Synonyms and Antonyms:  Activities that help students understand synonyms and antonyms as well as a great review game can be found here.

 Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) 

E/B: Create pictures, lists, charts, and graphic organizers to illustrate characteristics of fictional short stories.
E/B: Demonstrate the sequence of events from an illustratively supported short story and express nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one or two word responses.
E/B: Respond to orally presented, simple, factual questions about an illustratively supported short story and express nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one-to-two-word responses, simple spoken or written sentences.
E/B, D: Respond to simple factual questions about simple literature and express with simple spoken or written sentences.
E/B: Identify key characters in a short illustrated story nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one or two word responses, or simple spoken or written sentences; D: Identify key characters in simple literature with simple spoken and written sentences.
E/B: Distinguish between fantasies, legends, and fairy tales when read aloud by using simple spoken sentences; D: Read different and simple literature (fantasies, fables, myths, legends, fairy tales) and orally identify each genre and its basic qualities with simple spoken and written sentences; E: Describe most characteristics of fantasies, fables, myths, legends, and fairy tales.
E: Identify the main events of a plot and the impact of each event on the plot.
E: Identify actions of characters in fiction and relate to the plot or theme.
E: Identify and generally define figurative language, including similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification.