L.5.5.A Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.A
:"Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context."
These worksheets, workbooks, games, lesson plans, exercises, and teacher editions can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Worksheets
All About Metaphors
Worksheet
All About Metaphors
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.
English Language Arts
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: No Sudden Moves
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: No Sudden Moves
In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.
English Language Arts
Worksheet
Similes: Clear as Crystal
Worksheet
Similes: Clear as Crystal
As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.
English Language Arts
Worksheet
Analyzing Poetry: “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson
Worksheet
Analyzing Poetry: “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson
Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!
English Language Arts
Worksheet
Figurative Language Maze: Summer Similes
Interactive Worksheet
Figurative Language Maze: Summer Similes
Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!
Interactive Worksheet
Figurative Language Maze: Fall Similes
Interactive Worksheet
Figurative Language Maze: Fall Similes
Learners will have fun honing their language and grammar skills with this fall-themed figurative language maze!
Interactive Worksheet
Lesson Plans
Soulful Similes and Musical Metaphors
Lesson plan
Soulful Similes and Musical Metaphors
Baby, you're a firework! In this musical lesson, your students will use context clues to determine the meaning of similes and metaphors in popular music. They will then use this knowledge to write their own metaphors and similes.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Poetry: Figurative Language
Lesson plan
Poetry: Figurative Language
This literary lesson has students delving into Emily Dickinson's "The Moon was but a Chin of Gold" to find different types of figurative language. Writers will love sharpening reading comprehension skills with this poetry analysis activity.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Everybunny’s Easter Puns
Lesson plan
Everybunny’s Easter Puns
The energizer bunny went to jail. He was charged with battery. Get it? Your students will understand after this lesson! Use this lesson to give your students tools to understand and create Easter puns.
5th Grade
Lesson plan
Explanations for Expressions
Lesson plan
Explanations for Expressions
Do your students need instruction in how to find and determine the meaning of figurative language? In this lesson, students will explore the exaggerations found in hyperbole and elements of idioms.
4th Grade
Lesson plan
Workbooks
Figurative Language
Workbook
Figurative Language
Descriptive language and metaphoric phrases take the spotlight in this workbook. Kids use new vocabulary and common phrases to improve their writing skills!
English Language Arts
Workbook
Games
Sorting Similes in Muggo's Brain
Game
Sorting Similes in Muggo's Brain
Help kids learn about similes with this sorting game.
5th Grade
Game
Metaphor Sorting in Muggo's Brain
Game
Metaphor Sorting in Muggo's Brain
Kids help Muggo sort metaphors into emotions, actions, and appearances.
5th Grade
Game
Sorting Similes
Game
Sorting Similes
Sort similes as emotions, actions, or appearances.
Game
Dino Photoshoot: Figurative Language in Sentences
Game
Dino Photoshoot: Figurative Language in Sentences
Explore figurative language and common expressions in this fifth-grade reading and writing game!
5th Grade
Game
Dino Bones: Using Figurative Language in Sentences
Game
Dino Bones: Using Figurative Language in Sentences
Get to know figurative language like the back of your hand with this fifth-grade learning game!
Game
Exercises
Hyperbole
Exercise
Hyperbole
Students will finally have a name to describe the “dog ate my homework” storytelling that runs rampant throughout childhood with this hyperbole exercise.
5th Grade
Exercise
Metaphors 3
Exercise
Metaphors 3
Students will be able to creatively apply metaphors to their discussions after they complete this exercise.
5th Grade
Exercise
Similes 3
Exercise
Similes 3
Students will be as confident in writing as a Pulitzer Prize winner after completing this final exercise in the similes series.
5th Grade
Exercise
Teacher Editions
A Word a Day, Grade 5: Weeks 1–12
Teacher Edition
A Word a Day, Grade 5: Weeks 1–12
Give your fifth grader the power to shine, one new word at a time, with this teacher edition vocabulary workbook by Evan-Moor!
English Language Arts
Teacher Edition
A Word a Day, Grade 5: Weeks 13–24
Teacher Edition
A Word a Day, Grade 5: Weeks 13–24
Are you ready to spark your fifth grader's love for language? Check out this teacher edition vocabulary workbook by Evan-Moor!
English Language Arts
Teacher Edition
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 5: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice
Teacher Edition
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 5: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice
Catapult students’ writing abilities forward with every page!
English Language Arts
Teacher Edition
A Word a Day, Grade 5: Weeks 25–36
Teacher Edition
A Word a Day, Grade 5: Weeks 25–36
Set your fifth grader on a path to word mastery with this teacher edition vocabulary workbook by Evan-Moor!
English Language Arts
Teacher Edition
