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Beyond Words: Figurative Language Student Literature Workbook

Author(s): COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY

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Organized around the study of figurative language, including simile, metaphor, and personification, this unit explores the idea that language can change the way we think about the world by creating new images and connections in our minds.

The printed Student Literature Workbook includes student activity pages that support lessons and each unit’s short stories and poems. The workbook engages students in exploring carefully selected, challenging works of literature from various times, cultures, and genres. They include:

  • Letter to Student
  • Model Overview
  • Glossary of Literary Terms
  • Vocabulary List
  • Short Stories
  • Poems
  • Activity Pages

  • Letter to Students
  • Glossary of Literary Terms
  • Models
  • Activity Pages, Poems, and Readings
    • Lesson 1: Introduction and Preassessment
    • Lesson 2: The Concept of Change
    • Lesson 3: Language and Change
    • Lesson 4: Adjectives
    • Lesson 5: Similes and Metaphors
    • Lesson 6: More About Metaphor
    • Lesson 7: Creating Imagery
    • Lesson 8: Using Context Clues
    • Lesson 9: Owl Moon
    • Lesson 10: Persuasive Writing
    • Lesson 11: Analogies
    • Lesson 12: Understanding Words in Context
    • Lesson 13: Haiku and the Seasons
    • Lesson 14: Personification
    • Lesson 15: Symbols
    • Lesson 16: Wordless Picture Books
    • Lesson 17: Hike
    • Lesson 18: Pictures Made of Words
    • Lesson 19: Research Presentations
    • Lesson 20: Wrap-Up and Postassessment

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY

The Center for Gifted Education (CFGE) at William & Mary University (College of William & Mary), is a research and development center providing services to educators, policy makers, graduate students, researchers, and parents in support of the needs of gifted and talented individuals. 

Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the CFGE has established an international reputation for excellence in research, curriculum development, and service. Several major grants, including funding from the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act, have provided significant support for the work of the Center. In 2012, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded CFGE the funds needed for a summer residential camp for low income, high-ability children, for four consecutive years. In 2015, William & Mary alumni, Mike and Nancy Petters, through the Petters Family Foundation, provided additional financial support to the program. In 2016, the Petters Family Foundation has committed to fully fund the program for the next four years. Camp Launch is only the beginning of the Center for Gifted Education’s goal to bring educational equality to all gifted students.