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Your students will infer the meaning of unknown figurative language examples by using context clues.

Making Sense of Figurative Language 1

Children practice identifying and interpreting one type of figurative language, similes, in nine sample sentences.

Making Sense of Figurative Language 2

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used in poetry. Use this classic poem with your students to practice identifying alliteration in context.

Figurative Language: Alliteration in Poetry

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used to engage a reader’s senses. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration in context.

Figurative Language: Alliteration in Context

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

Figurative Language: Idioms

Alliteration is a fun way to play with language! Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration

Figurative Language: Identifying Alliteration

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

Figurative Language Practice

Successful students set sail with alliteration! Use this resource with your students to practice writing sentences using alliteration.

Figurative Language: Alliteration Sentences

Silly sentences will have your students smiling! Use this resource with your students to practice writing silly sentences with alliteration.

Figurative Language: Silly Alliteration

This exercise will get your students inferring the meaning of unknown metaphors.

Making Sense of Figurative Language 3

Kids practice argument writing by taking a position on devices in the classroom.

Devices in the Classroom

Turn text messages full of abbreviated language and lacking punctuation into proper English.

Text Message Language

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

Idioms: Tell Us What You Think!

To deepen your students’ understanding of dramas, have them utilize their understanding of the key terms to compare and contrast dramas to other genres. They will use information found in a Venn diagram to complete a paragraph frame.

Comparing Drama to Other Genres

This year, third graders will be taking their vocabulary to new heights and exploring such concepts as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification. This guided lesson in vocabulary and figurative language offers clear and practical definitions of new words and expressions, along with plenty of practice opportunities. Understanding vocabulary and figurative language deepens reading comprehension skills and enriches the writing process.

Word Meaning 1

This worksheet on verbs that start with O will broaden your third-grader's vocabulary and improve other language skills.

Verbs that Start with O

Use this worksheet to teach your students to write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames as they differentiate between literal and nonliteral meanings of idioms. Don’t forget the context clues!

Literal and Nonliteral Language

Help your third grader learn how to use sensory words to describe something with this great vocab-building worksheet.

Sensory Language

Adjectives help make the English language vibrant and descriptive. Kids will use their vocabularies to think up and apply different adjectives for each object.

Using Adjectives

In this literary lesson, students use fairy tales to practice identifying character traits. Students are challenged to justify their reasoning using text based support.

Fairy Tales: Character Traits

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language

Practice using descriptive language with this adjectives worksheet all about describing a character's traits.

Listing Character Traits

Give your students more descriptive ability with an exercise that introduces new adjectives to their vocabulary.


Sorting Adjectives (Adjectives - Other) 1

Figurative language can be difficult, especially for ELs. With the help of context clues and exposure to common idioms, it can be a piece of cake! Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for the *Take a Walk with Idioms* lesson.

Working with Idioms

This Shakespeare biography, written for kids, teaches young readers, writers and thespians all about the literary giant.

Shakespeare Biography

Is it real or is it fantasy? This lesson introduces students to the literary concepts of realism and fantasy. Readers will practice this skill by using details in texts to distinguish the two genre elements. 

Making Sense of Realism and Fantasy

Using pronouns is an important way to streamline our language. Kids will practice rewriting sentences to use the appropriate pronoun wherever possible.

Practice Pronouns

Get descriptive! This worksheet will help kids practice enhancing verbs and adjectives by using adverbs.

Using Adverbs

Get to know grandpa a little better with a fun interview exercise! Your beginning writer will practice building sentences and using descriptive language.

All About My Family: Grandpa

Articles are an important and special type of adjective. This worksheet will help kids practice using both definite and indefinite articles.

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