L.5.5 Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5
:"Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Worksheets
Creating Word Banks
Worksheet
Creating Word Banks
Use this word bank to identify 10 alternatives for the words "said," "sad," and "went.
Worksheet
Synonym City #2
Worksheet
Synonym City #2
Learners return to "Syn City" in this playful word-meaning worksheet.
5th Grade
Worksheet
Wishing for Synonyms
Worksheet
Wishing for Synonyms
Make a wish! Learners practice sorting synonyms for health, happiness, and wealth in this extra-magical grammar worksheet.
5th Grade
Worksheet
Synonym City #1
Worksheet
Synonym City #1
Learners visit "Syn City" in this playful word-meaning worksheet.
5th Grade
Worksheet
All About Metaphors
Worksheet
All About Metaphors
This worksheet is a slam dunk for metaphors! Your young writer will learn what makes up a metaphor, and then practice making a few of their own.
5th Grade
Worksheet
Synonyms for Happy
Worksheet
Synonyms for Happy
In this worksheet, children will draw from a word bank of synonyms for the adjective "happy" to complete 10 sentences.
4th Grade
Worksheet
Lesson Plans
Soulful Similes and Musical Metaphors
Lesson plan
Soulful Similes and Musical Metaphors
Baby, you're a firework! In this musical lesson, your students will use context clues to determine the meaning of similes and metaphors in popular music. They will then use this knowledge to write their own metaphors and similes.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Poetry: Figurative Language
Lesson plan
Poetry: Figurative Language
This literary lesson has students delving into Emily Dickinson's "The Moon was but a Chin of Gold" to find different types of figurative language. Writers will love sharpening reading comprehension skills with this poetry analysis activity.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
That Old Cliché
Lesson plan
That Old Cliché
Once in a blue moon, you will have students who completely understand clichés but they can be few and far between. In this lesson, your students will explore how clichés are popular, but overused.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Diagramming Sentences
Lesson plan
Diagramming Sentences
Sentences can be surprisingly complex. Enhance your students' reading and writing skills with this comprehensive lesson on diagramming sentences and identifying parts of speech.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Homograph Books
Lesson plan
Homograph Books
Students will make a book of homographs using pictures as definitions in order to have a visual connection of the multiple meanings one word can have.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Everybunny’s Easter Puns
Lesson plan
Everybunny’s Easter Puns
The energizer bunny went to jail. He was charged with battery. Get it? Your students will understand after this lesson! Use this lesson to give your students tools to understand and create Easter puns.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Workbooks
Figurative Language
Workbook
Figurative Language
Descriptive language and metaphoric phrases take the spotlight in this workbook. Kids use new vocabulary and common phrases to tackle writing skills.
5th Grade
Workbook
Games
No games found for this common core code.
Exercises
Onomatopoeia
Exercise
Onomatopoeia
Students will have a blast playing with this exercise that shows how spelling onomatopoeias comes from real-life sounds.
5th Grade
Exercise
Alliteration
Exercise
Alliteration
Every educator eschews un-exciting educational exercises; employ this Education.com exercise for an entertaining and eventful lesson on alliteration!
5th Grade
Exercise
Pun
Exercise
Pun
There’s nothing greater than a student who can appreciate a pun activity when they play one.
5th Grade
Exercise
Oxymoron
Exercise
Oxymoron
Help students learn how to categorize objects with this exercise that educates them about oxymorons.
5th Grade
Exercise
