CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4 Archives

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

Figurative Language Lesson Plan: Craft and Structure

Posted by jglassman on June 10, 2021

*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Figurative Language Lesson Plan. This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Figurative Language, and addresses the standard of interpreting the me...

Emily Dickinson Lesson Plan: Analyze a Poem

Posted by jglassman on March 22, 2016

In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the life and work of one of America’s greatest poets, Emily Dickinson. After learning about Dickinson’s writi...

3.6.4 Idioms Lesson Plan

Posted by tamara on July 8, 2015

In the BrainPOP ELL movie Egg on Your Face (L3U6L4), Moby is up to some strange behavior, from shaking his robot leg to zipping his robot lips, as he takes Ben’s expressions literally! In this lesson ...