Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.B
Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
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Idioms Bingo Game
Build vocabulary and have fun with a classroom game of Idiom Bingo.
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Figurative Language Activity Cards
In this figurative language matching game, students will pair 24 phrase cards with their corresponding literary device.
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Figurative Language Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to practice working with figurative language.
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Idioms: What Are They and What Do They Mean? PowerPoint
An editable PowerPoint presentation to use when teaching idioms.
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Identifying Idioms and Their Meanings - Worksheet
A worksheet to practice identifying idioms and their meaning.
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Figurative Language Worksheet
A worksheet that can be used in multiple ways when teaching figurative language.
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Figurative Language Sorting Activity
A set of 28 figurative language example cards to use in a sorting or scoot activity.
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Elements of Poetry Workbook
A journal to help students explore common elements of poetry.
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Experimenting with Poetry Unit Plan - Grade 5 and Grade 6
This English unit addresses the common elements of poetry and explores how these may be applied to shape poems, limericks, odes and simple ballads.
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Figurative Language
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate figurative language in poetry.
