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Literary Terms Dominoes
This is a set of literary term dominoes which include many types of figurative language. The dominoes have 20 terms on one side and mixed up definitions on the other side.
This game can be played in pairs. Students must match the term to the correct definition.
Some of the terms are: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, setting, c...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 40
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Subject Verb Agreement Worksheet
Subject Verb agreement worksheet focusing on "is" "are" "was" and "were"
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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Context Clues - Vocabulary Chart/ Graphic Organizer
This chart/graphic organizer can work with ANY text. Pair it with your favorite story, article, or any class novel. It�s completely editable. The teacher can choose up to 11 words (per chart) from the text of their choice to have students practice their context clue skills. Students will write down: what they think the word means, and the text ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 3-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 2
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Halloween Readings-- 3 Short Stories and Fun Assessment!
This assignment is one I do every Halloween with my students, and they love it!
There are three short Halloween stories (Bloody Mary, Dancing with the Devil, and The Golden Hand). These stories have elevated vocabulary and are scary without being inappropriate.
Once students have read the stories, they pick the one they liked best and illu...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 49
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Figurative Language Exam
Figurative Language Practice
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Figurative Language Drawing
This is an assignment that has students create and draw their own figurative language examples. Simile, Metaphor, Personification, and Hyperbole.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 0
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The 5 Creepest Urban Legends that Happen to be True!
The 5 Creepest Urban Legends that Happen to be True! I got the information for this reading from cracked.com. It�s really interesting reading and has challenging vocabulary. The last page is a chart where students write what they think various underlined words mean and what text made them think that. Then students look up the words to see if the...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 53
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Katy Perry "Self Inflicted"
This song is from Katy Perry�s hit CD and it�s loaded with figurative language. Students will read the song and identify as many examples of similes, metaphors, hyperboles, and personification as they can. Then, students will write those in the corresponding chart below!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Analyzing and Creating Compound and Complex Sentences
Worksheet for students to analyze sentences where they label the clauses as independent or dependent, add the punctuation, and determine the sentence type. Also, an opportunity for students to create sentences from the images.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Dancing with the Devil Reading Comprehension
My students really like this story! This is a reading exercise of a Mexican folk-tale called "Dancing with the Devil". The one page story comes with six short answer response questions. At the bottom of each of the questions page is a reminder of how to respond to short answers using citations from the text.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 17
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Making Predictions Based on Clues in the Text
This PowerPoint includes three stories taken from a book called, The Worlds Shortest Stories. Each slide gives the students a sentence from a story and then asks them to make predictions based on the text. My high schoolers love this lesson because of the twists at the end of each story!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 33
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Grammar Mistakes in Songs
This is a powerpoint that has different song lyrics that are grammatically incorrect in some way. Have students identify the errors. Some of the errors include: subject verb agreement, double negatives, pronoun antecedent agreement, irregular verb mistakes, etc.
Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 36
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Common Mistakes in Writing- Correct Word Choice
This PowerPoint teaches students the correct uses for words that are commonly used incorrectly.
Lessons include: there/their/they�re, your/you�re, to/too/two, than/then, its/it�s, buy/by, chose/choose, passed/past, good/well.
After each explanation, there is a mini quiz (3 to 5 questions) t...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 8
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Classroom Games & Activities
This is a collection of 15 games/activities to make learning fun in the classroom! Most of these center around grammar and vocabulary development, but you can modify them to whatever you are covering.
I have compiled these from my 4 years of teaching, and my students LOVE them! Some are technolo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 73
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