Figurative Language 5 th Grade Unit Ali Mandile Spring 2013

Rationale for Technology Integration Language arts is just reading and writing, right? Wrong. Technology is vital in deepening students’ interest and understanding of figurative language. We can use technology to strengthen our speaking and listening skills, to research and communicate with experts on the subject, and to participate in interactive learning experiences through the media. This presentation will show you how teachers can integrate blogs, podcasts, videos, music clips, apps, SMART Board activities, and interactive websites into their classrooms to collaborate with students and develop twenty-first century learning skills.

Internet Content All websites used in this presentation have proven to be reliable sources of information related to teaching and learning figurative language. Clicking on graphics will direct you to the original site and links are cited in the notes section.

Blog Beth Cregan is a teacher and founded the company, Write Away with Me. Her blog and website emphasize her company’s goal of encouraging writing, storytelling, and literacy. She presents workshops for parents, teachers, and students on how to develop these skills!

Pinterest: Figurative Language Boards

Podcast This podcast by The Uncommon School focuses on literal and figurative language and its importance especially in literature. Teachers can play pieces of this podcast in class and give the link to students and families to listen to at home! Students can listen to this podcast on headphones or on their own time to reiterate the basics of literal and figurative language. Click the microphone to listen to the Podcast!

Instructional Videos Watch the Figurative Language Rap here!

Instructional Videos Click the graphic to link to the video!

Internet Resources Modern Language Association The MLA is the principal professional association in the US for scholars of language and literature. The association publishes the MLA Handbook and MLA Style Manual and is a wonderful resource for English/Language Arts students. International Reading Association The IRA was founded in 1956 to improve reading instruction. The association is a reliable resource for educators as they publish newletters, e-books, and journals to facilitate the dialogue of reading. Figurative Language FigurativeLanguage.net provides teachers and students with lengthier definitions of alliteration, hyperbole, imagery, irony, metaphor, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, and simile.

Kidspiration

Teaching Materials This worksheet helps student grasp the concept of alliteration and brainstorm their own! They write a letter in the circle, and then brainstorm words that begin with that letter in the surrounding boxes. Click on the worksheet to link to the site!

There’s an app for that! Click the picture to download the app! Student plays against himself or another student Aligned to CCSS Click here for the Teacher’s Guide! The app was designed by Danielle Kavanagh, who graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelors in Elementary Education. She is piloting an iClassroom, where each student has an iPad—blending technology with daily learning activities. Click here for the Teacher’s Guide! The app was designed by Danielle Kavanagh, who graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelors in Elementary Education. She is piloting an iClassroom, where each student has an iPad—blending technology with daily learning activities.

There’s another app for that! Click here to learn more about this app! Click on the picture to link to the App store to purchase this app! Kidioms is an interactive introduction to idioms for students

SMART Board Activity Click on the game board to link to the SMART Exchange website! Teachers can use this game to teach their students about onomatopoeia. The interactive design allows students to see, hear, and participate in the lesson. The game encourages competition, but also choice, and incorporates songs and poems!

Figurative Language Awards! This lesson is described in detail at the readwritethink site by clicking on the bookmark to the left. Students are divided into groups of three and will choose to read books from the suggested book list. In groups, students will fill in the bookmark with their “nominations” for the following awards: Best Simile Best Metaphor Best Personification Students vote and groups prepare an acceptance speech for their Figurative Language Award!

Subject-specific Internet-based Resources Reading and Language Arts Ideas for Elementary Teachers is a resource for teachers with links to games, activities, worksheets, and lessons. Reading and Language Arts Ideas for Elementary Teachers For this unit, the site links to Fun Brain and we can use the Paint by Idioms game for our figurative language unit! Students can select a topic and level of difficulty to perfect their skills working with idioms.Fun Brain

Uses of the Internet: Online Books Sites Bartleby.com can be used by teachers and students to access poems for use in the classroom. Students can research poets and study their use of figurative language to be presented in a research project. Click the screenshot to link to the site!

The Online Books Page is a search engine for e-books! Students and teachers can use the database to search for books to use in lessons. For this unit, students can search books from the suggested book list in the Figurative Language Awards activity, such as Peter Rabbit! Uses of the Internet: Online Books Sites

Uses of the Internet: Interactive Websites Primary Games Primary Games offers educational games and activities for children and also has links to other interactive websites such as this Children’s Storybooks Online where students can read and listen to e-books for examples of figurative language.Children’s Storybooks Online

Web 2.0

This website can be used as a collaboration for teachers to create and store documents for their classrooms. Quizinator can be used to create worksheets that students can easily access and download!

Web 2.0 Teachers and students can use this site to collaborate both inside and outside the classroom. Like twitter for education! Students can #figurativelanguage to share ideas!

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