ELAR 5.10
Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances. The student is expected to:
- (1) explain the author's purpose and message within a
text;
- (A) analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
- (B) analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;
- (C) describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile and metaphor, and sound devices achieves specific purposes;
- (D) identify and understand the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;
- (E) examine how the author's use of language contributes to voice; and
- (F) explain the purpose of hyperbole, stereotyping, and anecdote.
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Roll and Find – Figurative Language Worksheet
Explore, identify and interpret figurative language with this engaging roll and find activity.
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Figurative Language Flip Book
Practice identify examples of figurative language with this flip book template for kids.
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Independence Day Reading Comprehension Pack
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this nonfiction Independence Day reading passage and accompanying activities.
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Literary Devices Posters
Explore the various literary devices used by authors with the set of colorful classroom posters.
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Google Slides Interactive - Idioms Activity
Build vocabulary and have fun with an interactive Idioms activity.
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4th Grade Writing Worksheets: Tornado Text-Based Writing
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using 4th Grade writing worksheets and a high-interest reading passage about Tornadoes.
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Idioms Four in a Row Game
Practice identifying the meaning of common idioms with an exciting game of Four-in-a-Row!
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Idioms Go Fish Card Game
Understand the meaning of common idioms with a classroom game of Idioms-Go Fish!
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Figurative Language Telephone Game
Play this figurative language game with a group to practice recognizing and inventing metaphors, similes, and personification.
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10 Fascinating Facts About the Sydney Harbour Bridge – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet paired with an informational text about the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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History of Halloween – Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about the history of Halloween with a printable reading comprehension passage and questions.
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Black History Profile: Amelia Boynton - Comprehension Worksheet
Review our profile on civil rights activist Amelia Boynton and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
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Innovative Inventors - Comprehension Worksheet
Meet famous Black History Month figures with this informational text and comprehension questions activity.
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Organizational Patterns – Sorting Activity
A set of flashcards and paragraphs to use as a sorting activity.
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What's a Hyperbole? PowerPoint
An editable 20-slide PowerPoint to use when teaching your students about hyperbole.
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Identifying Hyperbole - Worksheet
A worksheet to practice identifying hyperbole in a piece of text.
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Figurative Language Sorting Activity
Explore figurative language in context with this set of 28 sorting cards.
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What Does It Really Mean? - Hyperbole Task Cards
Identify and interpret hyperboles used in sentences.
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Alliteration Brainstorming Template
Use this brainstorming template to practice using the sound device alliteration.
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Inauguration Day – Comprehension Task
A comprehension task paired with a text about Inauguration Day.
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Literary Element Task Cards - Upper Elementary
Explore the wonders of children's literature with this set of 14 literature study task cards for upper elementary students.
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Digital Warriors: Social Footprints – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet paired with a comic about being safe when sharing photos on digital platforms.
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Comic – Healthy Body, Healthy Mind: Find Your Sport – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet paired with a comic about all types of sports.
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Onomatopoeia Poster
A poster providing a definition and examples of onomatopoeia.
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Grade 5 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 5 magazine.
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Storytelling Finger Puppets Template
A set of 15 finger puppets that can be used to spark the imagination for creative writing or to perform puppet shows.
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Expository Writing Project – Earth and Space Phenomena
Get your students producing high-quality expository writing with this fully scaffolded writing project, where students research, organize and publish an expository text about an Earth and Space phenomenon.
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Expository Writing Project – Body Systems
Get your students producing high-quality expository writing with this fully scaffolded expository writing project, where students research, organize and publish an expository text about a human body system.
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Sound Devices Sorting Activity
Reinforce sound devices used in text by sorting 16 poetic device cards into their appropriate category.
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Write a Short Story – The Discovery or Invention
Get your students analyzing and writing an invention story with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Human Histories: Amazing Achievements - Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet paired with a biographical text about four humans who have achieved great things.
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Information Text Structure Worksheet – The Apple iPad
Teach your students about informational text structure with this cut-and-paste sequencing worksheet.