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Writing about Writing: An Extended Metaphor Assignment
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| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Five 50-minute sessions |
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Dr. David Abe
March 09, 2010
This assignment group is an idea I have been considering for quite a while, but didn't have the guts to try it. With the instructions and helps you provide, I tried it with Great Success.
My University Sophmores gobbled this assignment up and really plunged into it....much to my surprise ! I modified it some, by eliminating their writing choices down to paper, letter or short story with a 100-200 word limit and did it all in class. Gave assignment one week for them to think about and to do the writing the next class period. Many of my students were very hesitant to start on Poetry (the old "that's too hard" stuff!) but after reading The Writer in class with them and explaining it with them, they got the metaphor idea well, and just seemed to fly with it.
Thank you for this wonderful tool.......AND....I WILL use it again !
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