8th Grade Reading… Figurative Language Challenge 21 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 What's better to middle and high school students than a game/competition/individual challenge? (The answer is nothing). That's why I wanted to create an extension activity and figurative language activity that…
8th Grade Reading… I Am ___. 19 Nov 20154 Dec 2015 I'm excited for today's activity! Â For the past two weeks I've worked with my eighth grade students on understanding figurative language. They did Notes, the My Figurative Language Family assignment…
8th Grade Reading… What Does Friendship Mean to Me? 16 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 Today I had my eighth graders focus on the idea of friendship--What is friendship? What does friendship mean to us? What defines a solid friendship?--I had my students write their…
8th Grade Reading… My Figurative Language Family 6 Nov 20153 Dec 2015 To go along with teaching my students about figurative language with their Types of Figurative Language Notes, I had them relate what they learned to their own lives and work…
8th Grade Reading… Teaching Figurative Language! 6 Nov 20153 Dec 2015 Figurative language is so complicated, yet so much fun! I created this AMAZINGÂ (okay, I might be bragging just a little, but I'm super excited!) resource to teach students. It is…
Forest City Middle School [Clinicals]… Figurative Language Focus 26 Feb 201516 Sep 2015 Today’s focus with sixth graders was on figurative language. The class activity was song/music based, where students were asked to look up different (previously selected) songs and find examples of…
