L.6.5 Worksheets
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5
:"Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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Figurative Language Maze: Spring Metaphors
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Figurative Language Maze: Spring Metaphors
Let your figurative language skills blossom with this middle-grade springtime metaphor maze!
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Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!
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Figurative Language Maze: Spring Similes
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Figurative Language Maze: Spring Similes
Practice identifying similes like a seasoned expert with this fun, spring-themed maze!
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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2
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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2
Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.
5th Grade
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Reading Comprehension: Rikki-tikki-tavi
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Reading Comprehension: Rikki-tikki-tavi
Meet the curious mongoose Rikki-tikki-tavi in this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet adapted from the classic Rudyard Kipling tale.
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Positive and Negative Connotation #1
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Positive and Negative Connotation #1
Get students thinking about the nuance and connotation of related words with this sixth-grade vocabulary worksheet!
6th Grade
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Describe the Difference Between Related Words
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Describe the Difference Between Related Words
In this language and vocabulary worksheet, students describe the difference between related words to bring to light the different connotations the words carry.
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Informational Reading Comprehension: Baobab, Tree of Life
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Informational Reading Comprehension: Baobab, Tree of Life
Discover why an odd-looking tree is known as Africa’s "tree of life" with this reading comprehension worksheet.
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Synonyms in Context
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Synonyms in Context
In this vocabulary-building worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their lesser known synonyms.
6th Grade
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Antonyms in Context
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Antonyms in Context
In this reading and writing worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their less familiar antonyms.
6th Grade
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Personification to Enhance Writing
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Personification to Enhance Writing
Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!
6th Grade
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Figurative Language in Context #1
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Figurative Language in Context #1
This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.
6th Grade
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How Do You Use Context Clues? Exercise #4
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How Do You Use Context Clues? Exercise #4
Students practice using sentence-level context clues and word relationships to determine the meaning of above-level vocabulary words.
6th Grade
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Writing With Connotation
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Writing With Connotation
Get middle schoolers talking about the nuance and connotation of words and how they affect the meaning of a sentence with this helpful worksheet.
6th Grade
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Synonyms in Context #2
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Synonyms in Context #2
In this vocabulary-building worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their lesser known synonyms.
6th Grade
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Antonyms in Context #2
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Antonyms in Context #2
Use this grammar worksheet to give middle school learners' a vocabulary boost as they practice determining the meaning of words using antonyms in context.
6th Grade
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Positive and Negative Connotation #2
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Positive and Negative Connotation #2
Students consider nuance and context in order to choose the word with a more positive connotation.
6th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Verbs #1
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Verbs #1
Use this worksheet with your students to help them build their vocabulary and language skills.
6th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Verbs #2
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Verbs #2
Help students build their vocabulary and language skills with this helpful grammar worksheet!
6th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adjectives #1
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adjectives #1
Use this worksheet with your students to help them build their vocabulary and language skills.
6th Grade
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Novel Study: Anne of Green Gables: The Name Game
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Novel Study: Anne of Green Gables: The Name Game
After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, students take inspiration from the main character as they rename people and places in their lives.
6th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adverbs #1
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adverbs #1
Use this worksheet with your students to help them build and strengthen their vocabulary and language skills.
6th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Verbs #3
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Verbs #3
Use this worksheet with your students to help them further build and strengthen their vocabulary and language skills.
6th Grade
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Reading Comprehension: No Sudden Moves
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Reading Comprehension: No Sudden Moves
In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adverbs #2
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adverbs #2
Help young writers build and strengthen their vocabulary and language skills with this great grammar worksheet!
6th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adjectives #2
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adjectives #2
Use this worksheet with your students to help them build their vocabulary and language skills
6th Grade
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Analyzing Poetry: “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson
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Analyzing Poetry: “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson
Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!
5th Grade
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Pick the Word With the More Positive Connotation
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Pick the Word With the More Positive Connotation
Students explore nuance and shades of meaning with this engaging grammar worksheet!
6th Grade
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Figurative Language Handout
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Figurative Language Handout
Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!
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Figurative Language Maze: Summer Similes
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Figurative Language Maze: Summer Similes
Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!
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