The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights Lesson Plan

Story after Story, Device after Device

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will be able to review different literary devices and prepare for an important assignment.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.6

Structure:

There are three components to this activity. The first involves going over the concept of "literary devices" and testing students' knowledge of them. The teacher should begin by asking students to name some literary devices that they're familiar with and give examples of how they're used in texts. The purpose of this part of the activity is to establish a baseline of...