Critical Thinking: Analyzing sample essays requires students to view problems (or texts) from different angles to gain insights, aligning with this tenet.
Communication: Writing their own essays using sensory imagery helps students articulate thoughts effectively, a key aspect of communication.
Learner’s Mindset: By reflecting on how sensory details enhance writing, students are encouraged to seek new experiences and improve their skills continuously.
How can sensory imagery enhance a reader's emotional connection to nature in nonfiction writing?
In what ways does sensory detail influence the authenticity of nature descriptions?
How do writers use sensory imagery to evoke a sense of place in their nonfiction narratives?
Students will read and analyze sample nature essays, identifying the use of sensory details.
Students will write their own nonfiction essays, incorporating sensory imagery to create an emotional connection to nature.
Students will reflect on how sensory details enhance their writing and the reader's experience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.D: Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
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