Figurative Language Escape Room Literary Devices Breakout Activity - Observatory

Figurative Language Escape Room Literary Devices Breakout Activity - Observatory: Engage your students with this interactive Figurative Language Escape Room Breakout Activity! Students will demonstrate their understanding of figures of speech and literary devices by visiting stations and completing puzzles and challenges related to personification, puns, hyperbole, and alliteration. This escape room can be set up in a traditional format with classroom stations, or it can be used as a daily bell-ringer challenge. In the bell-ringer option, students work with their group for the first 5-10 minutes of class from Monday to Friday, progressively getting closer to escaping by the end of the week.

Escape Scenario: In this escape room scenario, players find themselves in Edward Darwin's reclusive observatory atop Clearwater Springs, where his strange behavior and locked doors suggest a mysterious puzzle to solve. They must decipher a complex circuit of astrologically themed switches to restore power and open an exit door. With five locked journals featuring literary devices and matching constellation images, players must unlock each journal to uncover clues that could help them escape Edward's puzzling observatory.

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How This Figurative Language Escape Room Activity Works:

Students will collaborate in small groups and rotate among five stations set up in the classroom, engaging in puzzles and activities focused on the following types of figurative language: personification, puns, hyperbole, and alliteration. The objective of the escape room is to successfully complete tasks at each station and collect various mystery codes related to figurative language. Alternatively, the activity can be structured as a bell-ringer, with students tackling one station daily, gradually working towards their escape by the end of the week. Below are the tasks students will complete:

• Switch 1 - Alliteration: Students will analyze passages on 5 cards to identify instances of alliteration. They will sequence the cards based on the bolded letters within each passage that spell out a word. This sequence will reveal the initial code needed to unlock the constellations journal.
• Switch 2 - Puns: Students will decipher a color-coded passage on a parchment scroll. By identifying sentences containing puns, they will determine the colors that form the code needed to unlock the next journal.
• Switch 3: Hyperbole: Students will arrange colored cards using a key to create a cohesive story. They will count instances of hyperbole to obtain the first part of the code. Then, rearranging the cards will reveal a second story where they count hyperbole instances again for the second code. This code unlocks the next constellation journal page.
• Switch 4 - Personification: Students will sort sentence strips based on whether they use personification, uncovering a hidden phrase necessary to open the subsequent constellation journal.
• Switch 5: All Figurative Language: In the final task, students will organize cards on a key ring based on their use of puns, hyperbole, personification, or alliteration. This arrangement will reveal a passphrase essential for escaping the observatory.

Before beginning this escape room, students should have a solid understanding of the following types of figurative language: alliteration, pun, hyperbole, and personification.

Included In The Figurative Language Escape Room:

➡️ Figurative Language Escape Room Presentation: Use these detailed slides for both the traditional escape room and the bell-ringer format. They serve to introduce the escape room and guide students through every step of the activity, including detailed explanations of how puzzles and challenges are solved.

➡️ Figurative Language Escape Room Teacher Instructions: Implement this figurative language escape room with confidence using clear and comprehensive instructions. These instructions cover both the traditional station setup and the daily bell-ringer challenges, ensuring an easy setup and smooth execution of the activity.

➡️ Escape the Observatory Classroom Door Sign: Set the atmosphere and welcome students to the escape room activity by prominently displaying this sign on your classroom door or in a visible spot in the room. It immediately engages students as they enter.

➡️ Figurative Language Escape Room Materials And Puzzles: All necessary materials are included to set up each station or daily escape room challenge. This comprehensive set includes instructional cards, readings, sentence strips, task cards, puzzles, and much more!

➡️ Figurative Language Escape Room Student Answer Sheet: Provide students with a structured answer sheet to record their progress and responses throughout the escape room challenge. This promotes organization and accountability as students work their way through each task successfully.

➡️ Figurative Language Escape Room Teacher Answer Key: Easily check student work with confidence using this comprehensive answer key, allowing for efficient checking of student responses.

What Teachers Are Saying About The Figurative Language Escape Room:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My students thoroughly enjoyed this escape room! They had so much fun completing each task and interacting with each other. This lesson was a huge success!!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I used this during spring e-learning and the students really enjoyed it!

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