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Common Core L.5.5 activities for Microsoft Word
Back to School Six Activities: Mingle with Metaphors
A FUN and engaging back to school resource for students and/or staff! Mingle with Metaphors is an editable file containing six engaging activities that can be used as follows: get to know you activities or icebreakers, student mingles on the first few days or weeks of school, back to school mingle nights, get to know each other functions for teachers and/or students, back to school faculty meetings with new teachers, professional development warm-up activity, and/or meet-n-greets. Specifically
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Fortune Cookie Vocabulary - Common Core Practice, Projects, and Activities
How fortunate we are to have these cookies as a part of vocabulary lessons!
Your students will practice context skills, inferential vocabulary, and generate understanding of vocabulary from life experience in these themed, creative vocabulary activities. Students will work with the nuances of language, a bit with prefixes and roots, and have the opportunity to exercise critical thinking in graphic design and cartooning. Finally, let’s make a keepsake gift for someone special—an origami fortun
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
Literary Device Analysis: Figures of Speech III - Onomatopoeia, Metaphors & More
Dive deeper into the world of literary elements with Literary Device Analysis: Figures of Speech III - Onomatopoeia, Metaphors & More. This resource enriches students' understanding of key literary devices such as similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and idioms, utilizing the vibrant world of song lyrics for a meaningful analysis. It stands as an enriching continuation of the series, guiding learners through an exploration rich with onomatopoeia, vibrant imagery, and more, encouraging a deeper app
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5th - 10th
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Esperanza Rising Figurative Language Tests and Quizzes for the Whole Novel
Dear Educators,This product identifies the figurative language found in Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan. These differentiated assessments were written for use in traditional and inclusion classrooms. This Product Includes:124 Pages113 Quotes from the novel175 QuestionsTeacher’s notesStudy guide Cut out study guide/gameOne practice testOne modified practice test4 Figurative language tests and quizzes with quotes from the novel4 Modified figurative language tests and quizzes with quotes from t
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5th
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Also included in:Â Esperanza Rising Bundle
Figurative Language - Idioms - Practice
Use this to teach the meanings of figurative language through idioms. Great practice for looking back in the text to use context clues support your answer.
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3rd - 6th
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Figurative Language Flash Cards
Figurative Language Flash Cards is a simple product designed to help students memorize various types of figurative language, their definitions, and examples. This word document has the information organized in an editable table that is easily cut out and ready for classroom use--very little prep required!! The cards can be used in a matching memory game between small groups of students, laminated to be used as flashcards, etc.
This product is also a companion piece to my other figurative la
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5th - 10th
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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" as retold by Jane Mason Unit
This is a retelling of the classic tale by Washington Irving about the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow and Ichabod Crane. It's perfect for Halloween time!This unit, which aligns with the core curriculum, contains everything you possibly need:1. Vocabulary/spelling words and activities2. Vocabulary test3. Discussion and writing activities for each chapter4. Parts of a plot5. Figurative language6. Reading assessment7. Modified spelling test8. Answer keysThis unit would also be ideal fo
Grades:
4th - 6th
Figurative Language Assessment
This figurative language assessment is a great tool to assess the students on what they have learned about alliteration, hyperboles, idioms, metaphors, onomatopoeias, personification and similes.
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3rd - 5th
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Figurative Language Mystery Coloring
Practice Simile's, Metaphor's, Hyperbole's, and Personification by filling in the correct answers with the word bank, and then recording by number to solve the secret sentence. When your done, use the mystery sentence to color by letter! :)
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4th - 7th
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Character Development and Monsters for Scary Stories
Help your students create creepy characters for their scary stories aligned with the common core state standards. Students can create scary characters with these graphic organizers to assist in how in their characters act, look, feel, sound, and smell like as well as their names, known, and scary for.
See my character traits and senses resources to assist your students in developing strong characters for their scary stories.
See the entire scary story unit too!!
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
"The Emperor's Silent Army" by Jane O'Connor Unit
This book is a perfect way to combine both ancient world history and language arts. It's about the first emperor of China and his attempt to live forever and the army he had built to protect his tomb for all eternity.This unit contains absolutely everything you would need to teach this informational text and is also correlated to the common core. Included are: 1. Vocabulary/Spelling words and activities, 2. Discussion questions for each chapter, 3. Vocabulary test, 4. Modified spelling test,
Grades:
5th - 6th
Similes and Metaphors in Music
This word document has questions/prompts for fourteen different songs. Each song features one or more similes or metaphors. Questions challenge students to figure out whether the lyrics contain similes or metaphors and what the figurative meanings are. Links to the songs are included. Answer key included.
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5th - 8th
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh Vocabulary Pack - CCSS aligned
This pack supports word study from the book Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien. Marzano suggest 6 steps to effective vocabulary instruction and this pack contains them all. Included is: word list complete with definitions and excerpts from the novel for all 30 words, graphic organizer for student work, 3 comprehensive quizzes with answer keys, word wall printouts with varied fonts, and lesson plan ideas.
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5th - 8th
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Idiom Day Project
Looking for a fun and engaging product to cover the most difficult figurative language standards? This project is a HIT for all learners! Students will be able to demonstrate their learning by playing the part and writing about their idiom! Students love showing off and sharing their idioms with peers! Objective: Students will understand why authors use figurative language elements such as idioms in literature as a way to convey various thoughts or meanings in order to make the story more appeal
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5th - 7th
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Scary Story Problems and Solutions
Help your students create scary story starters to begin a problem for their characters and solutions that will leave the reader scared to death.
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3rd - 7th
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IDIOMS: WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS - 12 EXERCISES
A unit set of worksheets with answers on vocabulary lesson idioms. After completing this unit students will be able to:Recall the meaning of common idioms.Determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases.Clarify the meaning of multiple-meaning words and phrases.Analyse the use of idioms and their purpose in writing.Verify the meaning of a phrase by checking the inferred meaning in context.Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.. This
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5th - 6th
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Also included in:Â FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS - BUNDLE
Scary Story Unit
Create a scary story with your students while meeting the common core state standards.
Included in the unit are the following:
Startling Settings
Creepy Character Development
Groaning Grabbers
Story Planner-Beginning Middle End
Terrifying Transitions
Zingers
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3rd - 7th
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Wonderful World of Words - Student Companion Workbook
This is the workbook that corresponds and can accompany my Wonderful World of Words -Poetry Unit; a teacher's guide. The booklet can be used as a poetry type journal or the the pages can be reproduced for individual lessons. The lessons begin with poetry fundamentals progressively becoming more sophisticated as one goes through the unit. Enjoy!
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Casey At Bat- Poetry and Skill Review
Casey at the Bat by Ernest ThayerIt all started in 1885 when George Hearst decided to run for state senator in California. To self-promote his brand of politics, Hearst purchased the San Francisco Examiner. At the completion of the election, Hearst gave the newspaper to his son, William Randolph Hearst.William, who had experience editing the Harvard Lampoon while at Harvard College, took to California three Lampoon staff members. One of those three was Ernest L. Thayer who signed his humorous La
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3rd - 7th
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Figures of Speech drawing and activity packet
Students can personalize their learning about figures of speech by illustrating each figure of speech and creating a booklet. The file provides sheets with room for illustration and some other essential thinking about each fos. Include hyperbole, personification, idiom, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, simile, adage, and proverb. Use as a culminating activity after each figure of speech is studied, or as a fun introduction for each concept.
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3rd - 6th
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Scary Story Planner
Creative Halloween story writing outline aligned with the common core state standards and I Can statements. Reinforce story elements while students practice concepts in their own writing.
Help your students organize their writing into paragraphs with a grabber, setting, character introduction, transitions, body, ending, and zinger.
Check out my other scary story resources to enhance your students' writing pieces. Resources include the following: grabbers, settings, character development, sca
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3rd - 7th
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Daily Grammar & Writing Lessons With Quizzes Volume 1 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grade
This is a set of 9 weeks worth of grammar lessons and assessments for second, third, fourth, or fifth grade. It is volume 1 of 4. The entire curriculum of lessons and assessments was created as a simple, yet effective way of teaching students the many basic rules of grammar that they will need throughout their lives. These grammar and writing lessons build fluidly upon each other through the year. The other useful component of this grammar curriculum are the weekly assessments that are direc
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2nd - 5th
IReady Vocabulary Practice Late Elementary - Middle School
This is a set of worksheets for 1 week's worth of IReady vocabulary practice. Students use these to gain knowledge and the ability to use some commonly used words for the tests.
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3rd - 8th
Also included in:Â IReady Practice Material
Idioms Scavenger Hunt
Hang the different idiom cards around the classroom. Students must go through and figure out what the meaning of the idiom in each sentence means.
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3rd - 6th
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