Elementary Library

Unit 6 K-2

Figurative Language How can I make my writing more interesting?

STUDENT OBJECTIVES

I CAN…

Students will use figurative language in writing.

I can identify sound words and use them in my writing.

RESOURCES & MATERIALS

VOCABULARY

Figurative language - when we use words in a creative way, not literally, to make our writing or talking more interesting and expressive

Resource & Discussion Guide Sound Effect Cards Onomatopoeia worksheets

Onomatopoeia - words for sounds

Choose 1 book per grade ●​ Click Clack Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin ●​ Zap! Clap! Boom! The Story of a Thunderstorm by Laura Purdie Salas ●​ Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London ●​ Muncha Muncha Muncha by Candace Fleming ●​ Everybody in the Red Brick Building by Anne Wynter ●​ Listen by Gaby Snyder ●​ Tap Tap Boom Boom by Elizabeth Bluemie ●​ Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper

LIBRARY STANDARDS Standard 2.2: Read, view, and listen for information presented in a variety of formats (e.g., textual, visual, media). CROSS-CURRICULAR INTEGRATIONS USBE English Language Arts Standard 1.R.8: Identify specific words and phrases that express emotion, appeal to the senses, and/or determine the meaning of content-specific words within a text. (RL & RI)

Standard 2.R.8: Explain how specific words and phrases express emotion, appeal to the senses, or determine the meaning of content-specific words within a text. (RL & RI)

WELCOME & ACTIVATE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Greet students and welcome them to the library.

Say: I’m going to show you a picture. Your job is to think of a sound effect or noise for the picture. I will 152