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Nutrition Label Comprehension - Unit 1 - Google Forms

Recently Updated to include 2 levels, 10 new cut & paste worksheets & 48 new questions!

This download includes:

• 10 different REAL nutrition labels
• 2 levels of each worksheet, perfect for differentiation!
• A total of 20 different worksheets & 108 questions
• Suggested follow up activities

Level 1:

• 10 different cut & paste worksheets with 4 - 5 questions per page.
• 48 comprehension questions

Level 2:

• 10 different worksheets with 5 - 6 questions per page.
• 60 comprehension questions
• Teacher answer key

This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of REAL nutrition labels. These worksheets provide real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will read nutrition labelsclosely to answer questions. Questions include serving size, servings per container, calories per serving & multiple servings, finding and identifying vitamins and minerals in food products and ingredients

Nutrition labels included:

Heinz Ketchup

Captain Crunch Cereal

Smartfood Popcorn

Kraft String Cheese

Penne Pasta

Skippy Peanut Butter

Gatorade

GoGurt Yogurt

English Muffins

Pepsi

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This download includes:

• 10 nutrition labels
• 10 different Google Forms with 60 comprehension questions
• Teacher PDF answer key
• Teacher Google Form answer key
• Suggested follow up activities
• EDITABLE!

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**AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION**

This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of REAL nutrition labels. These worksheets provide real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will read nutrition labelsclosely to answer questions. Questions include serving size, servings per container, calories per serving & multiple servings, finding and identifying vitamins and minerals in food products and ingredients

Nutrition labels included:

Heinz Ketchup

Captain Crunch Cereal

Smartfood Popcorn

Kraft String Cheese

Penne Pasta

Skippy Peanut Butter

Gatorade

GoGurt Yogurt

English Muffins

Pepsi

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Reading Product Labels Unit 1 Google Forms

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Menu Math | Menu Comprehension | Life Skills | Functional Text | Skills for Independence | Real-World Skills | Community Skills

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These worksheets work great for functional text & life skills IEP objectives.

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Understanding Menus Unit 1

Understanding Menus Unit 2

Understanding Menus Unit 3

Understanding Menus Unit 4

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This download includes:

• 1 menu
• 2 levels
• A color & black and white set
• 1 separate large menu page
• Teacher answer key

Level 1 - Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions - Bolded Key Words

• 5 worksheets with 25 questions (5 questions per page)

Level 2 - Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions - Multi-part questions

• 5 worksheets with 28 questions (5 - 6 questions per page)

12 different worksheets and 53 questions per set.

A total of 24 different worksheets.

This resource features one realistic menu for students to explore. Designed for differentiation, the resource offers two levels of engagement. The first level involves cut-and-paste activities with simpler questions, focusing on menu comprehension and basic price identification. The second level challenges students with write-in responses, encouraging critical thinking and analysis. Students tackle questions about menu item costs, ingredients, and comparisons of prices. They also practice calculating totals for orders and determining the correct amount of change. This comprehensive resource aims to enhance students' real-world understanding of menus, prices, and basic financial skills, preparing them for practical decision-making and equipping them with valuable life skills.

Featured Menu:

Sports Restaurant

As extension activities, students can use classroom money to present the correct amount of money. Students can calculate sales tax and or tip.

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Coupons - Unit 1

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Coupons - BUNDLE

Recently Updated to include 2 levels, 2 new cut & paste worksheets, 1 new write in the answer worksheet & 13 new questions!

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• 2 coupons
• Level 1: 2 different cut & paste worksheets with 4 questions per page. Total of 8 questions.
• Level 2: 2 different worksheets with 5 - 6 questions per page. Total of 11 questions.
• A total of 4 different worksheets & 19 questions.
• Teacher answer key for Level 2

This is a NO PREP, real world text resources with text dependent questions. This real world resource was designed to expose students to coupons they would see/ use in everyday life. A variety of comprehension skills are embedded covering shopping, math and money skills. This resource is a great way for students to practice life skills.

This resource also works great for IEP objectives.

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This download includes:

• 5 readings for different jobs
• 6 different Google Forms with 41 comprehension questions
• Google Forms answer key
• Editable questions

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Unit 1, 2 & 3 can be found here:

Job Exploration Unit 1 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 2 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 3 Google Forms

This product is great for distance learning utilizing Google Classroom or Gmail accounts. This resource is also great for schools and districts pushing for more technology use during school closure. These forms are great to help you keep track of student progress for data collection.

This resource is designed to help students explore different vocations and expose students to a variety of everyday jobs. 5 Google Forms include readings that teach and explain different jobs and the steps required to work in the role. Each reading also includes 10 - 12 questions to asses student learning and understanding. 1 Google Form reviews the knowledge learned and has students practice differentiating between jobs. These Google Forms also help keep an inventory on students vocational interests. This unit has lengthier readings that include more information, details with harder vocabulary than the previous units.

Included jobs:

Bank Teller

Computer Programmer

Librarian

Paralegal

Photographer

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Coupons Unit 2 Google Forms

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Bus and Train Schedules Routes & Signs Google Forms

Cooking Vocab Unit 1 Google Forms

Reading Product Labels Unit 3 Google Forms

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Nutrition Label Comprehension Unit 2 - Google Forms

Recently Updated to include 2 levels, 10 new cut & paste worksheets & 50 new questions!

This download includes:

• 10 different REAL nutrition labels
• 2 levels of each worksheet, perfect for differentiation!
• A total of 20 different worksheets & 110 questions
• Suggested follow up activities

Level 1:

• 10 different cut & paste worksheets with 5 questions per page.
• 50 comprehension questions

Level 2:

• 10 different worksheets with 6 questions per page.
• 60 comprehension questions
• Teacher answer key

This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of REAL nutrition labels. These worksheets provide real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will read nutrition labelsclosely to answer questions. Questions include serving size, servings per container, calories per serving & multiple servings, finding and identifying vitamins and minerals in food products and ingredients

Nutrition labels included:

Lucky Charms Cereal

Chewy Bar

Prego Pasta Sauce

Mountain Dew

Hood Milk

Ice Cream Sandwich

Wheat Thins

Doritos

Sweet Corn

Baked Beans

Unit 1 of this resource can be found below:

Google Forms

Nutrition Label Comprehension Unit 1 - Google Forms

Paper Based

Nutrition Label Comprehension Unit 1

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Nutrition Label Comprehension Unit 2

This product is great for distance learning utilizing Google Classroom or Gmail accounts. This resource is also great for schools and districts pushing for more technology use during school closure. These forms are great to help you keep track of student progress for data collection.

This download includes:

• 10 nutrition labels
• 10 different Google Forms with 60 comprehension questions
• Teacher PDF answer key
• Teacher Google Form answer key
• Optional follow up activities
• EDITABLE!

**These forms AUTOMATICALLY GRADE! Saving you time!**

You can import all student grades into Google Classroom with the click of one button!

**AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION**

This resource is designed to expose students to a variety of REAL nutrition labels. These worksheets provide real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will read nutrition labelsclosely to answer questions. Questions include serving size, servings per container, calories per serving & multiple servings, finding and identifying vitamins and minerals in food products and ingredients

Nutrition labels included:

Lucky Charms Cereal

Chewy Bar

Prego Pasta Sauce

Mountain Dew

Hood Milk

Ice Cream Sandwich

Wheat Thins

Doritos

Sweet Corn

Baked Beans

Unit 1 of this resource can be found below:

Nutrition Label Comprehension Unit 1 - Google Forms

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Job Exploration Unit 2 Google Forms

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Reading Calendars - Unit 1 - Paper Based

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• 12 different monthly calendars

- 6 generic

- personal (with appointments or personal events)

• 12 different EDITABLE self-grading Google Forms 5 questions each
• 60 total comprehension questions
• Teacher answer key

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This resource was designed to introduce and help students practice the important life skill of readingcalendars. With this download students will be exposed to different generic and personal monthly calendars with holidays and events. Students may be asked to identify days in a month, number of weekend days, holiday dates, or to calculate days before or after an event and more!

This resource is great for life skills lessons and great for tracking progress for IEP objectives.

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Job Exploration Unit 1 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 2 Google Forms

Reading Nutrition Labels Unit 1 Google Forms

Bus and Train Schedules Routes & Signs Google Forms

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Reading Recipes Unit 1 - Google Forms

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• 12 different REAL recipes
• 12 different worksheets with 67 comprehension questions
• Teacher answer key
• Suggested follow up activities

This resource is designed to expose student to a variety of REAL recipes. These worksheets provide real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will read recipes closely to answer questions. Questions include finding recipe preparation time, specific ingredients, materials needed and steps to take to complete the recipe.

Recipes Included:

Pancake Poppers

Hard Boiled Eggs

Fro-Yo Fruit Bites

PB&J Sushi

Ham & Cheese Pinwheels

Tomato Butter Spaghetti

Bread In A Bag

Mini Pepper Pizzas

Chicken Parm Pockets

Puppy Chow

Chocolate Cuties

Banana Bites

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This download includes:

• 5 readings for different jobs
• 6 different Google Forms with 41 comprehension questions
• Google Forms answer key
• Editable questions

**These forms AUTOMATICALLY GRADE! Saving you time!**

You can import all student grades into Google Classroom with the click of one button!

**AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION**

Unit 1, 2 & 3 can be found here:

Job Exploration Unit 1 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 2 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 3 Google Forms

Job Exploration Unit 4 - Google Forms

This product is great for distance learning utilizing Google Classroom or Gmail accounts. This resource is also great for schools and districts pushing for more technology use during school closure. These forms are great to help you keep track of student progress for data collection.

This resource is designed to help students explore different vocations and expose students to a variety of everyday jobs. 5 Google Forms include readings that teach and explain different jobs and the steps required to work in the role. Each reading also includes 10 - 12 questions to asses student learning and understanding. 1 Google Form reviews the knowledge learned and has students practice differentiating between jobs. These Google Forms also help keep an inventory on students vocational interests. There is also a Google Slides presentation with each of the readings available in a larger format. This unit has lengthier readings that include more information, details with harder vocabulary than the previous units.

Included jobs:

Graphic Designer

Modle Maker

Musician

Park Ranger

Reporter

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Reading Product Labels Unit 1 Google Forms

Coupons Unit 2 Google Forms

Reading Nutrition Labels Unit 1 Google Forms

Bus and Train Schedules Routes & Signs Google Forms

Cooking Vocab Unit 1 Google Forms

Reading Product Labels Unit 3 Google Forms

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Apparel Details & Size Charts Comprehension - Unit 1

Apparel Details & Size Charts Comprehension - Unit 2

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• 2 worksheets 5-6 questions per page
• 11 comprehension questions
• Teacher answer key

This resource is designed to expose students to everyday clothing and apparel sites. This resource provides real world text practice with text dependent questions. Students will need to read clothing and apparel product details, materials and care and size charts closely to answer questions. A variety of comprehension skills are embedded into the text samples to provide your students an opportunity to read, refer and respond to questions. Some questions address pricing, discounted prices, materials and care and sizing.

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• 18 Hanukkah scavenger hunt fact cards

Level 1 – Write in the answer

- 2 answer sheets with 9 questions each

Level 2 – Cut & paste

- 2 answer sheets with 9 questions each

• Follow up worksheet with 10 questions
• Total of 5 worksheets and 46 questions
• Teacher guide
• Teacher answer key

With this interactive scavenger hunt students will learn fun and interesting Hanukkah related facts like: Did you know Hanukkah is also known as the festival of lights? Or Did you know there is 16 different ways to spell Hanukkah? The scavenger hunt includes 18 fact cards and asks students to read the cards closely for information to fill in the answer sheets. Fact cards are numbered and provide all the information needed for students.

This scavenger hunt will still work broken into shorter segments for multiple lessons or a shorter activity.

This scavenger hunt also works well as a scoot game!

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Medicine Label Comprehension - Unit 3

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• 12 medicine/ vitamin labels
• 12 different Google Forms with 64 comprehension questions
• Google Forms answer key
• PDF Teacher answer key
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This product is great for distance learning utilizing Google Classroom or Gmail accounts. This resource is also great for schools and districts pushing for more technology use during school closure. These forms are great to help you keep track of student progress for data collection.

This resource provides real world text practice with text dependent questions. This resource was designed to expose students to medicine and vitamin labels that are often overlooked in classroom life skills. These worksheets help to introduce and expose students to different kinds of common over-the-counter medications. This resource introduces medications that are taken at different times of day (A.M. & P.M.), different ways to take medications (pill, syrup gummy), and where to look to find out important information such as what the medication treats, how long the medication works for, and what strength the dosage is.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Close Reading Passage. This packet, which includes a close reading passage, a vocabulary sheet with descriptions, vocabulary cards, a multiple-choice version, and an open-ended version, can help your students improve their comprehension skills. Included is an answer key.

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A Powerpoint which provides a brief overview of rhythm and rhyme scheme using poetry. I've used this as an introduction to poetry and pair this up with a poem in which students must find the rhyme scheme. It can be used with any poem.

Use this product when teaching main idea and key details! Comes with a poster display, and a student worksheet.

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Why is movement important?! Regular movement improves a child's concentration! Providing small children with regular brain breaks helps them to re-energize and refocus on a task.

Why not mix movement with learning? This interactive Google Slides includes a total of the 40 Pre-K Dolch words along with some engaging Christmas themed movements mixed into the slides. These 57 slides will help students connect to some of the vocabulary behind the dolch words while having fun during the weeks leading up to Christmas. Send to parents to practice at home, use for fluency with whole group, small group, use it as a review or even a brain break! Your kiddos are guaranteed to be engaged!

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This 40-page EDITABLE poetry unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The 10 poems in this unit all pivot on vivid and evocative SENSORY IMAGERY.

Because even our strongest students often have difficulty analyzing poetic imagery, I designed this unit to help students learn to "unpack" images and to explain how images deepen a poem's meaning. The literary devices quizzes, discussion prompts, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights!!

Here are some highlights from this 40-page curriculum:

• Homework Packets with Poems: The two homework packets contain a total of 10 poems by award-winning poets such as Emily Dickinson, Robert Hayden, Mary Oliver, Gary Soto, Sharon Olds, Mark Doty, Yusef Komunyakaa, Tony Hoagland, and others. The poems in each homework packet derive their meaning from the deft use of sensory images. These carefully selected poems will set the stage for your class to have fascinating and profoundly productive discussions!! (10 pages)

• Literary Devices Glossary: A glossary with definitions and examples of the various types of figurative language, imagery, stanzas, and syntactic devices. Many teachers already have a glossary of literary devices, but I'm providing this in case you need one. (2 pages)

• Literary Devices Quizzes: Open each class with a quiz of 10 questions to assess whether your students can accurately identify the literary devices: metaphor, personification, symbolism, imagery, alliteration, etc. The digital versions of the quizzes on Google Forms will grade every student's work and generate a list of their scores. Answer keys included. (4 pages).

• Discussion Questions: Lists of discussion questions for the first poems in each homework packet. The discussion questions will ensure that your class discussions get off to a productive start. Every discussion question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to arrive at lucid interpretive insights! The questions lend themselves to a range of different pedagogical uses: 1) to focus students’ thinking prior to beginning a discussion, 2) to prompt in-class writing, 3) to assign written reflections for homework, etc. Guaranteed to elicit student engagement and foster deep thinking! Answer keys included. (8 pages)

• Quick Writes: The quick writes give students an opportunity to capture and refine the best ideas generated in the discussion. Quick writes can also help reticent students to gather their thoughts so they'll feel ready and eager to contribute. (2 pages)

• Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on a poem of their choice. The assignment sheet contains detailed instructions for how to generate a formalist analysis of a poem (analyzing how the poem's formal features contribute to its meaning). This kind of formalist analysis is exactly what students are asked to generate on the AP Literature exam! Sample paper included. (3 pages)

This entire 40-page unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word *and* PDF. Because the Word doc is fully editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access all of the materials as a PDF — which is easy to navigate and quick to print! Finally, as a free bonus, I'm including links to digital copies of every document in user-friendly platforms like Google Docs and Google Forms.

My store is called “Rigorous Resources” because all of the resources contain rigorous content that will motivate students to engage in thought-provoking and productive discussions. Thank you for choosing Rigorous Resources!!

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Links to all of the poetry units in this collection:

Poetry Unit #1: Sensory Imagery in Poetry

Poetry Unit #2: Figurative Language in Poetry

Poetry Unit #3: Love Poems

Poetry Unit #4: Ethical Dilemmas in Poetry

Poetry Unit #5: Family Dynamics in Poetry

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This 38-page EDITABLE poetry unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The 10 poems in this mini-unit all focus on different kinds of ethical dilemmas.

Because teenagers are genuinely intrigued by ethical dilemmas, these poems will set the stage for your class to have authentic discussions that inspire a whole new depth of reflection. The literary devices quizzes, discussion prompts, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights!

Here are some highlights from this 38-page curriculum:

• Homework Packets with Poems about Ethical Dilemmas: The two homework packets contains a total of 10 poems by a diverse range of award-winning poets such as Robert Frost, William Stafford, Ada Limón, Jan Beatty, Ross Gay, and others. Every poem focuses on some kind of ethical dilemma. Because teenagers are genuinely intrigued by ethical dilemmas, these poems will set the stage for your class to have fascinating and profoundly productive discussions!! (10 pages)

• Literary Devices Glossary: A glossary with definitions and examples of the various types of figurative language, imagery, stanzas, and syntactic devices. Many teachers already have a glossary of literary devices, but I'm providing this in case you need one. (2 pages)

• Literary Devices Quizzes: Open each class with a quiz of 10 questions to assess whether your students can accurately identify the literary devices used in the poems from the nightly homework packets: metaphor, personification, symbolism, imagery, alliteration, etc. The digital versions of the quizzes on Google Forms will grade every student's work and generate a list of their scores. Answer keys included. (4 pages).

• Discussion Questions: This bundle features a list of discussion questions for the first poem in each of two nightly homework packets. The discussion questions will ensure that every class discussion starts on a productive foot. Every discussion question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to arrive at lucid interpretive insights! The questions lend themselves to a range of different pedagogical uses: 1) to focus students’ thinking prior to beginning a discussion, 2) to prompt in-class writing, 3) to assign written reflections for homework, etc. Guaranteed to elicit student engagement and foster deep thinking! Answer keys included. (7 pages)

• Quick Writes: The quick writes give students an opportunity to capture and refine the best ideas generated in the discussion. Quick writes can also help reticent students to gather their thoughts so they'll feel ready and eager to contribute. (3 pages)

• Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on a poem of their choice. The assignment sheet contains detailed instructions for how to generate a formalist analysis of a poem (analyzing how the poem's formal features contribute to its meaning). This kind of formalist analysis is exactly what students are asked to generate on the AP Literature exam! Sample paper included. (3 pages)

This entire 38-page unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word *and* PDF. Because the Word doc is fully editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access all of the materials as a PDF — which is easy to navigate and quick to print! Finally, as a free bonus, I'm including links to digital copies of every document in user-friendly platforms like Google Docs and Google Forms.

My store is called “Rigorous Resources” because all of the resources contain rigorous content that will motivate students to engage in thought-provoking and productive discussions. Thank you for choosing Rigorous Resources!!

Happy teaching!

Adam Jernigan, Ph.D.

adamjernigan@gmail.com

Links to all of the poetry units in this collection:

Poetry Unit #1: Sensory Imagery in Poetry

Poetry Unit #2: Figurative Language in Poetry

Poetry Unit #3: Love Poems

Poetry Unit #4: Ethical Dilemmas in Poetry

Poetry Unit #5: Family Dynamics in Poetry

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This FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE STATIONS activity is a fun and effective method for giving students practice at analyzing the most important types of figurative language. Students will develop the skills not only to identify types of figurative language but also to explain how figurative language contributes to the meaning of a literary text!

Students will learn about figurative language while gaining exposure to the most profound and thought-provoking quotations from the world's greatest writers! They'll be asked to analyze the figures of speech in over 120 inspiring quotations by a diverse range of important authors: Chinua Achebe, Louisa May Alcott, Maya Angelou, Jane Austen, James Baldwin, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Louise Erdrich, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost, Zora Neale Hurston, John Keats, Harper Lee, Toni Morrison, George Orwell, Zadie Smith, John Steinbeck, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, and many others.

This stations activity focuses on the 8 types of figurative language that are used most commonly in literature: metaphor, simile, metonymy, personification, apostrophe, paradox, oxymoron, and hyperbole.

Here's what you'll find inside this 40-page resource:

• Stations Worksheets (x8): This resource includes a total of 8 worksheets focused on 8 types of figurative language. Each worksheet challenges students to explain the meaning or effect created by the same figure of speech found across 6 quotations. The quotations include some of the most profound and thought-provoking lines from famous authors — a total of 48 quotations! (8 pages)

• Answer Keys to Stations Worksheets (x8): The answer keys explain how the figures of speech found across 48 quotations contribute to the meaning of the quotation. (8 pages)

• Station Placards (x8): The 8 placards can be folded and placed on the desks that correspond to the 8 stations. The placards add a splash of colorful decoration to this activity. (8 pages)

• Literary Devices Glossary: This 1-page glossary features the 8 types of figurative language that are used most frequently in literature. The glossary includes definitions of the 8 types of figurative language as well as one or two examples of how each figure of speech gets used in famous quotations. Students can use the glossary to study in preparation for the quizzes on figurative language. (1 page)

• Quiz: Metaphors & Similes: This quiz focuses only on metaphors and similes; it challenges students to identify the figures of speech used across 15 famous quotations. Answer key included. (2 pages)

• Quiz: All Types of Figurative Language (x2): These two quizzes focus on all 8 types of figurative language. The first quiz challenges students to identity the figures of speech used across 25 quotations. The second quiz is similar but features 20 longer quotations; it could be used as a make-up quiz or extra-credit quiz. Answer keys included. (8 pages)

• Quiz: Figurative Language in Music: This quiz focuses on the types of figurative language used in 10 famous song lyrics by musicians such as The Beatles, Paul Simon, Elton John, John Legend, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift. Answer key included. (2 pages)

Here are the types of figurative language featured across the 8 stations:

1. Metaphor

2. Simile

3. Metonymy

4. Personification

5. Apostrophe

6. Paradox

7. Oxymoron

8. Hyperbole

The entire 40-page resource will come to you in two separate formats: Word doc and PDF. Because the Word doc is fully editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit the skill levels of your particular students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access the entire resource as a PDF — which is easy to navigate and quick to print!

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