Lessons tagged with "similes"
Explain the Meaning of Similes & Metaphors
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson teaches students how to interpret figurative language including similes and metaphors. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to identify a simile or metaphor in the context of a paragraph and how to use the context of the text to explain the meaning of the figurative language.
Explain the Meaning of Similes & Metaphors
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Common Core language lesson teaches students how to interpret figurative language including similes and metaphors. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to identify a simile or metaphor in the context of a paragraph and how to use the context of the text to explain the meaning of the figurative language. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.
Determine the Meaning of Figurative Language
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading literature lesson covers how to identify figurative language, and then use context clues to determine its meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to identify similes, metaphors, and idioms and then explain the meaning based on textual evidence.
Explain Effects of Words (Similes & Metaphors)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This is a lesson in the Link to Literacy program.