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.
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This writing prompt inspired by

Pat Benatar's song "Love Is A Battlefield"
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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.
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