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Similes with Energy
Fifth graders write or dance a simile to show the relationship between two unlike nouns. In this simile and grammar lesson, 5th graders explore dance movements and identify smooth and sharp energy examples. Students review...
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Sense Poetry
Access your young poets' senses and emotions with this activity, which guides them through the process of writing a "sense poem." After working on a sense poem as a class and modeling the procedure, individuals work on their own poems...
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Journey Into Space
Embark on a journey through space with your class. Learners explore the solar system using adjectives and descriptive language. This is a great way to cement knowledge about the solar system, while reinforcing writing skills. Your class...
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My Monster
Explore descriptive language. Learners read a series of similes describing the eyes, teeth, skin, and other features of a monster. Then, they describe their own imaginary monster using similes and adjectives. Very creative!
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Writing a Character Description
Invoke creativity by using this resource on writing techniques. Learners create a description of a character they could use in their writing, focusing on the proper use of adjectives, similes, and metaphors. It's a great presentation for...
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Awesome Animals
Sixth graders write descriptive narratives about animals. In this descriptive writing lesson, the teacher models how to write a paragraph with interesting sensory words and exciting verbs. Students choose a picture of an animal they want...
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Imagery
Learners read the poem The Worker by Richard W. Thomas as an example of the effective use of imagery. Then they complete a 5-senses chart describing some part of nature, e.g. sea, clouds, etc. Then they write their own poem using the...
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Alliteration
Students write and illustrate a sentence which names a letter of the alphabet. The sentence should have subject, verb, describing words, and incorporate alliterative techniques.
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Simile About Me
Students are introduced to similes and read various examples. Then students write their own similes to describe themselves and share them with the rest of the class.
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Mighty Metaphors
Fourth graders explore metaphors and then complete a worksheet on which they write metaphors. They may illustrate the metaphors.
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Personification Stories
Students create a clay object in which they are to personify. They use their own personal experiences to help the viewer imagine what it would be like to be that particular object. They also watch videos of fables to help them with...
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Emotion Similes
Young scholars define what a simile is before writing a poem that is based primarily on similes. They brainstorm and write the poem using the give format. They write drafts, revise and present a final poem.
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Similes and Metaphors Information
In this similes and metaphors worksheet, students write a descriptive practice paragraph in which they describe a place, idea, person, event, or concept without telling what the subject of the paragraph is. Students then pair up to...
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Similes
In this similes worksheet, 4th graders complete the similes and highlight similes in a poem. Students complete 4 activities on this worksheet.
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The Three Little Pigs
Pupils read the story The Three Little Pigs and complete language activities about them. In this The Three Little Pigs lesson plan, students research houses, draw houses, and write alliteration poems.
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Poetic Expression
Ninth graders evaluate the effectiveness of literary techniques including figurative language.
They demonstrate an understanding of the main ideas, events, or themes of a variety of novels, stories, poetry, other print material, and...
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Emlyndo Word Search Puzzle
In this literacy instructional activity, students look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of the word search. The vocabulary and spelling are emphasized.
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More Choices
Fourth graders create onomatopoeia for a variety of things such as a mean dog, a crying baby or a doorbell ringing after exploring word choice as used by authors in selected books. They complete a Word Choice worksheet that is attached.
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Fall Similes and Metaphors
Students interpret what a similies and metaphors are. They give examples of similies and metaphors. Pupils write different similies and metaphors using fall or autumn descriptive words. Students base their comparisons on facts, once they...
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A Creative Presentation
Middle schoolers read chapter books by Gary Paulsen. In groups, they identify imagery presented in the book. Students locate 10 quotes, categorize each quote into one of the five senses, and then organize it and create a display of their...
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Animal Similes
For this ESL animal vocabulary worksheet, students examine pictures of 7 animals. Students read similes that are incomplete; the animal names will be used to make the simile complete. Example: as blind as a (bat).
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Exploring Historical and Current Leaders of Canada
Students research Canadian political figures and then do a presentation about them.
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Fifth Grade Literature: January
Fifth graders examine and analyze various poems by Edward Hersey Richards, Robert Frost, and Emily Dickinson. They explore similes, and write journal entry responses.
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Making Similes
In this simile learning exercise, students read about similes, then use adjectives given in a word bank to create similes and fill in blanks in sentences with adjectives.