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Exploring the Power of Puns Lesson PlanExploring the Power of Puns Lesson Plan
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Exploring the Power of Puns

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Read and analyze a variety of Shakespearean and contemporary puns using Visual Thesaurus computer software. Middle and high schoolers analyze a pun as a class; in small groups they analyze a Shakespearean pun using contextual clues and the Visual Thesaurus. Each group then writes an original pun.

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Concepts

figures of speech, figurative language, idioms, puns

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contemporary puns, puns, shakespearean puns, visual thesaurus, figures of speech, english language arts
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Research
Technology
Ed Software

Common Core

L.9-10.4.c L.9-10.5.a L.11-12.3.a L.11-12.4.a L.11-12.5.a

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