In this lesson, students will use figurative language, digital tools, and illustrations to write a story. The teacher will model how to use an app that has onomatopoeia to create a story with a good beginning, middle, and end. A video demonstration is included.

Links to 4 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard L.3.3a: Choose words and phrases for effect.

Contains plans for two lessons that teach students how to recognize an author's use of style in literature. These plans use "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston as an example, but the basic ideas can be adapted to other works. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.3

This lesson introduces diction. This tutorial shares a short audio lesson [5:11] and supplemental notes with the lesson's content.

This resource goes extensively into the importance of establishing an audience when writing. It also defines types, how to choose, and how to write for an audience.

Lesson plan which helps students understand the impact of the literary element of style on a piece of writing. Students read and analyze the works of Ernest Hemingway and Nathaniel Hawthorne. L.11-12.3 Language Functions/Style, L.11-12.4, 4a, & 4d Word Meanings, L.11-12.5a Figures of Speech, L.11-12.5 Fig Lang, Nuance, Relationships, L.11-12. 6 Vocabulary

Writing a great English paper can be tough because literature doesn't always reveal its deeper meanings immediately. Amy E. Harter offers a few tips on how to read and write more critically and thoughtfully. [4:12]

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Analyze the structure of a sentence from "Concussions Affect Teens More Than Kids and Adults, Study Says" to understand how the sentence is constructed and then create our own sentences that use a similar structure.

"As a speaker, there are several things you can look for to determine if your message is being received. On the flip side, these are good characteristics to have when you are the listener." This article gives some startling statistics about listening as well as characteristics of a bad listener and how to improve listening. SL.11-12.1c Questions/Part

This site from Wastholm Media gives numerous examples of aphorisms. They are Organized by theme and author.