Loudoun County Public Schools
Figurative Language Packet
A definitive resource for your figurative language unit includes several worksheets and activities to reinforce writing skills. It addresses poetic elements such as simile and metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and idioms, and...
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Railroad Idioms Art Lesson Plan
Sixth graders research railroad idioms. In this idiom lesson plan, 6th graders read through a glossary of different railroad idioms and their meanings. They illustrate a chosen idiom.
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ESL Using Adjectives to Describe People
In this ESL using adjectives to describe people worksheet, students match each small clip art picture of a person to the adjective that describes him/her. They complete 8 examples using words such as tall, handsome, ugly, and short.
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Idioms that start with L
In this idioms worksheet, students read a list of idioms that start with the letter L and their definitions, and then answer questions by giving advice with the idioms. Students complete 6 questions.
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Idioms Lesson Plan
Sixth graders discover idioms. In this idioms lesson, 6th graders evaluate idioms and discover their meaning. Students read Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein and create unique idioms. Assessment rubric is provided.
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Cultural Sayings - Idioms
In this grammar activity, students read the definition and an example of idioms or cultural sayings. They work on-line to match 14 idioms with their true meanings.
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Figurative Language
Here's a richly detailed unit, designed for second graders, that focuses on decoding figurative language, including similes, metaphors, personification and idioms.
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Soup to Nuts
Students explore the concept of idioms as they learn about philanthropy. For this literature and service learning lesson, students read Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen and examine negative idioms. Students reflect on hurtful language...
English is a Piece of Cake
Emotional Intelligence
How would you describe a great leader? Explore the theme of leadership with a unit that focuses on emotional intelligence, and how great leaders have a strong sense of emotional intelligence.
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ESL: Practice Using Present Progressive Tense
Small, cartoonish pictures of people expressing emotions and actions (blowing his nose, holding her head and frowning, dancing, smiling) provide the basis for writers to describe the feelings and experiences taking place. Help your ESL...
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Rhythms in Poetry
Rhyme, rhythm, free verse, imagery: Do these words describe poetry, or jazz music? The answer is both! A resource explores these similarities as scholars watch a video, engage in discussion, read author biographies, write poetry and...
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People
In this language acquisition worksheet, students select the best answer from four choices to complete each sentence. Sentences describe pictures that are included beside each. There are four possible predicate phrases for students to...
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Word and Picture Match-- Verbs
The focus of this ESL worksheet is on matching verbs and pictures. Students analyze seveb pictures that depict people engaged in various activities, and match each picture to the verb that describes it.
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Emotions: describe These People
In this ESL emotions worksheet, students will analyze the emotions pictured. Students will complete 8 sentences, choosing the correct word to complete the feeling that is depicted in each photograph.
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Dream Houses
Learners imagine and create their dream house. In this comprehension and interpretation lesson, students read The Big Orange Splot, answer comprehension questions about the story and complete a character traits web. Learners describe...
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Desert Views - First Impressions: Travelers on the Gila Trail
Young scholars draw animals and plants that are described to them as they read passages of people who traveled across the Gila Trail in the Southwest. In this Gila Trail lesson plan, students also write a letter describing a plant or...
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Simple Present
In this ESL present simple verb tense learning exercise, students examine 7 pictures of people in action. Students match these to the verbs that describe them.
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My Worksheet- Action (What Is He/She Doing?)
In this action words worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict people in action. Students read the question "What is he/she doing?" and write the action word that describes the picture.
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What's the Matter With You?
In this ESL vocabulary building worksheet, students study 7 pictures that depict people in trouble or with an illness. Students answer the questions "What's the matter with you?" by writing a complete sentence that describes the picture.
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Verbs
In this ESL verbs vocabulary activity, students analyze 7 pictures that depict people in action. Students match these pictures with the verbs that describe them.
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Daily Routines
In this ESL daily routines vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict people in everyday routines. Students match these pictures with sentences that describe them.
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Action 1- ESL
In this ESL action words worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict people doing things. Students match the pictures to the verbs that describe them.
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Verbs
In this ESL verbs worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that show people in action. From 4 choices, students select the correct verb that fills in a space in the sentence that describes the picture.
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REPASO2
In this ESL action words worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict people doing things. Students match the pictures to the verbs that describe them. The meaning of the page title is not clear.