Figurative Language and Imagery

Ideas for teaching kids the meanings of proverbs and adages including use of a great short story with lots of them!

Vocabulary skills - connotations, multiple meanings, figurative language, imagery - teaching ideas for middle school and upper elementary grades.

This resource includes both a Figurative Language slide presentation and a set of Figurative Language and Imagery worksheets. The PowerPoint slide presentation has four sections - similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole. The slides include examples from a number of different types of literature, and various types of brief practice activities are also included for each of the four kinds of figurative language. The slide presentation is not editable. Students should respond to the...

This package of Vocabulary Task Cards includes four sets of cards - Analogies, Connotations, Figurative Language, and Multiple Meaning Words in both the print and the Easel versions, for students to work with activities that take their vocabulary skills to the next level. Also included in the package is the free Imagery Slide Presentation. Each task card set includes thirty large cards designed for middle school and upper elementary students with a variety of activities. They work great for...

Picture books are great for teaching figurative language - similes, personification, metaphors, or hyperbole - for any age

Figurative language and imagery are fun to teach, but they can be difficult at the same time! Fun because these types of

Figurative language and imagery! Teaching these concepts can be a fun part and a dreaded part of the language arts curriculum -

Brighten up your introductin of sensory imagery for your middle school and upper elementary students with this free slide presentation from Classroom in the Middle

I used to introduce figurative language with our poetry unit, but now I'm liking the idea of introducing it early in the year

Figurative language and imagery are fun to teach, but they can be difficult at the same time! Fun because these types of

Figurative language and imagery! Teaching these concepts can be a fun part and a dreaded part of the language arts curriculum -

Figurative language and imagery! Teaching these concepts can be a fun part and a dreaded part of the language arts curriculum -