https://youtu.be/5T52TCrQ2

Teacher Directed Smart Board (Download
Worksheets), Classroom
Read-ALoud Book as a
reference
Collaborative Smart Board (Jeopardy)
Independent Digital App: IXL
iPad, English Notebook, and
Pencil
Closure Printed Worksheet, Quiz on
their iPad
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https://youtu.be/RVophT8na
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https://youtu.be/cSPmGPIyyk
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https://www.education.com/w
orksheet/article/simile-or-
metaphor/
https://www.education.com/w
orksheet/article/write-your-
own-metaphors/
https://www.education.com/w
orksheet/article/write-your-
own-similes/
https://www.education.com/w
orksheet/article/alphabet-
alliteration/
https://www.education.com/w
orksheet/article/metaphor-
and-simile-search/
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/
literary-devices-461
https://www.ixl.com/ela/topic
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https://easyteaching.net/wp-
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https://www.tinytap.com/activ
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 literary-devices-quiz

All of the materials do not have to be used and the teacher will pick the ones he/she likes the
most.

Detailed paragraphs from here on down.

Procedures:

Introduction (10 minutes): To introduce the students with literary devices, I will show them
youtube videos describing the basics. These videos have nice graphics and fun sounds that will
grab the students attention to make them curious. I will also provide them with the links of these
videos so that they can watch them on their own for more fun and additional information.

Teacher Directed (20 minutes): After the students learned the basics from the introduction
videos, the teacher will complete the worksheets with the class. During this time, I will teach the
students the content and use the class’s read-aloud book to find examples of literary devices. The
students will have their own copy of the worksheets and will complete them with the teacher as a
class. I will also encourage student participation by having all my students go up to the board and
complete a question at least once. I will take his/her time to give students a chance to ask
questions. This part of the plan is where the teacher will be teaching the most.

Collaborative (20 minutes): Jeopardy is a great classroom game for teaching students to work
with others. The students will be divided into teams based on their presentations/quiz grades and
will be able to think of the solution together. Many students enjoy this activity because the teams
compete to have the highest score (whichever team wins earns candy). In addition, Jeopardy
gives the students the ability to choose the difficulty of a question to promote them to take risks
to earn a higher score. Another great aspect of Jeopardy is that it only requires the teacher to
have a smart board or large screen. The students do not need any materials so they can remain
free of distractions and focus on working out problems with the group.

Independent Digital (20 minutes): When it comes time for my students to practice their skills on
their own, I will assign them IXL assignments. IXL is an effective resource because it allows
teachers to see an instant score to track their students progress. Additionally, this website/app
provides help and correct answers to make sure the students understand their mistakes. Students
can take their time with IXL and pause the assignment at any time at home so that they can
practice/study at their own pace. The lessons that they do not complete in class, are to be
completed for homework that night. They should be ready to show me their scores the next day
for a homework grade.

Closure (10 minutes): When it is getting time for the class to move on, I will give them an easy
and effective worksheet. Students will have to cut out the boxes of the literary devices and
examples. Once all the boxes are cut out the students will match/glue the definition with the
example on a construction piece of paper. The assignment should not be too difficult for the
students and is a good measure for the teacher to see if the class understood the lesson. After the
students are finished with this activity, they will complete the English Literary Devices Quiz on
their iPads. This quiz will not be graded as it is just to analyze each student’s progress.