Figurative language art project

Figurative language review for similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, idioms and more for upper elementary students.

Teaching figurative language terms can be boring. So here are some engaging, hands-on figurative language activities for your class!

Figurative language project

Are you looking for a fun way to teach students similes? Simile monsters are an easy, exciting way to get your students to practice figurative language in 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade classrooms. This activity can be stretched out over a week, or can be taught in one day. Students will walk through the writing process by planning, drafting, revising, editing and publishing their writing into a fun and colorful craft. It makes a great bulletin board as well!

Teaching Figurative Language can be fun and meaningful for your students. Teaching figurative language through poetry can make it even better! Here are my best tips for teaching similes, metaphors, idioms, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, imagery, alliteration, and personification.

We just had Open House at our school and I always like to have something interesting on the bulletin boards to show off what a great class I have. This year we have been spending a lot of time examining figurative and descriptive language. I found a neat project on Teachers Pay Teachers and modified it slightly for my classroom. The results were outstanding! Each student created a foldable using materials I had purchased at the dollar store and craft section. On each tab they had to write a…

Teaching figurative language is easy! Start with good definitions and examples, add a little practice, then apply in kids' writing.

Are you struggling to engage students in creating imagery? Need a way to add some excitement around figurative language? A figurative language tasting is a no-fail way to engage students in writing while reviewing essential figurative language terms and techniques. This blog post walks you through how to do the lesson yourself step-by-step. Click and never have another student say "This is boring!" #itslitteaching #creativewriting #figurativelanguage #highschoolenglish #secondaryela

Engage your upper elementary and middle school students with this engaging PBL writing project! Dive deep into descriptive writing and figurative language as students create their own unique restaurants and craft enticing menus. Students will practice using adjectives, descriptive language and figurative language in a FUN way. Culminate the project with a 'tasting' session, where students will savor the descriptive delights of their peers' menus.