Power point outlining my unit plan

1. FIGURES OF SPEECH
Created by: Ms. Jackson

2. MY CLASS
 I am teaching an 8th grade Language arts class
 Class break down:
11 boys/17 girls
Aged 12-14
24 Caucasian, 1 African
American, 1 Hispanic, 2 Mixed
background,
3 IEPS, 1 Gifted student
Lower middle class
Mostly Christian
Mixture of Visual and auditory
learners
Students are reading on grade
level for the most part

3. OBJECTIVE
• My class will be able to categorize, illustrate, and define, 5
figures of speech, (…), by the end of the week at 80% accuracy.

4. DAY BY DAY BREAKDOWN
• Monday: I will be addressing simile and metaphor.
• Tuesday: I will be going over the 3 types of irony.
• Wednesday: I will be teaching on alliteration and anaphora.
• Thursday: I will be explaining, euphemism, sarcasm and
puns.
• Friday: I will be addressing oxymoron, personification, and
hyperbole.

5. TECHNOLOGY

6. WORKS CITED
• Next generation CSOs english language arts - information. (n.d.). Next generation CSOs
english language arts - information. Retrieved September 22, 2014, from
http://wveis.k12.wv.us/Teach21/public/ng_cso/NG_popup.cfm
• Figure of speech examples. (n.d.). YourDictionary. Retrieved September 23, 2014, from
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/figure-of-speech-examples.html