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Simile and Metaphor Sorting Game

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My students can tell me what a simile or metaphor is, but when it's time to distinguish between them, they need some help! This fun game gives students the opportunity to practice both identifying and writing similes and metaphors. Students are

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Allusion Activity with Mythology and Pop Culture

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Allusion is a powerful device, but students can easily miss it if they aren't familiar with how it is used. This fun activity gives them practice identifying both mythology-based and pop-culture-oriented allusions as they blend the two in a

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

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Alliteration Game for Middle School

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This fun alliteration photo hunt helps middle school students become more aware of alliteration and how to use it in their own descriptive writing.Literary devices make students’ writing crisp, clear, and captivating – and alliteration is one of the

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Hyperbole Activity for Middle School

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Hyperbole is such a fun technique to use in writing, but often students get hyperbole mixed up with superlatives or metaphor. This fun showdown gives students the opportunity to practice creating fun examples of hyperbole that will help them

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Valentines Day Figurative Language Activity for Middle School ELA

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Love is in the air, and it’s all over the radio, too! Take advantage of the twitterpation to review figurative language with your secondary students. With this activity, students identify different types of figurative language in various lyrics

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Personification vs. Anthropomorphism Sorting Game for Middle School ELA

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Do your students still struggle to correctly identify examples of personification in literature? My seventh graders ALWAYS come to me thinking personification and anthropomorphism are the same thing! When they see actual examples of personification

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Literature

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th

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Figurative Language Bundle for Middle School

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When I first announce we're going to be working on figurative language, my students' eyes often meet mine with blank or foreboding stares. Even if they have been taught similes, metaphors, personification, and the works for the past four years, they

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading

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7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Games

CCSS:

RL.7.4, RL.8.4

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Onomatopoeia Activity for Middle School

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Literary devices make students’ descriptive writing pop, and this short activity and assignment help students remember onomatopoeia in a fun and memorable way.First, students are split into teams that must compete against each other to sketch and

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Football Figurative Language Sorting Game

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This fun and engaging football figurative language game helps students identify the different types of figurative language while talking about a topic that already has their attention--football!When students come to me in middle school, I expect

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Games

CCSS:

RL.5.4, RL.6.4, RL.7.4, RL.8.4

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Personification Activity for Middle School

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Literary devices like personification can make students’ writing come alive (see what I did there?), and this wild, western exercise gives students the opportunity to practice this valuable technique. Students are given a list of inanimate objects

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Figurative Language Posters and Game with Football Examples

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Figurative language can make our students' writing come to life, but all too often it gets the reputation of being "flowery" or overly mushy. Change the stigma with these football-themed figurative language resources!This bundle includes a fun,

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Literature

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Games, Posters

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Figurative Language Posters with Football Examples

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Many of our students can explain what a simile or metaphor is, but when it's time to recognize examples of figurative language in literature or --gasp-- write original examples of figurative language in their own writing, our students can feel a

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

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Figurative Language Worksheets for Middle School

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Give students valuable figurative language practice (and satisfy their craving for sports) with these hockey-themed figurative language worksheets! Each page includes a type of figurative language with its definition, several hockey-themed

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.L.5

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