L.5.5.A Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.A
:"Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Worksheets
All About Metaphors
Worksheet
All About Metaphors
This worksheet is a slam dunk for metaphors! Your young writer will learn what makes up a metaphor, and then practice making a few of their own.
5th Grade
Worksheet
Similes: Clear as Crystal
Worksheet
Similes: Clear as Crystal
As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.
3rd Grade
Worksheet
Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2
Worksheet
Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2
Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.
5th Grade
Worksheet
Examples of Hyperbole! Part 2
Worksheet
Examples of Hyperbole! Part 2
Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.
2nd Grade
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: No Sudden Moves
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: No Sudden Moves
In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.
Worksheet
Analyzing Poetry: “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson
Worksheet
Analyzing Poetry: “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson
Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!
5th Grade
Worksheet
Lesson Plans
Soulful Similes and Musical Metaphors
Lesson plan
Soulful Similes and Musical Metaphors
Baby, you're a firework! In this musical lesson, your students will use context clues to determine the meaning of similes and metaphors in popular music. They will then use this knowledge to write their own metaphors and similes.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Poetry: Figurative Language
Lesson plan
Poetry: Figurative Language
This literary lesson has students delving into Emily Dickinson's "The Moon was but a Chin of Gold" to find different types of figurative language. Writers will love sharpening reading comprehension skills with this poetry analysis activity.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Everybunny’s Easter Puns
Lesson plan
Everybunny’s Easter Puns
The energizer bunny went to jail. He was charged with battery. Get it? Your students will understand after this lesson! Use this lesson to give your students tools to understand and create Easter puns.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Explanations for Expressions
Lesson plan
Explanations for Expressions
Do your students need instruction in how to find and determine the meaning of figurative language? In this lesson, students will explore the exaggerations found in hyperbole and elements of idioms.
4th Grade
Lesson plan
Workbooks
Figurative Language
Workbook
Figurative Language
Descriptive language and metaphoric phrases take the spotlight in this workbook. Kids use new vocabulary and common phrases to tackle writing skills.
5th Grade
Workbook
Games
Sorting Similes in Muggo's Brain
Game
Sorting Similes in Muggo's Brain
Help kids learn about similes with this sorting game.
5th Grade
Game
Metaphor Sorting in Muggo's Brain
Game
Metaphor Sorting in Muggo's Brain
Kids help Muggo sort metaphors into emotions, actions, and appearances.
5th Grade
Game
Dino Photoshoot: Figurative Language in Sentences
Game
Dino Photoshoot: Figurative Language in Sentences
Explore figurative language and common expressions in this fifth-grade reading and writing game!
5th Grade
Game
Dino Bones: Using Figurative Language in Sentences
Game
Dino Bones: Using Figurative Language in Sentences
Get to know figurative language like the back of your hand with this fifth-grade learning game!
5th Grade
Game
Exercises
Hyperbole
Exercise
Hyperbole
Students will finally have a name to describe the “dog ate my homework” storytelling that runs rampant throughout childhood with this hyperbole exercise.
5th Grade
Exercise
Metaphors 3
Exercise
Metaphors 3
Students will be able to creatively apply metaphors to their discussions after they complete this exercise.
5th Grade
Exercise
Similes 3
Exercise
Similes 3
Students will be as confident in writing as a Pulitzer Prize winner after completing this final exercise in the similes series.
5th Grade
Exercise
