Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Personification Practice.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

These 24 cards will introduce your students to common sound words!

EL students will read similes and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

It's time to change boring to extraordinary with hyperbole magic! Your fifth graders will enjoy rewriting simple statements using hyperbole to exaggerate. Once they finish, they will be the smartest students in the world.

Give your students exposure to funny puns related to animals!

Use this organizer to help students track examples of hyperbole.

Use these wacky sentences to help your students recognize alliteration as they read.

Students will use their imaginations to write sentences using alliteration.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: An Introduction to Onomatopoeia.

Have fun with figurative language with these Halloween exaggerations that are sure to spook your students! They will enjoy the chance to write their own hyperboles with these over-the-top sentences.

Students will look at hilarious puns and how they use homonyms and homophones.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: An Introduction to Onomatopoeia.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech made up of words with very different meanings. In this creative writing activity, students will put their figurative language skills to the test as they craft a story using some catchy contradictory phrases!

Students will get even better at creating punny sentences as they use homonyms!

This worksheet provides great practice for students to use alliteration in their writing.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

It's time to let loose and get silly with this fun figurative language exercise! This worksheet will let your students stretch their creativity as they practice using homonyms to write their own puns.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

Challenge your students to write sentences using alliteration!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Personification Practice.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.