Students analyze the monster metaphor from chapter five of The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck as they develop ideas for extended metaphors that describe characters within a specific setting. Teacher instructions and resources are provided, along with student instructions, writing samples, and an idea generator for students struggling to get started.

Concepts

john steinbeck, the grapes of wrath

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Additional Tags

extended metaphor, grapes of wrath, northern nevada writing project, steinbeck, writingfix, metaphor

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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Common Core

W.11-12.2.d