Lesson Plan
Oxymoron
Is it fairly accurate there is a 100% chance that trying to teach your students about oxymora is controlled chaos? Your students will find their lack of knowledge growing smaller after this teacher-approved figurative language lesson.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify and use oxymorons.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- To begin this lesson, have students write what they already know about oxymora on a sheet of paper.
- Ask students to share their written responses with the class.
- You can write a list of responses on the board so students have a written log of previous responses.
- You can also write a list of oxymora, e.g. "found missing" on the board and have students try to explain their meanings.
- Tell students that an oxymoron is a combination of two contradictory words, or words that cancel each other out, usually side by side in a sentence.
- Explain to students that in this lesson they will identify, use, and explain oxymora to gain an understanding of how they are used for dramatic effect in writing.