Teaching 100 Love Sonnets = Cien Sonetos de Amor | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Neruda's dedication and his sonnets are full of metaphors that describe innumerable objects and concepts. This lesson will cover metaphor as a literary device, and will enable students to recognize and comprehend metaphors throughout Neruda's 100 Sonnets.

1) 1) Class Discussion: Lead a discussion with students about metaphor as a literary device. What is a metaphor? What is a difference between metaphor and simile? What are...
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