5th - 8th Grade English Language Arts Resources : Page 3

Introduce your students to these common English idioms, used in the context of a sentence.

Introduce your students to vocabulary words that will strengthen their descriptive writing!

Challenge your students to use what they know about idioms to find the double meaning in these silly puns. They will ‘get a kick’ out of it!

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

How is a grapefruit like a moon? They are both round! Students will identify which items are being compared in a metaphor, then describe one way they are alike.

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

Engage your students with food puns to excite their appetites and brains!

In this worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

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.

Students will practice using pronouns to help them understand point of view.

In this exercise, students will use linking verbs to write metaphors with support.

Your mind will burst with knowledge after completing this hyperbole activity! Turn normal skills and traits into larger-than-life abilities using exaggeration.

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

Your students will have fun identifying the homophones in these hilarious puns!

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

In this worksheet, children read Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Snowdrop, reimagined here as a drama.

Explore a fascinating period of U.S. history with this informational reading worksheet about the Harlem Renaissance.

Practice identifying and using verbs in the past, present, and future tenses as well as their progressive forms.

Practice spelling with plurals and possessives in this grammar worksheet for middle grades!

As your students read these silly limericks, they’ll identify examples of hyperbole.

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

Introduce your students to analogies with this fun, fill-in-the-blank worksheet!

This graphic organizer helps your students examine descriptive adjectives and nouns.

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!

This writing worksheet is a good way for learners to boost vocabulary and spelling, and it's a great tool to prepare for standardized testing.

Help students hone reading comprehension skills and techniques with this classic Robert Frost poem.

Use this reflective writing worksheet to encourage a growth mindset in students and strengthen important social emotional skills!