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| figurative language warm up: Jumpstarters for Figurative Language, Grades 4 - 8 Heitman, 2008-09-02 Facilitate a love of language with students in grades 4 and up using Jumpstarters for Figurative Language: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource covers dictionary imagery, similes, metaphors, adages, idioms, clichés, personification, allusions, symbolism, hyperboles, and synecdoche. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use. |
| figurative language warm up: Daily Warm-Ups: Figurative Language - Level II , 2004 180 reproducible quick activities--one for each day of the school year--help students practice writing and language skills. |
| figurative language warm up: Owl Moon Jane Yolen, 2024-11-05 Celebrating 30 years of the beloved classic Owl Moon from renowned children's book author Jane Yolen and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator John Schoenherr! Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent as a dream. Whoo-whoo-whoo, the father calls to the mysterious nighttime bird. But there is no answer. Wordlessly the two companions walk along, for when you go owling, you don't need words. You don't need anything but hope. Sometimes there isn't an owl, but sometimes there is. Distinguished author Jane Yolen has created a gentle, poetic story that lovingly depicts the special companionship of a young child and her father as well as humankind's close relationship to the natural world. Wonderfully complemented by John Schoenherr's soft, exquisite watercolor illustrations, this is a verbal and visual treasure, perfect for reading aloud and sharing at bedtime. |
| figurative language warm up: The Crossover Kwame Alexander, 2014 New York Times bestseller ∙ Newbery Medal Winner ∙Coretta Scott King Honor Award ∙2015 YALSA 2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults∙ 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers ∙Publishers Weekly Best Book ∙ School Library Journal Best Book∙ Kirkus Best Book A beautifully measured novel of life and line.--The New York Times Book Review With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering, announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood, he's got mad beats, too, that tell his family's story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander. Josh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and off the court to realize breaking the rules comes at a terrible price, as their story's heart-stopping climax proves a game-changer for the entire family. |
| figurative language warm up: Daily Warm-Ups: Language Skills Grade 6 Mary Rosenberg, 2009-03 Quick, easy, effective activities support standards and help students improve skills they need for success in testing. |
| figurative language warm up: The Most Dangerous Game Richard Connell, 2023-02-23 Sanger Rainsford is a big-game hunter, who finds himself washed up on an island owned by the eccentric General Zaroff. Zaroff, a big-game hunter himself, has heard of Rainsford’s abilities with a gun and organises a hunt. However, they’re not after animals – they’re after people. When he protests, Rainsford the hunter becomes Rainsford the hunted. Sharing similarities with The Hunger Games, starring Jennifer Lawrence, this is the story that created the template for pitting man against man. Born in New York, Richard Connell (1893 – 1949) went on to become an acclaimed author, screenwriter, and journalist. He is best remembered for the gripping novel The Most Dangerous Game and for receiving an Oscar nomination for the screenplay Meet John Doe. |
| figurative language warm up: Puddles Jonathan London, 1999-04-26 Morning is magical after a night of rain and thunder. And best of all are the puddles! Big ones, little ones, long ones, skinny ones. Splash! Splash! Splash! Put on your raincoat and join two puddle-jumpers in this bouncy read-along that's just right for a rainy day or any day. |
| figurative language warm up: Daily Warm-Ups: Language Skills Grade 3 Mary Rosenberg, 2009-05 |
| figurative language warm up: Language Arts Warm-Ups, Grades 5 - 12 Cindy Barden, Ann Fisher, Jane Heitman, 2016-01-04 Language Arts Warm-Ups: Expanding Vocabulary provides students with daily activities to get them warmed up for the lessons ahead and to review lessons learned. Each page features four warm-up activities that can be cut apart and used separately, making it easy to adjust each activity as needed. --Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including math, science, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. |
| figurative language warm up: Long Way Down Jason Reynolds, 2017-10-24 “An intense snapshot of the chain reaction caused by pulling a trigger.” —Booklist (starred review) “Astonishing.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A tour de force.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Printz Honor Book A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Literature Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fiction Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017 A Vulture Best YA Book of 2017 A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of 2017 An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds’s electrifying novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds—the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he’s going to murder the guy who killed his brother. A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RULE Or, you can call it a gun. That’s what fifteen-year-old Will has shoved in the back waistband of his jeans. See, his brother Shawn was just murdered. And Will knows the rules. No crying. No snitching. Revenge. That’s where Will’s now heading, with that gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, the gun that was his brother’s gun. He gets on the elevator, seventh floor, stoked. He knows who he’s after. Or does he? As the elevator stops on the sixth floor, on comes Buck. Buck, Will finds out, is who gave Shawn the gun before Will took the gun. Buck tells Will to check that the gun is even loaded. And that’s when Will sees that one bullet is missing. And the only one who could have fired Shawn’s gun was Shawn. Huh. Will didn’t know that Shawn had ever actually USED his gun. Bigger huh. BUCK IS DEAD. But Buck’s in the elevator? Just as Will’s trying to think this through, the door to the next floor opens. A teenage girl gets on, waves away the smoke from Dead Buck’s cigarette. Will doesn’t know her, but she knew him. Knew. When they were eight. And stray bullets had cut through the playground, and Will had tried to cover her, but she was hit anyway, and so what she wants to know, on that fifth floor elevator stop, is, what if Will, Will with the gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, MISSES. And so it goes, the whole long way down, as the elevator stops on each floor, and at each stop someone connected to his brother gets on to give Will a piece to a bigger story than the one he thinks he knows. A story that might never know an END…if Will gets off that elevator. Told in short, fierce staccato narrative verse, Long Way Down is a fast and furious, dazzlingly brilliant look at teenage gun violence, as could only be told by Jason Reynolds. |
| figurative language warm up: Figurative Language Quick Starts Workbook Heitman, 2019-01-02 The Figurative Language Quick Starts workbook features activities that include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, concept application, and creative responses. Quick starts explain and illustrate each of the types of figurative language included: imagery, simile, metaphor, personification, allusion, symbolism, hyperbole, and more. Each page features two to four quick starts that can be cut apart and used separately. The entire page may also be used as a whole-class or individual assignment. The Quick Starts Series provides students in grades 4 through 8+ with quick review activities in science, math, language arts, and social studies. The activities provide students with a quick start for the day’s lesson and help students build and maintain a powerful domain-specific vocabulary. Each book is correlated to current state, national, and provincial standards. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. |
| figurative language warm up: Language Arts Warm-Ups, Grades 5 - 8 Barden, Fisher, Heitman, 2016-01-04 Language Arts Warm-Ups: Expanding Vocabulary provides students with daily activities to get them warmed up for the lessons ahead and to review lessons learned. Each page features four warm-up activities that can be cut apart and used separately, making it easy to adjust each activity as needed. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including math, science, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. |
| figurative language warm up: Figurative Language Walch Publishing, 2007-09-01 Target students' skills in understanding, analyzing, and applying figurative language! Provides models for instruction and application of figurative language in a variety of contexts. Features 20 lessons organized around reading, vocabulary, and writing. Extends and enchances your existing curriculum. Focuses on specific figures of speech, including alliteration, analogy, hyperbole, idiom, metaphor, paradox, simile, and more. Includes activities and instruction that take 20-50 minutes to complete. :: Target students' skills in understanding, analyzing, and applying figurative language! Provides models for instruction and application of figurative language in a variety of contexts Features 20 lessons organized around reading, vocabulary, and writing Extends and enhances your existing curriculum Focuses on specific figures of speech, including alliteration, analogy, hyperbole, idiom, metaphor, paradox, simile, and more Includes activities and instruction that take 20?50 minutes to complete :: Target students' skills in understanding, analyzing, and applying figurative language Provides models for instruction and application of figurative language in a variety of contexts Features 20 lessons organized around reading, vocabulary, and writing Extends and enhances your existing curriculum Focuses on specific figures of speech, including alliteration, analogy, hyperbole, idiom, metaphor, paradox, simile, and more Includes activities and instruction that take 20 50 minutes to complete |
| figurative language warm up: Speak Laurie Halse Anderson, 2011-05-10 The groundbreaking National Book Award Finalist and Michael L. Printz Honor Book with more than 3.5 million copies sold, Speak is a bestselling modern classic about consent, healing, and finding your voice. Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you have to say. From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, an outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, Melinda becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back—and refuses to be silent. From Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award laureate Laurie Halse Anderson comes the extraordinary landmark novel that has spoken to millions of readers. Powerful and utterly unforgettable, Speak has been translated into 35 languages, was the basis for the major motion picture starring Kristen Stewart, and is now a stunning graphic novel adapted by Laurie Halse Anderson herself, with artwork from Eisner-Award winner Emily Carroll. Awards and Accolades for Speak: A New York Times Bestseller A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature A Michael L. Printz Honor Book An Edgar Allan Poe Award Finalist A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist A TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time A Cosmopolitan Magazine Best YA Books Everyone Should Read, Regardless of Age |
| figurative language warm up: Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Grd 6 Robert W. Smith, 2011-03 Quick, easy, effective activities support standards and help students improve skills they need for success in testing. |
| figurative language warm up: Dogteam Gary Paulsen, 2013-11-27 On a moonlit winter night, a team of dogs pulls a sled, taking the narrator and readers on a wondrous ride through the snow, into and out of the woods. It is a ride you'll wish would never end. Through this exquisite prose poem, Gary Paulsen shares the joy, the beauty, and the grandeur of the outdoors. With his joyous text and Ruth Wright Paulsen's exuberant and expressive illustrations, Dogteam is a celebration of nature, a dance that invites everyone to join in. |
| figurative language warm up: Jumpstarters for Vocabulary Building, Grades 4 - 8 Barden, 2008-09-02 Advance student vocabulary using Jumpstarters for Vocabulary: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom for grades 4 and up! This 48-page resource covers dictionary skills, confusing words, homophones, antonyms, synonyms, words from mythology, and foreign words and phrases. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use. |
| figurative language warm up: A Drop Around the World Barbara Shaw McKinney, 1998-03-01 This beautifully illustrated book is soon to be a classic that parents, teachers, and kids will all want! Readers travel the globe following a drop of water on its journey through the water cycle. The seamless blending of science and story make learning fun, and readers will be inspired to appreciate the world around us! Follow a drop of water on its natural voyage around the world, in clouds, as ice and snow, underground, in the sea, piped from a reservoir, in plants and even in an animal. The science of the water cycle and poetic verse come together and leave readers with a sense of connection to all living creatures. Great for anyone looking for books: about the water cycle and clouds for kids. to give as a gift for the kids in their life. as home schooling materials. for use in schools and libraries! |
| figurative language warm up: Seeking an Aurora Elizabeth Pulford, 2021-01-19 In the quiet of a wintry night, a child's father bundles them up, and they head deep into the woods to find an aurora. As they walk, Dad answers questions from his child while keeping the mystery of the aurora to himself until, finally, they are greeted by dancing light of every color. As they walk home, Dad tells his child everything he knows about the natural wonder of the auroras. At the heart of this story is the bond found between father and child as they learn to connect. For those who loved Owl Moon, Seeking an Aurora is a moving and beautiful picture book celebrating those unforgettable moments between a child and a parent and the majestic splendor of the northern and southern lights. |
| figurative language warm up: The Creativity Project Colby Sharp, 2018-03-13 Book advocate Colby Sharp presents more than forty beloved, award-winning, diverse and bestselling authors and illustrators in a creative challenge! Colby Sharp invited more than forty authors and illustrators to provide story starters for each other; photos, drawings, poems, prose, or anything they could dream up. When they received their prompts, they responded by transforming these seeds into any form of creative work they wanted to share. The result is a stunning collection of words, art, poetry, and stories by some of our most celebrated children book creators. A section of extra story starters by every contributor provides fresh inspiration for readers to create works of their own. Here is an innovative book that offers something for every kind of reader and creator! |
| figurative language warm up: Word Nerds Brenda L. Overturf, Leslie Montgomery, Margot Holmes Smith, 2023-10-10 Word mastery comes from intimate knowledge of language. In Word Nerds : Teaching All Students to Learn and Love Vocabulary, authors Leslie Montgomery and Margot Holmes Smith take you inside classrooms where they implement creative, flexible vocabulary instruction that improves their students' word knowledge and confidence. With support from literacy specialist Brenda Overturf, the authors developed a five-part plan to teach all students to learn vocabulary: Introducing new words in contextAdding related synonyms and antonymsEngaging in several days of active learningCelebrating new wordsAssessing vocabulary developmentThis easy-to-read reference explains how to plan, teach, and assess based on the latest research in vocabulary instruction and learning. After incorporating the authors' plan, you can be a Word Nerd too! |
| figurative language warm up: Full Cicada Moon Marilyn Hilton, 2015 In 1969 twelve-year-old Mimi and her family move to an all-white town in Vermont, where Mimi's mixed-race background and interest in boyish topics like astronomy make her feel like an outsider. |
| figurative language warm up: Figurative Language Gr. 4-6 Christine Berriman, 2005-06-30 Teach your young writers the Figurative Language tools that will help them increase their vocabulary and enable the readers of their works to better visualize their story, poem or narrative verse. As well, help your students become proficient in discovering the figure of speech while reading. We extensively cover: metaphor (one thing is said to be something else), alliteration (repeats two or more initial sounds in one sentence), personification (occurs when we give a non-human thing, human qualities, like actions, thoughts, feelings and habits), and simile (compares two unlike things using the words like, as or than). This Chants & Classifications lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, student reviews, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan. |
| figurative language warm up: Reading in the Wild Donalyn Miller, 2013-11-04 In Reading in the Wild, reading expert Donalyn Miller continues the conversation that began in her bestselling book, The Book Whisperer. While The Book Whisperer revealed the secrets of getting students to love reading, Reading in the Wild, written with reading teacher Susan Kelley, describes how to truly instill lifelong wild reading habits in our students. Based, in part, on survey responses from adult readers as well as students, Reading in the Wild offers solid advice and strategies on how to develop, encourage, and assess five key reading habits that cultivate a lifelong love of reading. Also included are strategies, lesson plans, management tools, and comprehensive lists of recommended books. Copublished with Editorial Projects in Education, publisher of Education Week and Teacher magazine, Reading in the Wild is packed with ideas for helping students build capacity for a lifetime of wild reading. When the thrill of choice reading starts to fade, it's time to grab Reading in the Wild. This treasure trove of resources and management techniques will enhance and improve existing classroom systems and structures. —Cris Tovani, secondary teacher, Cherry Creek School District, Colorado, consultant, and author of Do I Really Have to Teach Reading? With Reading in the Wild, Donalyn Miller gives educators another important book. She reminds us that creating lifelong readers goes far beyond the first step of putting good books into kids' hands. —Franki Sibberson, third-grade teacher, Dublin City Schools, Dublin, Ohio, and author of Beyond Leveled Books Reading in the Wild, along with the now legendary The Book Whisperer, constitutes the complete guide to creating a stimulating literature program that also gets students excited about pleasure reading, the kind of reading that best prepares students for understanding demanding academic texts. In other words, Donalyn Miller has solved one of the central problems in language education. —Stephen Krashen, professor emeritus, University of Southern California |
| figurative language warm up: Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition of Chinese Shu-Ling Wu, Lihong Huang, Carl Polley, 2024-01-31 Although cognitive processes are fundamental in shaping the language that we speak, they are often overlooked in language teaching and learning. This groundbreaking book addresses how to use key cognitive linguistic (CL) concepts to analyze the Chinese language and to advance L2 Chinese teaching and learning. It presents an overview of the most prominent CL research published in both Chinese and English and explores how it applies to L1 and L2 Chinese studies. Including sample lesson plans and classroom activities, it demonstrates to language teachers how to use CL-based approaches to explain and teach a wide range of linguistic phenomena to their students. Researchers will also gain new insights from the summaries of recent advances and contrastive analyses between English and Chinese. Covering up-to-date research, yet written in a clear and engaging style, it will foster a new understanding of teaching and learning Chinese. |
| figurative language warm up: 145th Street: Short Stories Walter Dean Myers, 2001-11-13 An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults New Bonus Content: -Q&A with Walter Dean Myers -Teaser chapter from On a Clear Day -Excerpt from Hoops The first week of his senior year, everything changed. That’s when Mack met Kitty. She hadn’t finished the sonnet she wrote for him, but she had finished Mack. From that minute on, he was stupid in love. That’s just Kitty and Mack. But everybody on the block has a story to tell. A salty, wrenchingly honest collection of stories set on one block of 145th Street. We get to know the oldest resident; the cop on the beat; fine Peaches and her girl, Squeezie; Monkeyman; and Benny, a fighter on the way to a knockout. We meet Angela, who starts having prophetic dreams after her father is killed and Big Joe, who wants a bang-up funeral while he's still around to enjoy it. Some of these stories are private, and some are the ones behind the headlines. In each one, characters jump off the page and pull readers right into the mix on 1-4-5. |
| figurative language warm up: A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah, 2007-02-13 My new friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life. “Why did you leave Sierra Leone?” “Because there is a war.” “You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?” “Yes, all the time.” “Cool.” I smile a little. “You should tell us about it sometime.” “Yes, sometime.” This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty. |
| figurative language warm up: Finding Voice Nancy Dean, 2016-05-02 Finding Voice is a foundational book for elementary students and teachers that addresses close reading of complex text through understanding and practicing the elements of voice. The book is a collection of classroom lessons that cover the tools authors use to shape voice and meaning: diction, detail, imagery, figurative language, and tone. Every voice lesson includes a quotation selected from a wide range of engaging fiction and nonfiction text, two discussion questions, an exercise that encourages students to practice what they have learned, and discussion suggestions so that possible answers are at the teacher's fingertips. The lessons will help students understand the elements of voice in what they read and encourage them to try out the elements of voice in their own writing. The Finding Voice lessons are specifically designed for students in grades 3-6. These lessons provide focused examination and practice for a specific element of voice and take only 10-15 minutes of class time. The lessons of Finding Voice: Introductory Lessons to Teach Reading and Writing of Complex Text fit well with any literacy and language arts curriculum. As students work with each element of voice, they will improve their ability to critically analyze text. Students will also learn to apply the elements of voice to their own writing, creating a clear voice of their own. |
| figurative language warm up: Schooled Gordon Korman, 2013-02-01 Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television. He's never tasted a pizza. Never heard of a wedgie. Since he was little, his only experience has been living on a farm commune and being home-schooled by his hippie grandmother, Rain. But when Rain falls out of a tree while picking plums and has to stay in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and her cranky teen daughter and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dying and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school. Right from the beginning, Cap's weirdness makes him a moving target at Claverage Middle School (dubbed C-Average by the students). He has long, ungroomed hair; wears hemp clothes; and practises tai chi on the lawn. Once Zack Powers, big man on campus, spots Cap, he can't wait to introduce him to the age-old tradition at C-Average: the biggest nerd is nominated for class president—and wins. |
| figurative language warm up: Spy Teacher's Resource Guide Saddleback Educational Publishing, 2009-09-01 Even struggling readers will find it hard to resist our exciting series of eBooks in a variety of popular genres. These stories deal with mature themes involving culturally diverse characters. Written specifically for the struggling reader, these fast-paced books maintain student interest until the last page. Questions at the end of each title test students' strategy skills, vocabulary, and comprehension. The Teacher's Resource Guide contains 48-pages. Reproducible exercises including pre-reading activities to introduce story themes and vocabulary; crossword and hidden word puzzles; language arts extension; traditional comprehension questions; and a book report. Simply select and print the activities that you need. |
| figurative language warm up: Writing Strategies for Talent Development Jennifer Gottschalk, 2021-04-21 Writing Strategies for Talent Development helps educators incorporate effective and engaging writing strategies into their classroom that are designed to reach struggling and gifted students alike. This guide demonstrates how teachers can provide the means to write (with appropriate tools and classroom structures), the motivation to write (through engaging genre-based lessons), and the opportunity to write more frequently across multiple subjects. Covering genres from fantasy, crime, and humor, to horror, non-fiction, and even romance, this book provides the tools to support every writer in the room. |
| figurative language warm up: Jumpstarters for Properties of Matter, Grades 4 - 8 Eric T. Olson, 2009-02-16 Connect students in grades 4 and up with science using Jumpstarters for Properties of Matter: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource covers the general properties of objects, shape, temperature, density, melting point, elements, and compounds. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use. |
| figurative language warm up: Reading for Understanding Ruth Schoenbach, Cynthia Greenleaf, Lynn Murphy, 2012-06-15 As elegantly practical as it is theoretically elegant. It is a guided tour, as one examines the tools of expert teachers as they engage students in a journey that is aptly dubbed Reading Apprenticeship?learning how to become a savvy, strategic reader under the tutelage of thoughtful, caring, and demanding teachers.? P. David Pearson, University of California, Berkeley, and founding editor of the Handbook of Reading Research. Reading for Understanding is a monumental achievement. It was a monumental achievement when it came out as a first edition in 1999, bringing years of rigorous reading research together in a framework for teaching that made sense in actual secondary school classrooms. Now, just thirteen years later, Schoenbach and Greenleaf have several randomized clinical trials and multiple on-going studies at their fingertips to demonstrate the effects of this approach for developing the reading and thinking of young people in our nation?s middle and high school classrooms, as well as in community college classrooms. Their careful work on developing disciplinary literacy among all students represents a passion for and commitment to supporting students?and their teachers?in reading for understanding, which translates to reading for enjoyment, self-awareness, learning, and for purposeful and informed action in our society. ?Elizabeth Moje, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Associate Dean for Research, School of Education, University of Michigan Reading Apprenticeship has proven to be an inspiration to Renton Technical College faculty and students alike. They have learned together to view themselves as readers in transformative ways, as they embrace powerful techniques to increase reading comprehension. The ideas and strategies in Reading for Understanding anchor this new and broad-based energy around reading and an enthusiasm among our faculty to model effective reading strategies for our students. ?Steve Hanson, President, Renton Technical College, Renton, Washington Reading for Understanding has the finest blend I have seen of research, strategies, and classroom vignettes to deepen teacher learning and help them connect the dots between theory and practice. ?Curtis Refior, Content Area Literacy Coach, Fowlerville Community Schools, Fowlerville, Michigan A teacher-tested, research-based resource for dramatically improving reading skills Published in partnership with WestEd, this significantly updated second edition of the bestselling book contains strategies for helping students in middle school through community college gain the reading independence to master subject area textbooks and other material. Based on the Reading Apprenticeship program, which three rigorous gold standard research studies have shown to be effective in raising students' reading achievement Presents a clear framework for improving the reading and subject area learning of all students, including English learners, students with special needs, as well as those in honors and AP courses Provides concrete tools for classroom use and examples from a range of classrooms Presents a clear how-to for teachers implementing the subject area literacies of the Common Core Standards Reading for Understanding proves it's never too late for teachers and students to work together to boost literacy, engagement, and achievement. |
| figurative language warm up: Small But Mighty Miriam Plotinsky, 2024-09-30 In teaching, the details matter. When educators make small changes to their practice, they can reap big rewards … and produce big results. Teaching can be a daunting profession. There's so much material to cover and so many demands to meet, issues to resolve, new programs to implement, and relationships to deal with. And there's never enough time! Teachers have always found ways to cope, but what they really need is a new and sustainable way to approach everyday challenges—one that will lead to better outcomes and a healthier environment for their students and themselves. In Small but Mighty: How Everyday Habits Add Up to More Manageable and Confident Teaching, Miriam Plotinsky explores the benefits of habit stacking—making a series of small, gradual shifts in practice before, during, and after instruction, and in the broader context of teacher and student wellness. Noting that motivation is an unreliable factor in success, and that large-scale change is often more disruptive than meaningful, Plotinsky offers practical, classroom-based tools and strategies teachers can use to make incremental adjustments to planning, collaboration, classroom management, assessment, feedback, and other elements of practice. Each chapter includes scenarios that readers will recognize as the kinds of anxiety-inducing situations they regularly face along with examples of the transformative changes they can kick off by adopting a few new habits. Like a knowledgeable and trusted mentor, Plotinsky offers advice, support, and reassurance to educators who may be questioning their ability to withstand the pressures of today's school environment and clarifies how a small but mighty approach to change leads to a more satisfying and fulfilling experience in the classroom and beyond. |
| figurative language warm up: Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans Lauren Davis, 2014-05-22 Schools nationwide are transitioning to the Common Core--our advice to you: Don't go it alone! Our new book, Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, 6-8, shows you that teaching the Common Core State Standards in the middle grades doesn't have to be intimidating! This easy-to-use guide meets the particular needs of middle school teachers. It provides model lesson plans for teaching the standards in reading, writing, speaking/listening, and language. Get engaging lesson plans that are grade-appropriate, easy to implement and include ready-to-use reproducible handouts, assessments, resources, and ideas to help you modify the lesson for both struggling and advanced learners. Our Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans are equally effective for both English and content-area teachers—the plans are designed to fit seamlessly into your middle school curriculum. You get practical tips for revamping your existing lessons to meet the standards. Middle school students learn how to answer text-based questions, read informational texts, conduct research, write arguments, and improve their speaking and listening skills. We take the guesswork out of Common Core lesson plans with this practical, easy-to-use guide. All lesson plans are grade-appropriate, but every lesson plan includes... Common Core State Standards covered in the lesson Overview of objectives and focus of the lesson Background knowledge required and time required A detailed, step-by-step agenda for the lesson, plus a materials list Differentiation ideas to adapt the lesson for different kinds of learners Assessment ideas, including rubrics and scoring guides A place for your notes: what worked; what can improve Bonus! We show you how to extend the lessons into longer units to suit your particular grade's curriculum, and even help you create more of your own lessons! |
| figurative language warm up: Everyday Use Alice Walker, 1994 Presents the text of Alice Walker's story Everyday Use; contains background essays that provide insight into the story; and features a selection of critical response. Includes a chronology and an interview with the author. |
| figurative language warm up: English Panorama 2 Teacher's Book Felicity O'Dell, 1998-06-25 English Panorama is an advanced English course for adults. Each unit of the course introduces a different genre of written or spoken English. |
| figurative language warm up: Changing Seasons Denise L. Calhoun, 2023-03-15 Changing Seasons: A Language Arts Curriculum for Healthy Aging is a language-based, interdisciplinary program that increases interaction and communication skills among older adults. Featuring simple step-by-step lesson plans and interactive activities, Changing Seasons is a practical guide for caregivers and health care professionals to ensure individuals sustain their quality of life as they age. Each activity reveals new, creative, and fun ways to encourage individuals to speak, think, and write, sparking imagination and engagement with others. This new revised edition recognizes the growing importance of technology in communication, and incorporates many lessons learned during pandemic isolation, as communication was often limited to screens. Included is a new chapter that incorporates eight lessons on utilizing videoconferencing platforms. Though technology may evolve, communication will remain key to a sense of community and companionship—whether in person or online. Changing Seasons provides a roadmap to promoting meaningful interactions. |
| figurative language warm up: Literature in the Language Classroom Joanne Collie, Stephen Slater, 1987-12-17 A variety of imaginative techniques for integrating literature work with language learning. |
| figurative language warm up: Science Fiction Teacher's Resource Guide Saddleback Educational Publishing, 2009-09-01 Even struggling readers will find it hard to resist our exciting series of eBooks in a variety of popular genres. These stories deal with mature themes involving culturally diverse characters. Written specifically for the struggling reader, these fast-paced books maintain student interest until the last page. Questions at the end of each title test students' strategy skills, vocabulary, and comprehension. The Teacher's Resource Guide contains 48-pages. Reproducible exercises including pre-reading activities to introduce story themes and vocabulary; crossword and hidden word puzzles; language arts extension; traditional comprehension questions; and a book report. Simply select and print the activities that you need. |
Warm-Up 104 Metaphors - Education World
©Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 111 #3996 Daily Warm-Ups: Language Skills Name _____ Date _____ Figurative Language Warm-Up 104 Metaphors A metaphor compares two things …
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I can identify figurative language and which type of figurative language is used in a text.
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#3996 Daily Warm-Ups: Language Skills 108 ©Teacher Created Resources, Inc. Name _____ Date _____ Figurative Language Warm-Up 101 Similes A simile compares two things using …
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Figurative Language, Level II - WalchThis activity will provide you with 4 warm up practices focusing on figurative language: metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, …
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Figurative Language Warm Up: Jumpstarters for Figurative Language, Grades 4 - 8 Heitman,2008-09-02 Facilitate a love of language with students in grades 4 and up using …
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm Ups
Each day presents a captivating warm-up activity that encourages students to explore, analyze, and utilize a diverse array of figurative language devices.
Warm Up to Oxymoron! - Reading Worksheets, Spelling, …
Warm Up to Oxymoron! I. Circle the Oxymoron Circle the oxymoron in each sentence. The idea went over like a lead balloon. Her only choice was to walk to school. After the show, the …
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This comprehensive resource, "Daily Warm Ups: Figurative Language Level II (Daily Warm Ups)," is a powerful tool designed to elevate students' understanding and mastery of figurative …
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm Ups
using Jumpstarters for Figurative Language: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource covers dictionary imagery, similes, metaphors, adages, idioms, clichés, …
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Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm grades 4 and up using Jumpstarters for Figurative Language Short Daily Warm Ups for the Classroom This 48 page resource covers …
ELA Virtual Learning 8th Grade ELA April 13, 2020
examples of figurative language? To look up your favorite song lyrics and see what kinds of figurative language are used in them click here.
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Language Level Ii Daily Warm Ups and up using Jumpstarters for Figurative Language: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource covers dictionary imagery, similes, …
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm Ups
Daily warm-ups using figurative language are essential for enriching reading comprehension and fostering creative writing skills. Level II warm-ups focus on deeper understanding of various …
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm Ups
and up using Jumpstarters for Figurative Language: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource covers dictionary imagery, similes, metaphors, adages, idioms, clichés, …
Warm-Up 104 Metaphors - Education World
©Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 111 #3996 Daily Warm-Ups: Language Skills Name _____ Date _____ Figurative Language Warm-Up 104 Metaphors A metaphor compares two things …
ELA Virtual Learning 6th Grade ELA - Independence Public …
I can identify figurative language and which type of figurative language is used in a text.
TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS - Teacher Created
#3996 Daily Warm-Ups: Language Skills 108 ©Teacher Created Resources, Inc. Name _____ Date _____ Figurative Language Warm-Up 101 Similes A simile compares two things using …
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm Ups
Figurative Language, Level II - WalchThis activity will provide you with 4 warm up practices focusing on figurative language: metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, …
Figurative Language Warm Up (2024) - archive.ncarb.org
Figurative Language Warm Up: Jumpstarters for Figurative Language, Grades 4 - 8 Heitman,2008-09-02 Facilitate a love of language with students in grades 4 and up using …
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm Ups
Each day presents a captivating warm-up activity that encourages students to explore, analyze, and utilize a diverse array of figurative language devices.
Warm Up to Oxymoron! - Reading Worksheets, Spelling, …
Warm Up to Oxymoron! I. Circle the Oxymoron Circle the oxymoron in each sentence. The idea went over like a lead balloon. Her only choice was to walk to school. After the show, the …
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm …
This comprehensive resource, "Daily Warm Ups: Figurative Language Level II (Daily Warm Ups)," is a powerful tool designed to elevate students' understanding and mastery of figurative …
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm Ups
using Jumpstarters for Figurative Language: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource covers dictionary imagery, similes, metaphors, adages, idioms, clichés, …
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm …
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm grades 4 and up using Jumpstarters for Figurative Language Short Daily Warm Ups for the Classroom This 48 page resource covers …
ELA Virtual Learning 8th Grade ELA April 13, 2020
examples of figurative language? To look up your favorite song lyrics and see what kinds of figurative language are used in them click here.
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm …
Language Level Ii Daily Warm Ups and up using Jumpstarters for Figurative Language: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource covers dictionary imagery, similes, …
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm Ups
Daily warm-ups using figurative language are essential for enriching reading comprehension and fostering creative writing skills. Level II warm-ups focus on deeper understanding of various …
Daily Warm Ups Figurative Language Level Ii Daily Warm Ups
and up using Jumpstarters for Figurative Language: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource covers dictionary imagery, similes, metaphors, adages, idioms, clichés, …
