Valentine's Day Figurative Language Activity - Literary Devices Task Cards
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Valentine's Day Figurative Language Activity - Literary Devices Task Cards: Bring some fun into your classroom with this entertaining Valentine's Day figurative language activity. Included are 15 task cards and presentation slides that allow students to label metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, oxymoron, and onomatopoeia in Valentine's Day-inspired examples.
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Included In This Valentine's Day Figurative Language Activity:
➡️ 15 Figurative Language Task Cards: Use these 15 task cards with Valentine's Day-inspired figurative language sentences to cover a variety of literary devices like metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, oxymoron, and onomatopoeia. Each task card focuses on one type of figurative language.
➡️ Answer Key Presentation: Use the included 15-slide animated PowerPoint to review the answers with your students. Each slide includes the original task card, the labelled figurative language type, and an explanation for each.
➡️ 15 Figurative Language Task Cards: Use these 15 task cards with Valentine's Day-inspired figurative language sentences to cover a variety of literary devices like metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, oxymoron, and onomatopoeia. Each task card focuses on one type of figurative language.
➡️ Answer Key Presentation: Use the included 15-slide animated PowerPoint to review the answers with your students. Each slide includes the original task card, the labelled figurative language type, and an explanation for each.
Figurative Language Covered:
→ Metaphor
→ Simile
→ Personification
→ Alliteration
→ Oxymoron
→ Onomatopoeia
How To Use This Valentine's Day Figurative Language Activity:
1. Bell-Ringer: Pass out one task card a day for the 15 days leading up to Valentine's Day. Students can work with a partner to label the figurative language used in the task card, and you can use the presentation to review the answers.
2. Figurative Language Station: Include a packet of the task cards at a center where students can choose which ones to work on. The work can be done on the task card or in their notebook. Print out 4 slides per page on PowerPoint (option provided when you print) and keep an answer key booklet for students to check their work when they are done.
3. Pair Work: Give each pair of students a task card and have them complete it together. Then, each pair can present the example to the class and share and explain the figurative language.
4. Group Work: Give a group of three or four students one of the task cards and have them come to an agreement about which type of figurative language is used. The group can present the example to the class when they are finished and explain.
1. Bell-Ringer: Pass out one task card a day for the 15 days leading up to Valentine's Day. Students can work with a partner to label the figurative language used in the task card, and you can use the presentation to review the answers.
2. Figurative Language Station: Include a packet of the task cards at a center where students can choose which ones to work on. The work can be done on the task card or in their notebook. Print out 4 slides per page on PowerPoint (option provided when you print) and keep an answer key booklet for students to check their work when they are done.
3. Pair Work: Give each pair of students a task card and have them complete it together. Then, each pair can present the example to the class and share and explain the figurative language.
4. Group Work: Give a group of three or four students one of the task cards and have them come to an agreement about which type of figurative language is used. The group can present the example to the class when they are finished and explain.
What Teachers Are Saying About This Valentine's Day Figurative Language Activity:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was a great way to get my kids out of their seats, working together, and engaging in the study of figurative language. Thank you.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Perfect for Valentine's Day, and great figurative language practice!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My kids LOVED this!! They thought they were just playing a game!! great way to review and learn at the same time!! Thanks!!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was a great way to get my kids out of their seats, working together, and engaging in the study of figurative language. Thank you.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Perfect for Valentine's Day, and great figurative language practice!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My kids LOVED this!! They thought they were just playing a game!! great way to review and learn at the same time!! Thanks!!
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