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Middle school creative writing literature circle videos
Figurative Language Video
Watch video here.(scroll down) I wrote this song about figurative language. Here's the lyrics...I love recess like a dog loves bonesThat’s a simile - that old boat sank like a stoneSimiles compare two things using like or asShe ran like a deer, she ran real fastMy brother is a bear every morningThat's a metaphor meaning he’s grouchy without warningMetaphors compare two things without like or asThat man was a mountain you could not passMary made mulberry muffinsThat’s alliteration, like Karen ke
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3rd - 8th
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Write the Sequel: The Watertower - Read-Aloud
One of my favourite ways to engage upper primary students in writing is having them write the sequel to a suspenseful read-aloud… and there are few books more suspenseful than The Watertower! If you thought picture books were just for little kids, prepare to be surprised. This is a seriously spooky (and sophisticated) read that I think you will enjoy as much as your students. After reading, students compose the first page of a sequel, set 10 years after the events of the first book, which devel
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3rd - 10th
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