Figurative Language Sub Plan, Grades 3-5: Say It Plainly (No Prep)

Nora has written home from summer camp, and her letter is full of lines that do not mean exactly what they say. Her counselor is "a walking bird book," and "the mosquitoes had a picnic on my arms." Students read the 21-line letter twice, find the 10 lines that use figurative words, copy the words and say what Nora really means in plain language, the way a news reporter would. Then they turn 3 plain sentences into figurative ones and add two lines of their own to the letter, one literal and one figurative.

What's inside

• Sub Plan, 2 pages
• Reading Page, 1 page: the letter, "A Letter from Camp," 21 numbered lines
• Student Packet, 2 pages
• Answer Key, 1 page, with a 30-point grading guide
• All four documents in one ready-to-print PDF, in print order, 6 pages
• 9 files in all. Print only: no slides, no tech, no scissors.

Answer key included

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