ELA.9.R.3.1

In this lesson, students will be challenged with self-discovery as they gain a deeper understanding of the poem, "The Hangman," by Maurice Ogden. Teachers will guide students using text annotation to focus on specific word choice and examine its impact on the poem. Further, students will gain a deeper understanding of the poem through responding and discussing the answers to text-dependent questions. In the culminating writing assignment, students will demonstrate their understanding through a written response that is supported by details from the text. Text-dependent questions and key, rubric for the writing task, and other handouts are included as attachments with the lesson.

Type: Lesson Plan

Students examine the poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," and determine the mood of the poem from figurative language and repetitive elements contained in the poem.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will discuss the importance of imagery as it pertains to writing. They will practice using vivid descriptions through their writing.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will read an excerpt from the prologue of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. They will focus on how the word choices impact the mood of the excerpt. The summative assessment is a two-paragraph writing assignment which will require students to discuss how Zusak's use of figurative language creates mood in the prologue.

Type: Lesson Plan

Continue to study epic similes in excerpts from The Iliad in Part Two of this two-part series. In Part Two, you'll learn about mood and how the language of an epic simile produces a specified mood in excerpts from The Iliad.

Make sure to complete Part One before beginning Part Two. Click HERE to view "That's So Epic: How Epic Similes Contribute to Mood (Part One)."

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Learn about how epic similes create mood in a text, specifically in excerpts from The Iliad, in this two-part series.

In Part One, you'll define epic simile, identify epic similes based on defined characteristics, and explain the comparison created in an epic simile.

In Part Two, you'll learn about mood and how the language of an epic simile produces a specified mood in excerpts from The Iliad. Make sure to complete both parts!

Click HERE to view "That's So Epic: How Epic Similes Contribute to Mood (Part Two)." 

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Explore two poems by Robert Frost: “Pasture” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” In this interactive tutorial, you’ll identify the author’s use of imagery in each poem and determine the mood that’s created in each poem. By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to explain how imagery contributes to the mood of a poem.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

This resource provides teachers with the tools to help students analyze the speech delivered by President Ronald Reagan following the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster. Students will focus on how President Reagan conveys and supports his central idea through the use of two specific rhetorical devices. Students will evaluate how effectively the president applies the use of allusions and anaphora to support his central idea.

Type: Teaching Idea

This teaching resource provides the tools for teachers to help students analyze the use of rhetorical appeals in President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. This resource will help students understand how President Lincoln specifically used ethos, pathos, and logos to achieve his purpose.

Type: Text Resource