CEP Lesson Plan Form

Teacher: Ms. Myers

4, 2015
School:
Blevins Middle School
Content Area: English

Date: Dec,
Grade Level: 7th

Title: Literary Devices Intro

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Content Standard(s) addressed by this lesson:

Writing, and Communicating

Lesson #: 4

Content Area: Reading,

Standard: 2. Reading for All Purposes

Prepared Graduates:
Seek feedback, self-assess, and reflect on personal learning while engaging with
increasingly more difficult texts
Grade Level Expectation: Seventh Grade
Inquiry Questions: What are literary devices? How are they defined? What is
their Purpose? How do they influence a piece of writings effectiveness?
Concepts and skills students master: Literary elements, characteristics, and
ideas are interrelated and guide the comprehension of literary and fictional texts
Evidence Outcomes: b. Use Craft and Structure to:
i.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a
specific word choice on meaning and tone. (CCSS: RI.7.4)
Every student will be able to:
Students will be able to define and apply a variety of literary devices through visual
identifications as well as musical.
Assessment of Evidence Outcomes:
Traditional Assessment: Students will
take modeled notes with the teacher on the various literary terms.

Alternative Assessment: Students will complete packet with photo

identifications of literary terms as well as a crossword and a musical lyric section.

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Planned Lesson Activities

Activity Name

Literary Devices

Approx. Time

80 minutes

Anticipatory
Set

Warm Up Quote:

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and
their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. ~
William Shakespeare
1. Interpret the quote. What type of figurative language is this?
Teaching/
Presentation:
(Select the most
appropriate
teaching model.)
-direct
instruction
-presentation
model
-concept
teaching
-cooperative
learning
-inquiry

Teaching

Includes: Input, Modeling and Checking for Understanding

1. Input: Teacher will show Literary Devices Video: https://youtu.be/U_pxfifB6Co
2. Modeling: Teacher will model how to take notes on literary devices.
3. Checking for Understanding: Teacher will check for understanding as he/she models notes
as well as during handout activity by monitoring progress.
4. Questioning Strategies: (knowledge, comprehension, application,)

Discussion of Quote: whole class discussion (10 minutes)

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Strategy:
Guided Practice
&
Differentiation
Teaching
Strategy:
(Independent
Practice)

Closure

Materials

Accommodatio
ns

Literary Devices Video: Input with Teacher guidance (6 minutes)

Literary Devices Cornell Notes: Teacher will model and discuss definitions with students. (30
minutes)
Literary Devices Handouts: Handouts were modified for lower level students and an additional
section was added for higher level students that was included in all packets as an optional
assignment. (30 minutes)
Quote Interpretation: Students interpret quote on log-ins

Teacher will ask for rapid-fire examples of specific literary devices.

Smart Board
Access to the Internet
You Tube Videos: Literary Devices Video: https://youtu.be/U_pxfifB6Co
* Students will need to write these in their literary terms section of their Cornell notes.
Alliteration, Allusion, Foreshadowing, Hyperbole, Metaphor, Simile, Onomatopoeia,
Personification
George Carlin Euphemisms Video: https://youtu.be/oW8lndmA2jU STOP AT 4:50!!!!
Add euphemism to literary terms section along with the others
Cornell Notes
Literary Device Handout
Writing Utensil
To modify: Notes were premade for lower level students and their assignment was modified
To extend: Students were given an optional identification piece to their assignments.

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&
Modifications

Assessment

Traditional Assessment: Students will take modeled notes with the teacher on the various
literary terms.
Alternative Assessment: Students will complete packet with photo identifications of
literary terms as well as a crossword and a musical lyric section.

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Post Lesson Reflection

1. To what extent were lesson objectives achieved? Students struggled with the identification of
the terms despite the video and note segments of the lesson and therefore a review/ practice
activity was added to the next lesson day.

2. What changes, omissions, or additions to the lesson would you make if you were to
teach again? I would add the additional review lesson to the literary devices day and would have
some kind of group activity for the students to practice literary devices collaboratively.

3. What do you envision for the next lesson? A review of terms and another application of terms
before moving on to sonnets.

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