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Worksheet
Curated OER

Adverbs Sentence Maze

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this adverb instructional activity, students connect words in sentences found along a maze path to find their way from the beginning of the maze to the end, focus is on adverbs in sentences.
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Organizer
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 1--Grade 7 (2006)

For Students 8th - 10th
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read several passages and two poems and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students then write an essay response to one of the passages. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Found Poetry with Primary Sources: The Great Depression

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils read a sample found poem and create one together as a class. In this Great Depression lesson, students select a topic, such as miners, and read primary source documents related to the topic. Pupils select one narrative as the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spelling List 4: Sight Words, "al/il," and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 21 words 2 times each. Words are sight, academic or have the al/il sound. A reference website is given.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research famous poets. In this poetry lesson, 6th graders investigate poets and discover their famous literary works. Students conduct research using Internet resources and prepare a presentation.
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Storybooks and Games

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore stories, games and coloring pages on an interactive website. In this pre-reading activity, students have free access to stories, coloring pages and simple games at the Lil' Fingers website.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Grammar Basics: Metaphors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on metaphors using a PowerPoint presentation which offers definitions, examples, and various types of metaphors, as well as, similes for comparison. It provides two YouTube videos: the first includes popular songs...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Extended Metaphor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow focuses on the extended metaphor including defining it, stating its purpose, showing the difference between a metaphor and an extended metaphor, and providing a literary example -- Shakespeare's "As You Like It"-- with...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery, Metaphor, and Simile (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on understanding imagery, metaphors, and similes.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Simile and Metaphor

For Students 7th - 9th
You will learn how to explain the effect of similes and extended metaphors in literary text.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Simile and Metaphor (English Iii Reading)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
You will be able to identify the similes and metaphors in a text and evaluate their importance to the meaning of the text. W.11-12.2d Lang/Fig/Voc
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Introducing Metaphors Through Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed to help students begin to engage with metaphors on a deeper and more abstract level. The lesson will begin with a poem containing metaphors accessible at all levels, and with each poem, the lesson will progress in...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Art of the Metaphor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How do metaphors help us better understand the world? What makes a good metaphor? Explore these questions in this video with writers like Langston Hughes and Carl Sandburg, who have mastered the art of bringing a scene or emotion to...
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Interactive
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...
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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Character Metaphors the Great Gatsby

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The students will explore characters by creating metaphors with pictures. Using a gingerbread styled template and pictures collected from magazines, clip art, or other sources, the students will paste pictures which represent specific...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Unique Metaphor Collections

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity, the first chapter of the novel Girl with a Pearl Earring is used as a mentor text. Students will identify metaphors and then create their own unique metaphorical descriptions that they will begin to...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Mathematical Recipe Metaphors

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, Barry Lane's books entitled Reviser's Toolbox and 51 Wacky We-Search Reports are used as mentor texts. Used as a refeference, the concept of recipe poems can be instructed to the students and the genre of "how to" books,...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Descriptive Writing: Similes, Metaphors, Cliches, Hyperbole

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on figurative language used in descriptive writing including similes, metaphors, cliches, hyperbole. It offers multiple links to websites pertaining to figurative language in descriptive and creative writing; an...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Monster of a Metaphor

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students analyze the monster metaphor from chapter five of The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck as they develop ideas for extended metaphors that describe characters within a specific setting. Teacher instructions and resources are provided,...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Grammar Basics: Metaphors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about similes and metaphors through this multimedia presentation. First view a slide show describing different types of metaphors as well as a simile. Then watch a video [3:13] showing similes and metaphors used in popular songs. A...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Text: Imagery, Metaphor, and Simile

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Writers use sensory imagery ("smelled the salty air"), similes ("like a strong man playing tug-of-war"), and metaphors ("the waves roaring in my ears") to capture the reader's imagination. In this lesson, you will learn how to identify...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery: Simile and Metaphor (English I Reading)

For Students 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Identify the similes and metaphors in a text and evaluate their importance to the meaning of the text. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery: Simile and Metaphor (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to recognize the literary devices of simile and metaphor and understand their roles in poetry and fiction.

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