Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

●​ Objective: To assess students' ability to recognize and explain figurative language and its impact on meaning and tone.

Word Choice Analysis Essay: ●​ Activity: Students select a passage from a text and write an essay analyzing the author's word choices. They must identify specific words or phrases with multiple meanings or connotations and discuss how these choices affect the reader's interpretation of the text.

●​ Objective: To assess students' ability to analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone within a text.

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