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“George Washington’s Socks”: Vocabulary Part 1

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Supplement a class reading of George Washington's Socks with this list of vocabulary words. Including a mixture of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, this resource asks young readers to record the page number and a synonym for each...
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Curated OER

The Secret Garden - Synonyms

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Encourage learners to think about the relationship between similar words. In the first part of the worksheet, class members alter descriptions of characters in Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel The Secret Garden by coming up with synonyms....
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Where the Red Fern Grows Chapter 8-9 Worksheet

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Find out how much your learners picked up from a couple of chapters of Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. Pupils answer six plot and character analysis questions and tackle similes. The worksheet is adaptable; assign it in class...
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Where the Red Fern Grows Chapter 16-17

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Find out how much your class understood of the listed chapters of Wilson Rawls' novel. Class members respond to eight plot and character questions before looking closely at an instance of personification from the text. The resource is...
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Curated OER

Figurative Language

For Teachers 5th Standards
Fifth graders identify and categorize figurative language in poetry.They read a poem and find an example of figurative language, then read the included hand-out on figurative language, and describe each type of figurative language. They...
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Curated OER

A Field of Beans

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Beans, or legumes as they are sometimes called, are the topic for an integrated multi-subject lesson. Youngsters will read, write, observe, and research everything there is to know about beans. They read a bean story, conduct a bean...
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Curated OER

Classifying

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
In this classifying worksheet, students observe a group of words, analyze their similar characteristics and then give them a classification. Groups of words include items such as vegetables, reptiles, landforms, conifer trees,...
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Just Lookin' For a Home

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
What is a boll weevil? Your class can find out that and more by following the activities included here. Pupils read an article, sing a boll weevil song, add to the song with their own original lyrics, illustrate the song, study the...
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T. Smith Publishing

Homograph Word Search

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Help your class with homographs. After reading a brief definition of a homograph, learners find and circle the homographs in the word search. A word bank is provided. Consider pairing this with a more in-depth lesson to increase student...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Hyperboles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on the use of hyperbole; it defines the term and explains when it is used. It offers two video clips: the first demonstrates the use of hyperbole in song lyrics as it highlights them, and the second shows the use of...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery and Figurative Language (Grade 6)

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
This lesson focuses on the use of imagery and figurative language in writing to aid understanding and create images in the mind.
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Handout
abcteach

Abcteach: Personification Form [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Form reinforces the concept of personification with examples and room for students to create their own.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Elements of Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover how literary techniques like figurative language, imagery, and symbolism contribute to the overall meaning of a poem. Explore how a poet establishes and builds on a theme and the difference between tone and mood. Through a close...
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Jumanji Slice Special Test

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Test your knowledge of familiar idioms with this succinct quiz. Assessment is scored online and could possibly be used as an assessment tool.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Paper Plate Simile Books

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Students experience the fun and creativity of similes, ultimately describing themselves using comparisons and illustrations. The students' final product is a paper plate book of illustrated personal similes.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Voice Building Poetry Lesson: Four Metaphor Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Inspired by Mem Fox's Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge which includes four metaphors for memory, this writing prompt asks students to think of an original abstract noun. Students will brainstorm details as they come up with ideas for...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Death Personified

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students will personify an object within a poem. They will focus on voice and word choice in order to fully convey their message.
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Handout
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 1 Reading: Literature: Understand Literary Allusions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Understanding literary allusions can help in your understanding of readings. Learn about literary allusions on this site.
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Handout
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Analyze Language Choices

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Learn about figurative language and how to determine the figurative, denotative, and connotative meanings of words.
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Other

Spelling police.com: Oxymoron

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Informational site that provides the definition for and examples of oxymoron. L.9-10.5a Figures of Speech
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Lonely as a Cloud: Using Poetry to Understand Similes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Students identify similes in poetry and gain experience in using similes as a poetic device in their own work.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Congress Test

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This is a 5 question metaphor quiz in which students select answers from options given. Java is required.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Teaching Personification Through Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan examines the use of personification in the "great poets." Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Quia

Quia: Bud, Not Buddy: Similies and Metaphors

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
These games use the similes and metaphors from the novel Bud, Not Buddy. There are three games: Flashcards, Matching, and Concentration. Flashcards has half of the simile/metaphor on each side of the card; Matching has students match the...