RL.5.4 Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4
:"Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Worksheets
Vocabulary Cards: Making Sense of Metaphors
Worksheet
Vocabulary Cards: Making Sense of Metaphors
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.
5th Grade
Worksheet
Context Clues Table
Worksheet
Context Clues Table
Context clues help readers discern the meaning of new vocabulary terms in their reading. Use this worksheet to help your students organize unfamiliar words and transfer their context clues and definitions to a table.
4th Grade
Worksheet
Reading & Understanding Metaphors
Worksheet
Reading & Understanding Metaphors
Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.
5th Grade
Worksheet
Writing Metaphors with Linking Verbs
Worksheet
Writing Metaphors with Linking Verbs
In this exercise, students will use linking verbs to write metaphors with support.
5th Grade
Worksheet
Onomatopoeia Visual Glossary Cards
Worksheet
Onomatopoeia Visual Glossary Cards
These 24 cards will introduce your students to common sound words!
5th Grade
Worksheet
Animal Sounds Around the World
Worksheet
Animal Sounds Around the World
Students will learn common animal sound words in different languages!
3rd 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
Simile for Me!
Lesson plan
Simile for Me!
Swift as a coursing river, your students will get the hang of similes with this creativity-fueled writing lesson. Featuring a bunch of fun worksheets, these activities are sure to keep young learners engaged.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
I SHAMPOO C: Figurative Language
Lesson plan
I SHAMPOO C: Figurative Language
Do your students have trouble understanding the main types of figurative language? This lesson will teach them about I SHAMPOO C, an acronym used to to remember nine of the main types with ease.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Dive Into Context Clues
Lesson plan
Dive Into Context Clues
Help your students flex their vocabulary muscles with this lesson on using context clues. By deciphering the meanings of different nonsense words, young readers will greatly improve their comprehension skills.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Simile vs. Metaphor
Lesson plan
Simile vs. Metaphor
Do your students struggle with similes and metaphors? Do they have trouble identifying the two different types of analogies? This lesson will help simplify the two and put an end to the confusion.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Onomatopoeia Practice
Lesson plan
Onomatopoeia Practice
Does onomatopoeia BANG your students up or cause them to want to BARF? Help them out with this comical lesson on the well-known figurative device. Students will have a fun time completing worksheets and using onomatopoeias themselves.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Workbooks
Haunting Plots
Workbook
Haunting Plots
Practice reading skills with the help of literary friends! From Frankenstein to Dracula and Mr. Hyde, the gory gang's all in this book, with read-and-respond passages from famous horror literature.
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
