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Study Guide: A Sound of Thunder

For Students 7th - 10th
For this study guide worksheet, students must define vocabulary and literary terms used in A Sound of Thunder. Students answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Study Guide: Fahrenheit 451 "The Hearth and The Salamander"

For Students 7th - 10th
In this study guide for Fahrenheit 451, students must complete a variety of activities to review the reading. Students define vocabulary and literary terms, describe characters and answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Study Guide: The Interlopers

For Students 7th - 10th
In this study guide worksheet, students define vocabulary and literary terms used in "The Interlopers". Students answer comprehension questions based on the reading and fill in a chart with characters and their traits.
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Study Guide: "The Gift of the Magi"

For Students 7th - 9th
In this study guide worksheet, students define vocabulary and literary terms found in "The Gift of the Magi". Students also complete a plot diagram, find examples of literary term usage, and answer comprehension questions based on the...
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Study Guide: "The Cask of Amontillado"

For Students 7th - 9th
In this study guide worksheet, students must define vocabulary words and literary terms used in "The Cask of Amontillado". Students must also cite examples of literary term usage and answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Study Guide: The Open Window

For Students 7th - 9th
In this study guide worksheet, students define vocabulary and literary terms found in the short story, "The Open Window". Students answer comprehension questions and examine third person point of view.
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ABC Book of Tongue Twisters

For Teachers K - 8th
Students construct sentences using alliteration. In this phonemic awareness lesson, students listen to a read aloud such as Some Smug Slug and identify alliteration. Students write their own sentences using alliteration.
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Visual Arts: Symbols That Stand for You!

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore symbols and what they represent. In this visual art lesson, students collect various symbols and discuss what they represent. Students create and discuss personal symbols which represent themselves.
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Metaphors

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this metaphors worksheet, learners practice writing sentences using metaphors. Students are given fifteen adjectives that describe someone and learners use a metaphor to write a sentence about the adjective.
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Metaphors

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this figurative language worksheet, students discover what metaphors are as they read a description and then identify the meanings of the metaphors in 7 sentences.
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Simile Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this simile crossword puzzle worksheet, learners use the 18 clues to identify the correct terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Similes

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this similes activity, students discover what similes are as they read a description and then create 11 similes of their own.
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Our Illuminated Alphabet

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students write letters of the alphabet and explore how decorated letters can be used to convey stories or symbolic ideas. In this decorating alphabet activity, students create an “illuminated” alphabet in which each letter conveys...
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Looking At French Decorative Arts: Symbols in Marquetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars create a design based on an animal symbol from another country. In this design lesson plan, students study a French cabinet and research and discuss its symbols. Young scholars will then create their own marquetry design...
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Alliteration

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Help middle schoolers learnd about literary special effects using alliteration. They will review the definition for alliteration and complete several pages of activities that help them learn to identify and use alliteration. The word...
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Onomatopoeia

For Students 5th - 7th
In this figurative language learning exercise, students read about onomatopoeia. Students then respond to 25 questions that require them to identify and write their examples of onomatopoeia.
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Alliteration

For Students 4th - 7th
In this figurative language worksheet, students read about alliteration. Students then respond to 25 questions that require them to identify and write their examples of alliteration.
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Historical Witness: Social Messaging

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a self portrait using symbols that represent them. For this self portrait lesson plan, students look at a nineteenth century painting and discuss the symbols that represent this era. They then recreate a dance in the...
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Dragon Alliterations

For Students 4th - 5th
Review the definition and an example of alliterations and have your class work on an alliteration project about dragons. They will then write 4 alliterations and draw an illustration of one of the alliterations.
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Easter Alliterations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The Easter holiday is explored through alliteration using 5 examples. Learners will also choose 1 of their alliterations to illustrate. Great small group activity too!
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Pound A Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in various poem-related lessons to learn how they can make a difference in the lives of people they don't know. In this poetry lesson, students discover that this pound a poem competition is about raising money for...
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Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole

For Students 4th - 8th
In this online interactive figurative language worksheet, students respond to 15 fill in the blank questions identifying each sentence as a simile, metaphor, or hyperbole.
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A Map Mystery

For Teachers 1st
First graders solve a mystery by following map clues. In this map clues lesson plan, 1st graders follow a computer program called Neighborhood Map Machine. In this program, it gives students directional and spatial clues in order to...
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Element Bingo

For Students 7th - 10th
In this elements worksheet, students are given a bingo card with twenty four symbols of elements and a free space. They try to get bingo knowing the symbol of the element.