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Curated OER

Figurative Language Project

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Want a handy way to remember the difference between metaphors and similes, or allusions and alliteration? Individuals craft their own figurative language booklet, complete with definitions, examples, and illustrations, following...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Details, Details, Details

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Writing can become one-dimensional if authors don't involve all their senses. First, scholars observe a strange object which, ideally, they can touch and even smell. Without using certain words (you can create a list or have the class...
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Curated OER

Figurative Language iMovie

For Teachers 5th
In order to understand figurative language, learners read 5 poems, each exemplifying a different literary device. They discuss and write responses to each poem. They then choose one literary device which they will use as the basis for a...
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Interactive
E Reading Games

Orpheus the Lyrical – Figurative Language Review Game

For Students 3rd - 12th Standards
Turn grammar practice into a game, a video game this is! Scholars show what they know about figurative language with a video game that takes them through a land filled with coins, magic, and animals. Concepts include similes, metaphors,...
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Poetry4kids

Creativity Exercise - Describe the Sky

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Scholars stretch their writing muscles with an exercise that asks them to describe the sky using similes and metaphors. 
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Curated OER

Figurative Language Academy Awards

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine figurative language in writing. Students demonstrate simile, metaphor, and personification in their own writing.
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Curated OER

Pound A Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners participate in various poem-related lessons to learn how they can make a difference in the lives of people they don't know. In this poetry instructional activity, students discover that this pound a poem competition is about...
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PPT
Curated OER

Literary Terms: Allegory

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Confused why a book about a third grade class is referring to outer space? The paragraph you're reading might be an allegory. The slide in this PowerPoint gives a detailed definition, as well as an example of an allegory. Tip: Assign...
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Curated OER

Describe a Journey

For Teachers 5th - 8th
 Students describe the sensory experience of a character's journey in an essay.  For this precise details writing lesson, students explain the effects on the senses of weather, time of day, landscape, and other experiences.  Students use...
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PPT
Curated OER

Writer's Toolbox

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Present the class with a slide show that will give them a great head start in writing expository and narrative texts. The information is highlighted for easy note taking, well organized, and presented in a kid-friendly manner. It...
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Curated OER

Hot Dog Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use a hot dog as a metaphor for good reading, and make your class drool! Writers identify the parts of a paragraph, linking them to parts of a hot dog. Then, they translate this knowledge into a well-written paragraph. While a check-list...
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PPT
Curated OER

Writing a Poem

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A colorful and educational presentation shows young learners how to write poetry. Many of the slides contain graphic organizers, which can assist pupils in coming up with adjectives, similes, metaphors, phrases, and other elements of a...
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Curated OER

How To Identify Figurative Language

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate writing techniques by analyzing a chart. In this figurative language lesson, students define similes, metaphors and identify the difference between them and personification. Students demonstrate their understanding...
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PPT
Tech Coach Corner

How to Write a Paragarph Or How to Build a Big Mac

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Employing the metaphor of a Big Mac hamburger, this presentation explains how to put together a cohesive paragraph. The PowerPoint uses humor, animation, sound effects, and examples to get the points across. The main focus is on the...
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Lesson Plan
Penguin Books

One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt - Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Children in foster care face a lot of uncertainty in their lives. A guide for the novel One for the Murphys introduces a main character, Carley, who is thrust into the foster care system. Chapter-by-chapter questions cover key details in...
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Curated OER

Fruit Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students who have recently learned about similes and metaphors practice putting them in their writing. They get a better understanding of how similes and metaphors can be used by practicing the usage of them in their own personal...
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EngageNY

Contrasting Two Settings (Chapter 6: "Lost Melones/Cantalouples")

For Teachers 5th Standards
Continue working through Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan, by looking into language choices and discussing text-dependent questions. Pupils converse in small groups and as a class about plot, setting, and figurative language. Using...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Words in Context, Pun Fun

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Scholars explore a variety of texts to locate wordplay. Partners read their selections and discuss meanings.
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Curated OER

English Test

For Students 5th - 6th
In this literary techniques worksheet, students complete a 12 question multiple choice question test. Included are questions about poetry conventions such as repetition, similes, rhyming patterns, alliteration and metaphors.
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Organizer
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Scholastic

Super Sentences & Perfect Paragraphs

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
An extensive collection of lessons and activities includes many writing, grammar, and proofreading exercises. With templates and worksheets that cover several steps in the writing process, from sentence to paragraph to essay, this...
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Core Knowledge Foundation

Unit 7: Poetry

For Teachers 5th Standards
Over the course of a 12-lesson language arts unit, young scholars analyze a variety of poems taking a close look at figurative language and tone. They learn to compare and contrast, improve comprehension, and identify settings. To...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Practice Book O

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Whether you need resources for reading comprehension, literary analysis, phonics, vocabulary, or text features, an extensive packet of worksheets is sure to fit your needs. Based on a fifth-grade curriculum but applicable to any level of...
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Curated OER

Spring Similes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write similes with a partner. In this spring similes lesson plan, students discuss the season an write a story using a minimum number of similes.  
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Curated OER

Valerie Bloom Poetry

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students listen to Granny Is, a poem by Valerie Bloom and discuss the metaphors in the poem.  In this poetry lesson, students read poetry written by Valerie Bloom and discuss the techniques she uses. Students write grandmother poems.

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