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Show, Don't Tell: the Power of Sensing
Kind of Activity:
Research
Objective:
Students will analyze the imagery in In the Middle of the Night
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4
Structure:
Begin by reading a passage from In the Middle of the Night aloud to show how the story is full of detailed, poetic physical description, painting a dreamlike scene. An example of a good illustrative passage is the paragraph that begins: "'One day we wandered far from the boat. As the golden shadows of the sunset faded, a clear full moon rose up before our eyes; and as a great, unchecked flood of moonlight spread right up to the horizon, over vast white sandbanks,...
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