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    This lesson plan is for a 20-minute 9th grade English class on identifying metaphor trails in literature. Students will discuss where they see metaphors used, such as in songs, poems, and Shakespeare. The teacher will introduce the term "metaphor trail" using passages from Romeo and Juliet, and have students practice identifying metaphor trails in a poem. Students will complete an individual worksheet for homework practice and their ability to find metaphor trails will be evaluated on exams, writing assignments, and class participation.

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    This lesson plan is for a 20-minute 9th grade English class on identifying metaphor trails in literature. Students will discuss where they see metaphors used, such as in songs, poems, and Shakespeare. The teacher will introduce the term "metaphor trail" using passages from Romeo and Juliet, and have students practice identifying metaphor trails in a poem. Students will complete an individual worksheet for homework practice and their ability to find metaphor trails will be evaluated on exams, writing assignments, and class participation.

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    This lesson plan is for a 20-minute 9th grade English class on identifying metaphor trails in literature. Students will discuss where they see metaphors used, such as in songs, poems, and Shakespeare. The teacher will introduce the term "metaphor trail" using passages from Romeo and Juliet, and have students practice identifying metaphor trails in a poem. Students will complete an individual worksheet for homework practice and their ability to find metaphor trails will be evaluated on exams, writing assignments, and class participation.

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    Metaphor Trails

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    This lesson plan is for a 20-minute 9th grade English class on identifying metaphor trails in literature. Students will discuss where they see metaphors used, such as in songs, poems, and Shakespeare. The teacher will introduce the term "metaphor trail" using passages from Romeo and Juliet, and have students practice identifying metaphor trails in a poem. Students will complete an individual worksheet for homework practice and their ability to find metaphor trails will be evaluated on exams, writing assignments, and class participation.

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    Lesson Title: Metaphor Trails

    Unit: Literary Terms

    Lesson Author: Heather Taylor

    Grade Level: 9 Subject Area: English

    Time allotted for the Lesson: 20 minutes

    Curriculum Standards met in this lesson:


    NYS Standard 2, Performance Indicator 1. 3

    Instructional Objectives
    Students will:
     Identify and find metaphor trails in literature

    Materials, Resources and Technology: Computer access (PowerPoint, internet access),


    worksheets, ball, willing young minds

    Anticipatory Set: Teacher will have definition of metaphor on board. Students will be asked to
    think pair share with a partner when/where they would see a metaphor. (IE, songs, poems,
    Shakespeare, regular stories). Students will then be asked to share that with the class. “What did
    your partner say?”

    Teaching Input: Teacher will introduce the term “metaphor trail” on the board. Then teacher
    will introduce passages from Romeo and Juliet and show students the metaphor trail in them.
    (With promises it will get better than Shakespeare!)

    Teacher Modeling: Teacher will go through Romeo and Juliet and pick out the metaphor trail.
    Teacher will then pass out the worksheets and show the YouTube clip of Taylor Mali reading the
    poem.

    Recapitulation or Checking for Understanding: Teacher will repeatedly ask students to


    repeat what she has said and also give her examples of what she is talking about.

    Application: Students will find the metaphor trail in the poem given. Because it is relatively
    straightforward, students will be asked to give specific examples.

    Lesson Closure: Teacher will ask as many people as she can about the definition, examples, and
    where to find metaphor trail.
    Independent or Paired Practice: Students will be given a worksheet for homework. This will
    be turned in and marked for a grade.

    Evaluation: This skill will show up again when they write their own short story at the end of the
    unit. In addition, this skill will also show up on their midterm and final exam. As always, they
    will get class participation points for the day, and the exits slips and the worksheets will be
    graded. If needed, teacher will spend another day going over the skill.

    Why is this important? This is a skill that the students will use on the Regents and also later in
    the year. Additionally, being able to find metaphor trails will enhance student’s reading both for
    pleasure and in class.

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