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Choose, Select, Opt, or Settle: Exploring Word Choice in Poetry
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| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Estimated Time | Four 50-minute sessions, plus time for student projects |
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Champaign, Illinois |
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LESSON PLANS
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring the Power of Language with Six-Word Memoirs
What do the words we write really have to say about us? In this lesson, students examine the power of word choice as they write six-word memoirs of their lives.
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 6 – 12 | Student Interactive | Learning About Language
Explore the similarities and differences among words typically considered synonyms with this tool that allows middle- and secondary-level students organize groups of words by connotation on one axis and by register on another.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 9 – 12 | Calendar Activity | March 26
Poet Robert Frost was born in 1874.
Students celebrate Frost's birthday by exploring his innovation in the sonnet form by studying poems and presenting them to the class.
STRATEGY GUIDES
Grades 3 – 8 | Strategy Guide
Using the Jigsaw Cooperative Learning Technique
In this strategy guide, you will learn how to organize students and texts to allow for learning that meets the diverse needs of students but keeps student groups flexible.