How do characters, settings, and events work together to shape a story's message?
Adaptive Perseverance & Critical Thinking: Engage deeply with challenging texts.
Learner’s Mindset: Foster curiosity about language and its impact.
Communication: Effectively articulate interpretations of text.
Responsibility: Show accountability in understanding literature.
Global Citizenship: Enhance empathy through diverse perspectives.
Collaboration: Share insights and build ideas with peers.
What role does figurative language play in enhancing the meaning and mood of a text?
How can identifying and understanding similes and metaphors contribute to our interpretation of a story or poem?
Why is it important to understand how words are used in the text in addition to their dictionary definitions?
Students will identify and explain examples of figurative language from a text, discussing how they enhance meaning or mood.
Students will find and interpret similes and metaphors in writing, explaining their contribution to interpretation.
Students will analyze words or phrases from a text, comparing their dictionary definitions to their context-specific meanings.
RL 4.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
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