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Figures of Speech

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Give your learners quick definitions of simile, metaphor, and analogy. As the first slide in this PowerPoint suggests, you can use the presentation as a warm-up and have scholars record the words and their meanings in a Literary Terms...
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Energy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scientific terms can be difficult to remember. This resource suggests developing analogies as a way to make energy terms memorable. After listing new terms on the board, groups develop analogies based on restaurant words, and then share...
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String Cells

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Use this resource to have your class learn about the cell. This resource walks learners through the construction of a model of a cell. This project is completed in a cooperative learning group, and  reinforces the higher-order...
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Vocabulary #25 Worksheet – English 1

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Practice ten vocabulary words with a series of critical thinking activities. After reviewing each word in context and matching them to their definitions, kids complete analogies and find antonyms to complete the assignment.
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"Kind Of" Analogies

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary skills practice worksheet, learners complete 10 analogy questions as they examine the relationships between word pairs and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.
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Inference By Analogy

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students infer the use or meaning of items recovered from a North Carolina Native American site based on 17th-century European settlers' accounts and illustration.
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Relations

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
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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Gender of Nouns: Grade 3

For Students 3rd - 4th
Translate noun gender with this flashy grammar instructional activity! Class members classify a list of nouns according to gender, provide corresponding opposites of gendered nouns provided in analogies, and complete short word puzzles...
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Associative Property

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is a new twist on teaching the associative property of multiplication. The author of this presentation makes an analogy between the associative property and a couple getting married. The numbers, like people, are separate, but when...
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Vocabulary Practice 3

For Students 4th - 6th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete analogies and choose the words that don't belong. Students complete 14 problems total.
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Vocabulary Practice 1

For Students 3rd - 6th
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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Cell City Analogy

For Students All
In this learning exercise, students will use an analogy to review the various parts of a cell.
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Fallacies of Weak Induction

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
A high-level introduction to fallacies of weak induction, including appeals to unqualified authority and ignorance, hasty generalizations, and weak analogies. Each fallacy is defined and shown with an example. For use mostly in college...
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More Halloween Analogies

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Halloween vocabulary activity, students complete 7 analogies by writing the best word from 4 choices in the blank. All analogies pertain to Halloween.
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Thanksgiving Analogies

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Thanksgiving analogies worksheet, students read 7 sentences and complete each analogy by writing the best word in the blank. There are 4 choices for each sentence.
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Halloween Analogies

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Halloween analogies worksheet, learners complete each analogy by writing the best word in the blank. There are 4 choices for each.
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More Grammatical Analogies

For Students 4th - 5th
In this analogies worksheet, students complete 7 grammatical analogies by writing the best word in the blank from four possible choices.
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ESL: Analogies Exercise

For Students 5th - 7th
In this ESL analogy activity, students fill in blanks to complete analogies, choosing from 4 given options. A link to audio and HTML code is given.
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Cell-City Analogy Quiz #1

For Students 9th - 12th
In this cell-city analogy quiz worksheet, students complete an on-line game, clicking on questions and matching answer cards and scoring 1 point per correct answer. Printable version available also.
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Go-Togethers

For Students 3rd
In this math analogies worksheet, 3rd graders circle the appropriate multiple choice answer that best completes 6 math analogies. Students complete one analogy.
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Figures of Speech Presentation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
If used as part of an exploration of figures of speech, this short presentation defining similes, metaphors, and analogies could be used as a review tool in an English classroom. A teacher could augment this resource with more examples...
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Electric Analogies

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
We can see the result of electricity  but not the process itself. The simulation compares electric circuits to a water tower and water wheel cycle. Young scientists adjust the height of the tower, the amount of resistance, and if...
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Dental Chemistry Analogy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After taking in background information on teeth, marble, eggshell, and fluoride, chemistry aces design an experiment. Their goal is to demonstrate whether or not fluoride has a similar effect on marble or eggshell as it does on tooth...
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Better Your Vocabulary Instruction

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Use the magic squares activity to develop vocabulary and make reviewing target words fun!

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