• Analyze the use of analogy in a passage

• Analyze how the following types of figurative language enhance the comprehension of passages

  • Simile

  • Metaphor

  • Personification

  • Hyperbole

  • Allusion
    NOTE: Students should be able to label and define these literary elements.

ESL Ideas      (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional)
(B, I, T) Students highlight "like" or "as" to identify similes in a passage. 
(B, I, T) Working from a list, students highlight words that make a statement a hyperbole.  Then they may practice transforming a sentence into a hyperbole. 
(B, I, T) Working from a list, students highlight words that indicate personification in a passage. Then they may rewrite the passage without the personification for comparison. 
(I, T) After the concept of alliteration is explained, students identify examples of alliteration in a passage then write alliterative sentences on sentence strips for display.
See also  Paint By Idioms Game for on-line practice in understanding idioms.

Metaphor Analysis
(I, T) Activity student analyzes metaphors identifying superficial and metaphorical levels

Mrs. Dowling's Literature Terms
(I, T) Activity defines metaphor and makes comparison between simile followed by online self-checking quiz

Tools for Reading, Writing & Thinking
(B, I, T) Graphic organizer tools to help engage student in vigorous thinking, organize complex ideas, and scaffold interactions with text

English Works: Reading Exercises
(I, T) Traditional reading practice (main idea, details, and inference) including online self-checking vocabulary and comprehension quizzes

Reading / Speaking Comprehension Dialogues
(B, I, T) These reading comprehension / dialogues provide an opportunity for both reading and speaking practice. Each dialogue is also followed by a multiple choice quiz for comprehension practice. Each dialogue is listed under the appropriate level with a short introduction regarding target areas for speaking practice.

5 Minute English
(B, I, T) Reading, vocabulary, and grammar activities including passages with online self-checking quizzes

Graphic Organizers
(B, I, T) Graphic organizer tools that actively engage the student to put ideas and notes in order

Helper: Graphic Organizers
(B, I, T) Library of graphic organizers available in the following categories: general, sorting, graphs and charts, sequencing, storytelling, miscellaneous, KWL and KWHL

Cowan University: Ten Conversation Lessons
(B, I, T) Ten conversation lessons including simple stories, vocabulary practice, questions, and activities

ESL: Reading
(B, I, T) Reading links of interest to students and teachers of ESL students including: readings with comprehension questions, simplified classics for ESL students, illustrated versions of fables, BBC online news, short stories including listen-along files, etc.

ESL Reading Rubric
(B, I, T) Rubric table divided into reading level capabilities to assist the teacher in modifying lessons and assessments

ESL EnglishClub.com: Classic English Readings
(B, I, T) Short famous texts in English from classic sources including: poetry, Declaration of Independence, Shakespeare

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