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Grade 5

CCSS ELA Standard: 5.RL.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

Improving Shakespeare’s Repetition

Let's help William Shakespeare with his use of repetition.

 Getting Specific With St. Patrick’s Day Writing

Let's take a starting phrase about St. Patrick's Day and get specific. No, even more specific!

 Super Specific Similes – Strong Uncle

Let's make this simile about a strong uncle even more specific.

 Super Specific Similes – Slimy Broccoli

Students will make this slimy broccoli simile seriously specific.

 Super Specific Similes: Quick Baby

Let's make this simile about a quick baby even more specific.

Super Specific Similes: Loud Class

Let's make this simile about a loud class super specific!

 Super Specific Similes: Stinky Seaweed

Students will make this simile about stinky seaweed super specific.

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let's start with "As cold as fire."

 Fancier Figurative Language: Move the Simile

What if we started a sentence with the simile?

 Jabberwocky and Context Clues

Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words ("Jabberwocky") and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it's only natural for students to write their own nonsense poems.

 Studying and Remixing “The Raven”

Ready to push kids beyond the boring, old ABAB rhyme scheme and into something a bit more complex?