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Better Your Vocabulary Instruction
Use the magic squares activity to develop vocabulary and make reviewing target words fun!
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Penguin Puzzlers
Test your pupils' ability with analogies with a cute worksheet featuring penguins. Learners complete each penguin-related analogy by circling the best choice to complete each one. They then take the letters they circled and move them...
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Metaphors Are Like Similes...Right?
Build the basis for critical thinking by increasing mastery of metaphors, similes, and analogies. Clear up the confusion that often marks lessons on figurative langauge. A very insightful article, full of great links.
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Word Pair Analogies 8 (high-advanced level)
Originally designed for those studying for the GRE, you could also use this worksheet in your advanced eleventh or twelfth grade English classroom. Learners study word pair analogies and then write a sentence explaining why they chose...
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Word Pair Analogies 7: Low-Advanced Level (SAT)
Consider pairing up your pupils and having them work together on a set of analogies. Learners are directed to form bridge sentences that express the relationship between the first pair of words. Partners could then use this sentence as a...
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Word Pair Analogies: High-Advanced Level
Analogy worksheets are a great way to encourage critical thinking and develop vocabulary. Consider using this resource as enrichment or as a group work assignment. Learners craft a bridge sentence that expresses the relationship between...
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Word Pair Analogies 8
Working on analogies in your language arts class? Use this straightforward worksheet to address common techniques and strategies used to solve analogies. This activity is a great way to review vocabulary and to reinforce logical thinking...
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Word Pair Analogies 4
Whether used as a vocabulary building exercise or as test preparation, this analogy worksheet will prove to be handy. Learners are instructed to build a bridge sentence that expresses the relationship between the pairs of words.
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Antonyms 4
Practice antonyms with your young readers! Ten questions provide one word, as well as five words underneath it. Learners choose the word from the list whose meaning is the most unlike the top word's meaning. You could use this resource...
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How Are Stars Like People?
A beautifully written lesson plan delves into a beautiful topic: stellar population. Engage aspiring astronomers with activities that examine human populations and then transition onto the stars of the universe. Data and photographs for...
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Analogies
Analogies demonstrate how words relate to each other and crafting analogies is a good way to encourage learners to develop their understanding of the layers of meanings in words. This worksheet provides pupils practice completing and...
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On the Hunt: Understanding Figurative Language
Young writers hunt for examples of figurative language in their reading. The hunt requires pupils to cite their sources, record a quoted example for each type of figurative language, and an explanation of what they think the...
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Word Pair Analogies 7: High-Advanced Level (Gre)
Analogies are a great way to develop vocabulary and critical thinking skills. This resource directs learners to craft a bridge sentence that makes apparent the relationship between the first pair of words. They then search for the same...
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Word Pair Analogies 10: Low-Advanced SAT Level
Analogy exercises are a great way to build vocabulary and critical thinking skills. To select the pair of words that represents the same relationship as the initial pair, learners are instructed to construct a bridge sentence that...
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Word Pair Analogies 6 (high-advanced level)
Linking words together in an analogy really deepens one's understanding of the word at hand. Use the example provided to guide your advanced English speakers (both native and non-native) in this analogy practice. More than likely, your...
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Vocabulary Practice 1
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete analogies, multiple choice, and fill in the blanks. Students complete 4 problems on this worksheet.
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Vocabulary Practice 1: analogies
For this vocabulary worksheet, learners complete analogies from words in a word bank. Students complete 10 problems total on this worksheet.
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Vocabulary Practice 3
In this vocabulary activity, students complete analogies and choose the words that don't belong. Students complete 14 problems total.
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Word Pair Analogies 9: High-Advanced Level (GRE)
PLATITUDE : CLICHE :: sage : wise. The power in this word pair analogies activity is that learners are directed to build a bridge sentence that expresses the relationship of the words in the original pair. Guided by this bridge sentence,...
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Relations
Students identify, compare, and analyze shapes and numbers. In this analogies and comparison math lesson, students warm up by completing 4 worksheets to familiarize themselves with analogies. In small groups, students are challenged to...
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Analogy Questions
Analogies often assess vocabulary development. Use this resource as quick practice for your middle schoolers! An analogy is provided, and they must find the analogy that correctly relates. There are five questions.
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Analogies
Middle schoolers answer seven analogy questions using their problem solving and vocabulary skills to discover how various words are related. Pupils are encouraged to use a dictionary as needed.
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Georgia CRCT Online
Prepare your class for a standardized exam with this language arts practice test. Designed for the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT), these fifteen questions would be a great review for your seventh graders. Two...
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Analogies
In this analogies worksheet, learners read 10 sentences and determine the meaning of the bold word. Students look at the analogy below each sentence, decide how the words are related, and complete each analogy with a word from the box.