Help your students understand figurative language as they practice identifying homonyms!

Why is the math book so sad? It has too many problems! Help your students bring puns to life by having them create visuals to represent the play on words. Kids will have a blast reading the puns and making their own illustrations to accompany them.

Your students will love getting creative as they turn ordinary statements into hyperboles.

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 use their imaginations to write sentences using alliteration.

Students will learn to identify personification using nouns and verbs as signal words!

Many idioms are a dime a dozen. Give kids a chance to flex their figurative language skills and creativity by having them write and illustrate their very own idioms. Students will find that time really does fly when they're having fun!

Introduce learners to this fun form of figurative language with this entertaining worksheet.

Use this worksheet to provide students with even more practice using both homophones and homonyms as they identify and write their own puns!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.

Students will love reading these wacky sentences to practice recognizing alliteration as they read.

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

Use this organizer to help students track examples of hyperbole.

When your students read this silly poem, they will find examples of hyperbole. Then, they will make a connection to another language concept: superlatives!

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

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

Let’s exaggerate! Hyperboles are a fun way for students to spice up their writing.

In this fun worksheet, students will get to practice using both homophones and homonyms as they identify and write puns!

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

Students will laugh as they practice using alliteration in this fun writing worksheet.

Oxymorons are seriously fun business! Your fifth graders will have fun making oxymorons by matching contradictory words, as well as crafting unique sentences as they practice using these antithetical phrases in their writing.

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.

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

Help your students use homonyms to write their own puns as they practice using figurative language with this fun activity!

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

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

With this worksheet, your fifth graders will add feeling to their writing by using hyperbole. Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration that adds emphasis and humor for extra effect. Once they complete this worksheet, they will be masters of hyperbole.

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

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

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