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Activity Overview
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Rubric
Activity Overview
The author uses many different types of figurative language throughout the story. Some examples of figurative language that are used are similes, metaphors, personification, idioms, and onomatopoeia. For this activity, students will identify and illustrate three examples of figurative language in Fish in a Tree. Teachers may want to give the students a list of examples, or have them do a “scavenger hunt” either as they read, or as an activity after reading.
Examples of Figurative Language from Fish in a Tree
- Page 2: “Teachers are like the machines that take quarters for bouncy balls. You know what you’re going to get. Yet you don’t know, too.” (Simile)
- Page 9: “I need attention like a fish needs a snorkel.” (Simile)
- Page 12: “It’s like my chair is over a trapdoor and there is a button to drop myself.” (Simile)
- Page 19: “Three words that hold sadness like a tree holds leaves.” (Simile)
- Page 20: “Shay and Jessica stare at us like two cats watching birds in a cage.” (Simile)
- Page 33: “The guy’s smile falls off of his face.” (Personification)
- Page 38: “Everyone scrambles to their seats, but I’m still lying on the imaginary train tracks. All tied up and watching the engine come around the corner.” (Metaphor)
- Page 40: “I turn myself to stone.” (Metaphor)
- Page 84: “It’s like asking a blind man to drive a bus.” (Simile)
- Page 134: “I stand and walk toward him like the floor will swallow me up.” (Personification)
- Page 146: “I feel like a fish in a wire cage rather than a tank.” (Simile)
- Page 151: “When Mr. Daniels looks in her direction, she stops like she has an on/off switch. When he looks away, she laughs at Albert again.” (Simile)
- Page 187: “I try not to cry, I really do, but the tears leak from my eyes.” (Personification)
- Page 191: “I realize that dealing with Shay everyday is like playing chess. She is always looking for your weakness, always trying to get you flustered and force you into a mistake. Against her, the board is always changing and moving. Keep your eyes open. Be careful.” (Simile)
- Page 192: “But no matter what, don’t give up. Because, every once in a while, a pawn becomes a queen.” (Metaphor)
Template and Class Instructions
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Objective: Create a 3 cell storyboard, illustrating and describing three examples of figurative language in the text.
Student Instructions:
- Click "Start Assignment".
- Write the type of figurative language in the heading.
- Write the example and page number in the description box. In addition, write what the author is intending to say, or the literal meaning.
- Illustrate each example using scenes, characters, and items.
- Save and exit when you're done.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
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Figurative Language in a Story
Create a storyboard that shows three examples of figurative language from the story: metaphors, similes, personification, etc. Include the type of figurative language in the title box along with the quote from the story. In the description box describe what the figurative language means in the context of the story. Add appropriate illustrations for each.
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Examples of Figurative Language | There are three examples of figurative language. | There are two correct examples of figurative language. | Only one of the examples of figurative language is correct. |
| Types of Figurative Language | All three examples are correctly identified as simile, metaphor, or personification (or other) in the title box. | Two examples of figurative language are correctly identified as simile, metaphor, or personification (or other). | Only one example of figurative language is correctly identified as simile, metaphor, or personification (or other). |
| Illustrations | Illustrations depict the example of figurative language from the story with clear visuals of appropriate scenes, characters, items, etc. | Illustrations depict the example of figurative language from the story but are unclear or incomplete. | Illustrations do not make sense with the examples chosen. |
| Descriptions | There are descriptions for all three example of figurative language that correctly explain what the figurative language means in the context of the story. | One of the descriptions is missing or the descriptions do not fully explain what the figurative language means in the context of the story. | Two or more descriptions are missing or they do not explain what the figurative language means. |
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