Alabama ELA Standard: 2.LF.16.d

Crosswords, image analysis, and writing prompts for Halloween!

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

Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.

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

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

Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.

Five sets of idioms related to money.

Five sets of idioms related to fire!

Four fantastically terrific tasks for a weekly idiom study.

Five sets of idioms related to the weather.

Five sets of idioms related to the color red.

Two sets of idioms related to numbers.

Five sets of idioms related to birds (and bugs).

Five sets of five idioms, all related to body parts!

Five sets of five idioms, all related to food.

Look closely at Twilight in the Wilderness. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Let’s start with “As cold as fire.”

What if we started a sentence with the simile?

A passage from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Is your students’ use of repetition limited to, “The girl was very, very, very fast.”? Let’s borrow some ideas from Shakespeare!

Can students spot similes vs metaphors?

Why do we say ‘break a leg’? Five themed sets of idioms your students will actually remember.

We’ll start with the cliché “as cold as ice” and go somewhere much more interesting.