Students practice writing sentences starting with -ing phrases (participles). They focus on ensuring the subject immediately following the comma is the doer of the action, effectively preventing dangling modifiers.
A comprehensive series of worksheets exploring nine essential literary devices through reading passages, identification tasks, and creative writing exercises.
Analyze direct and indirect comparisons to understand how they deepen meaning in creative writing.
Focus on the sounds of language through alliteration and onomatopoeia in descriptive storytelling.
Delve into the world of contradictions and unexpected outcomes with passages featuring irony and paradox.
Explore how authors use exaggeration and human traits to bring stories to life through reading and analysis.
A comprehensive recording sheet for students to document their practice and creative work from all figurative language lessons in one central location.
Focusing on hyperbole and sound devices like onomatopoeia and alliteration. Includes introductory slides and a practice worksheet.
Focusing on personification: giving human traits to non-human things. Includes introductory slides and a practice worksheet.
Focusing on metaphors: direct comparisons. Includes introductory slides and a practice worksheet.
Focusing on similes: comparisons using 'like' or 'as'. Includes introductory slides and a practice worksheet.
An introductory lesson covering the primary types of figurative language with integrated reading passages and creative writing exercises.
A comprehensive presentation and resource set for a K-5 Literacy Night focused on media, digital, and information literacy. Parents will learn how these skills are integrated into the classroom and how to support their children at home.
A lesson focused on distinguishing between effective and ineffective paraphrasing and summarizing techniques using the context of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations. Students will read a short passage and categorize various examples into 'good' or 'bad' buckets.
A problem-solving workshop for B2+ students based on social media flash mobs. Students act as a city's 'Digital Response Team' to design innovative solutions for urban chaos triggered by viral trends.
Cumulative review of all consonant-le patterns through mixed word lists, sentence reading, and a final fluency passage.
Practice decoding and encoding consonant-le words that include r-controlled or magic e syllables, such as 'purple' and 'beetle'.
Explore how the first syllable (open or closed) determines the vowel sound in consonant-le words, contrasting pairs like 'apple' and 'maple'.
Introduce the consonant-le syllable type and the 'count back 3' rule for dividing words. Focus on words with closed first syllables like 'bubble' and 'candle'.
An introductory lesson exploring various types of figurative language through clear examples and integrated practice questions.