Elizabeth Cady Stanton compares sins to monsters, using a metaphor to make a point about morality. Using the fifth of 14 lessons from the Grade 11 ELA Module 2: Unit 2 series, learners analyze paragraphs 8-10 of "An Address by Elizabeth...

How do authors employ specific word choices to describe complex relationships? Scholars read and analyze the first stanza from Audre Lorde's contemporary poem "From the House of Yemanjá." Pupils determine the meanings of figurative and...

Take a second look. Scholars examine the chapter "Of Our Spiritual Strivings" as a whole and once again work in groups to discuss Du Bois's use of figurative language. They also complete the Mid-Unit Assessment Evidence Collection Tool...

Complete a puzzle one piece at a time. Scholars gather in triads to complete jigsaw activities over a monologue from Good Masters! Sweet Ladies. They read as a group and independently and use sticky notes to identify the gist of...

Upper graders solve four multiple choice problems where they determine if figures are symmetric and determine lines of symmetry.

A comprehensive presentation on narrative writing, this should be shown to a class before the writing process begins. There are not activities listed, so pupils can take notes on the elements of narrative writing and figurative language....

"Timid, scared, terrified." High school scholars examine words, their denotations and connotations, in a series of exercises that use lines from Shakespeare to explore figurative language and word relationships. Participants then...

In this platonic solid activity, students observe five solids and draw a net of each three-dimensional figure. Students examine a tetrahedron, an octahedron, an icosahedron, a cube, and a dodecahedron. This is a one-page activity.

In this segments worksheet, students draw a figure for each problem where line segments intersect at a certain point and label each line and intersection. Students complete 3 problems total.

“Her cutting words were weapons that inflicted wounds upon my soul.” Figurative language is the focus of a worksheet that asks learners to underline the figurative language used in each example, and then to label each phrase as a...

Sixth graders study Gothic architecture on the Internet and create a mug with a gargoyle figure on it.

Junie B. Jones is the star of this worksheet. Learners draw a picture of what she thought her brother looked like in Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business. They draw another example of figurative language.

Students explore the Russian Revolution through dramatization. In this Russian Revolution lesson, students participate in drama workshops prior to writing and presenting one-act plays featuring figures of the revolution.

In this problem solving worksheet, students solve 11 different problems that include using the guess and check method to solve each one. First, they use the chart to figure out the number of and types of pets each person has. Then,...

In this problem solving learning exercise, 4th graders study 4 lines of shapes. Students determine which multiple choice shape on the right is congruent to the one on the left of the straight line.

In this significant figures worksheet, students indicate the number of significant figures and then round each to the number of significant figures shown. This worksheet has 20 problems to solve.

Learners identify and visualize congruent and similar two-dimensional geometric figures. They recognize that rotations, translations, and reflections do not change geometric figures. Students participate in activites in which they...

For this similar figures worksheet, learners solve and complete 4 different problems. First, they write a proportion and substitute. Then, students find the cross products and simplify. Finally, they divide each side to find the value in...

Students explore figurative language.  In this figurative language lesson, students look up, define, and give examples of a list of literary terms.

In this similar figures worksheet, 6th graders solve and complete 6 different word problems. First, they use the information provided to determine the width of an actual car. Then, students use the enlarged photo to determine how tall...

In this geometry activity, students see two congruent figures. They match the corresponding parts by writing their labels in the 3 boxes at the bottom of the page.

In this congruent figure learning exercise, students select the shape in a row that is congruent with the shape that begins that row, 4 rows total.

Students explore Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.  In this figurative language lesson, students locate similes, metaphors, and examples of personification in their reading.  Students write down the page numbers of each example...

Take young mathematicians on an exploration of the world of 3-D geometry with this seven-lesson unit. After first defining the terms perimeter, area, and volume and how they apply to the real world, students continue on...