This Lesson's Title:

What Else is Love?

Using Pat Benatar's "Love is a Battlefield" to inspire an original extended metaphor from writers

This lesson was created by Northern Nevada teacher Corbett Harrison. Click here to visit Corbett's website for writing teachers.

This writing prompt inspired by

Pat Benetar'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 idea development; writers' final poems will be inspired by memorable details that students brainstorm before planning their extnded metaphors.  The support trait in this assignment is word choice; word-play devices--metaphors and internal rhymes--are encouraged as students mimic the original song.