Poetic language is abundant in Natalie Babbitt's beautiful novel, Tuck Everlasting. Learners note the examples of similes, metaphors, and personification they find as they read, and illustrate how the language creates a sensory experience for them.

Concepts

similes, metaphors, tuck everlasting, personification, literary elements, figurative language, sensory language

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have readers copy the template into their language arts notebook and note other examples of figurative language that they find
• Create a found poem based on the poetic language from the novel, in which learners rearrange the passages they find to craft a new piece of writing

Classroom Considerations

• The procedures part of the lesson is skimpy; consider augmenting it with more discussion, examples, or guidance
• Comes with the worksheet for completion, but it only includes one passage from the novel, and no blank templates for readers to use 

Pros

• Promotes close reading and literary analysis
• The second part of the worksheet would be a good resource for another story, novel, or poem

Cons

• Beware grammar and usage errors