This Lesson's Title:

What Else is Love?

showing tone while
extending a unique metaphor about an emotion

This lesson was created by Northern Nevada teacher Corbett Harrison during the Northern Nevada Writing Project's iPods Across the Curriculum workshop for teachers.

This writing prompt inspired by

Pat Benatar's song "Love Is A Battlefield"

Click here to do a Google search for the lyrics.

Three-Sentence Overview of this Lesson:

Based on its title, student writers predict what Benatar's song means when it says that "love is a battlefield."  After discussing Benatar's extended metaphor as a class, students will create an original extended metaphor about love in small groups.  Finally, students will independently create an extended metaphor and write about it in a poem that mimic's Benatar's lyrics . Teachers: Click here to see the entire lesson plan.

6-Trait Overview for this Lesson:

The focus trait in this writing assignment is voice; writers will be conveying a tone about the emotion of love that their readers must be able to interpret.  The support trait in this assignment is idea development; writers' final poems will be inspired by memorable details that students brainstorm before planning their extended metaphors.