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Alabama ELA Standard: 5.LF.12

Interpret the meaning of words, phrases, and patterns as they are used in texts, including domain-specific and academic vocabulary and figurative language.

Idioms About Numbers 2

Idioms About Numbers 2

Five idioms related to numbers.

Idioms About Numbers 1

Idioms About Numbers 1

Five idioms related to numbers.

Idioms About Salt

Idioms About Salt

Five idioms related to salt.

Idioms About Eggs

Idioms About Eggs

Five idioms related to eggs.

Idioms About Dessert

Idioms About Dessert

Five idioms related to dessert.

Idioms About Food 2

Idioms About Food 2

Five idioms related to food.

Idioms About Food 1

Idioms About Food 1

Five idioms related to food.

Idioms About Feet

Idioms About Feet

Five idioms related to feet.

Idioms About Noses

Idioms About Noses

Five idioms related to noses.

Idioms About Hands and Fingers

Idioms About Hands and Fingers

Five idioms related to hands and fingers.

Idioms About Hands

Idioms About Hands

Five idioms related to hands.

Idioms About Body Parts

Idioms About Body Parts

Five idioms related to body parts.

Idioms About Bugs

Idioms About Bugs

Five idioms related to bugs.

Idioms About Birds 2

Idioms About Birds 2

Five idioms related to birds.

Idioms About Birds 1

Idioms About Birds 1

Five idioms related to birds.

Idioms About Ducks

Idioms About Ducks

Five idioms related to ducks.

Idioms About Geese

Idioms About Geese

Five idioms related to geese.

Idioms About Names

Idioms About Names

Five idioms related to names.

Idioms About Bites

Idioms About Bites

Five idioms related to bites.

Idioms About the Greeks and Romans

Idioms About the Greeks and Romans

Five idioms related to the Greeks and Romans.

Idioms About Mouths

Idioms About Mouths

Five idioms related to mouths.

Idioms About Water

Idioms About Water

Five idioms related to water.

Personification: A River

Personification: A River

A river that chases, chuckles, and grips things with a gurgle. Your students will see how a writer turns plain water into a living creature, then try it themselves on fire, snow, or traffic.

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Zeta

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Zeta

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Delta

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Delta

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Idioms About Money

Idioms About Money

Five sets of idioms related to money.

Idioms About Fire

Idioms About Fire

Five sets of idioms related to fire!

Idiom Tasks

Idiom Tasks

Four fantastically terrific tasks for a weekly idiom study.

Idioms about Weather

Idioms about Weather

Five sets of idioms related to the weather.

Idioms About Red

Idioms About Red

Five sets of idioms related to the color red.

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let’s start with “As cold as fire.”

Ambiguous Sentences

Ambiguous Sentences

Rather than just demand that students “write clearly,” we’ll explore the hazards of poorly written sentences… and maybe create one of our own!

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Introduction

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Introduction

Your students will try to match up definitions that belong to the same homophone in this brain-boggling vocab puzzle.

Fancier Figurative Language: Start with a Cliche

Fancier Figurative Language: Start with a Cliche

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