sort of types of figurative language intermediate writing/reading ccss: 3/4/5.l.5 demonstrate...
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Sort ofTypes of Figurative Language
Intermediate Writing/ReadingCCSS: 3/4/5.L.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Introduce the topic of figurative language using the Anchor Charts before placing them in the station for small group work.
What’s included:□ Task Card in WORD (click on slide to open in WORD for editing OR open the separate TASK CARD DOC on the website)□ Anchor Chart (Types of Figurative Language)□ Student Activity Cards □ Answer Key□ Materials Needed: index cards□ Technology Connection: http://www.gamequarium.com/figurativelanguage.html
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STATION TASK CARD Unit 1 2 3 4 __________Station Activity Name: Sort Of! Standard: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use Skill/Objective: (COPY IN YOUR PASSPORT) Figurative Language Directions: 1. Review the Anchor Charts with the students at your station. 2. When you have reviewed the different types of figurative language, take the Word Cards and place them facedown on the table for everyone to be able to reach. 3. Decide who will begin. The first student selects a card, reads it aloud, and determines which type of figurative language this example shows. The student to the right will check the answer using the Answer Key. 4. Go through all of the Word Cards to practice with this skill. Then take a set of index cards and create your own examples of each type of figurative language. Include a simple illustration on each card. Reflection: Why do you think second-language learners struggle with figurative language?
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Figurative Language
Words or phrases that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of an individual’s
words.
Example: Figurative language is like music to my ears!
Simile
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or
as.
Example: That boy is as clumsy as a bull in a china shop!
Metaphor
A comparison of two unlike things without using a
comparison word, such as the words like or as.
Example: Her eyes were sparkling diamonds from her excitement of the dance.
Idiom
A group of words whose collective meaning is quite
different from their individual meaning.
Example: Let’s put ourheads together and plan the class party.
Adage
An adage is a short, but memorable saying which holds some important fact considered
true by many people.
Example: A pennysaved is a pennyearned.
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that
expresses a truth based on common sense.
Example: Honesty isthe best policy.
All’s well that ends well.
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4 5 6
7 8 9
Birds of a feather flock
together.
Bag of bones
A blanket of snow
covered the streets.
Better late than never.
He is the shining star of
our school.
Practice makes perfect.
She worked like a busy beaver
to finish up the
project on time.
Cool as a cucumber
I feel as free as a bird when the school bell rings
at the end of
the day.10
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Life is a roller coaster which every one has to go through.
Head in the clouds
Look before you leap.
America is a melting pot for people
from all parts of the world.
The early bird gets the worm.
Two peas in a pod
My memory is a little cloudy
about that incident.
Better safe than sorry.
Number Answer
1 All’s well that ends well.Proverb
2 Birds of a feather flock together.
Adage
3 Bag of BonesIdiom
4 A blanket of snow covered the streets. Metaphor
5 Better late than never.Adage
6 He is the shining star of our school.
Metaphor
7 Cool as a cucumberIdiom
8 She worked like a busy beaver to finish the project on time.
Simile
9 Practice makes perfect.Proverb
10 I feel as free as a bird when the school bell rings at the end of
the day. Simile
11 Life is a roller coaster which every one has to go through.
Metaphor
12 Head in the cloudsIdiom
Number Answer
13 Look before you leap.Proverb
14 America is a melting pot for people from all parts of the
world. Metaphor
15 The early bird gets the worm.Adage
16 Better safe than sorry.Adage
17 My memory is a little cloudy about that incident. Metaphor
18 Two peas in a podIdiom
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