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Figurative Language
Play a figurative language game! Starting with a review of terms, this presentation quickly launches into a quiz game with hyper-linked answers. Simply click an answer to find out if it's wrong or right. The option to try again is always...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5
"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...
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Bird Word Search Puzzle
In this language arts worksheet, students analyze 13 words in a word bank. Despite the title, there are no names of birds and there is no apparent connection between the words. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle.
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The Dark Is Rising: Biopoem
How well do your learners really know the characters in Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising? A biopoem activity prompts readers to investigate the characters and their traits. Line by line, writers add the characters' relatives,...
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Study Guide for Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder"
In this reading and study guide worksheet, students define 10 vocabulary words, define 4 literary terms, and respond to 28 short answer questions pertaining to "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury.
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"A Sound of Thunder" Worksheet
In this "A Sound of Thunder" worksheet group, students complete a graphic organizer for the plot of the story. Students then complete activities with vocabulary from the reading and edit passages from the text.
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Study Guide: A Sound of Thunder
In this study guide activity, learners must define vocabulary and literary terms used in A Sound of Thunder. Students answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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One Word Substitution 36
In this online interactive vocabulary skills learning exercise, students match the 10 vocabulary terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions. Students may submit their answers to be scored. All of the words begin with...