1. Figurative Language Simile, Metaphor Samantha DeRose 10/20/08

2. Target Audience / Length of Time High School Language Arts Grade 12 Advanced Placement 45 Minutes

3. Objectives Students will be able to – understand simile / metaphor supporting writer’s message – identify simile / metaphor – analyze figurative language in AP essay

4. Outcomes, Evaluation, Assessment Outcome – Well-written essay – Confident oral interpretation Evaluation – Student participation – Discussions – Group activities – Journals Assessment – test, quiz, paper, project

5. Sense and Meaning Asked to recall nicknames Asked to describe person close to student using figurative language

6. Prime Time 1 Power Point presentation – Simile and Metaphor defined – Song Online short film set to poem Novel excerpt analyzed for figurative language

7. Down Time Journal – Socrates quote – Brainstorming Buddies – pairs discuss quote – Individuals write in journals

8. Prime Time 2 – Voluntarily act out lines from Shakespeare’s plays “Juliet is the sun” (Romeo and Juliet, Act II sc. ii) “Life’s but a walking shadow” (Macbeth, Act V, sc. v) “Death lies upon her like an untimely frost” (Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, sc. v.) – Verbalize real-life comparisons to a rose – Asked how similes and metaphors are used in daily life / music / literature

9. Learning Styles Concrete Sequential Counting lines in poetry Counting number of times figurative language is used Abstract Sequential Evaluating excerpt from novel Discussing quote Concrete Random Writing Journal Acting out lines Abstract Random Listening to poems, music Listening to buddies Watching actors Focusing on tasks

10. Multiple Intelligences Verbal Linguistic Small Group Discussion Mathematic Counting number of times writer uses figurative language Musical Listen to song, identify figurative language Visual Spatial View Power Point set to song and video clip identifying figurative lang. Bodily Kinesthetic Acts out figurative language – excerpt from play Interpersonal Buddy Brainstorming for Journal Socrates Quote Intrapersonal Journal – Respond to Socrates quote Naturalistic Smell, touch, see a rose – make comparison Existential Socrates quote “Envy is the ulcer of the soul” – Journal response

11. Technology Power Point – demonstrating figurative language Audio/Visual Clip – Author’s reading

12. Neurons & Sensory Input Sensory Cells send messages to brain as students see visuals, hear sounds, smell items, touch objects during lesson. Integration occurs - neurons (sensory cells) interpret input to make sense

13. Cerebral Lobes & Limbic System

14. Works Cited Bloomberg, Robert. “Naming of the Parts.” Film, 1971. Chudler, Eric H. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/lobe.html, Neuroscience for Kids, Online Resource, 2008. Retrieved from Internet for project October, 2008. Cristini, A., Blocher, Donna, (?)Evelyn (2008). “Linking the Brain, Mind, Teaching, and Learning. Brainy Bits.” Class notes, Fall semester. Gardner, Howard (1999) Intelligence Reframed. Multiple intelligences for the 21st century, New York: Basic Books. Google Images Microsoft Clip Art Santo, Susan A. http://www.usd.edu/~ssanto/gregorc.html, Gregorc Learning Styles, Online Resource, December, 2007. Retrieved from Internet for project October, 2008. Shakespeare, William. “Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth,” Sousa, David A. How the Brain Learns. 2nd Edition, Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press, Inc., 2001. Train. Drops of Jupiter. Sony, 2001.