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WelcometoDecorations,Dress­Ups,andDelightfulDiversions! YouwillfindthisdownloadtobeaninvaluableresourcewhenteachingsomeofthemorechallengingIEWelementsofstyle—thedecorationsandtheadvanceddress‐ups.Inthesefiles,youwillfindlessonideas,samplesfromclassicliterature,exercises,andgamestohelpyouhelpyourstudentsbecomeexcitedaboutusingpowerfulliterarydevices.FORSTUDENTS

Whilethisproductisprimarilyateacherresource,thestudentfilecontainslessonpagesstudentswillneed.Inaclasssetting,Teacher,youcaneitherprintthestudentpagesforyourstudentsasneeded,oryoucanaskthateachstudent’sfamilypurchasetheresource,printthepages,andplacethemintwofoldersornotebooks: StudentLessonPages MyPersonalCollectionofElementsofStyleBelowisadescriptionofeachofthesesectionswithrecommendationsforuse.STUDENTLESSONPAGES

Thesepagescontainasectionforeachelementofstyle.Theydonothavetobetaughtinorder.Whenyoudesiretoteachaparticularelement,turntothatsectionbyusingthetableofcontents.Youwillfindanexplanationoftheelement,ideasforteachingit,andpagesofexercisesthestudentsmaycompletetohelpthemunderstand,recognize,andcreatetheelementofstyle.ItisassumedthatstudentsusingthisresourcehavealreadybeentaughtthebasicIEWdress­upsandareusingthemwithnodifficulty.ThefollowingchartincludessuggestionsforwhentoteacheachsectionwithrespecttotheIEWunitsofstructure.Theseareonlysuggestions.Anyelementmaybetaughtwithanyunit.FICTIONUNITS(3,5,7)(NarrativeStories,WritingfromPictures,CreativeWriting)

ThePoeticDevices(alliteration,similes,metaphors,personification)3sss

FACTUALUNITS(4,6,8,9)(SummarizingReferences,ResearchReports,FormalExpositoryEssays,Critiques)

Question&CommandDramaticOpeners&ClosersAnecdotalOpeners&Closers

Repetition(dualsandtripleextensions)andteeter‐tottersmaybetaughtwithanyunit.

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MYPERSONALCOLLECTIONOFELEMENTSOFSTYLE

Thissectioncontainspagestohelpstudentscollectandorganizetheelementsofstyletheyfindastheyreadqualityliterature.Thepageswillprovidethemwithwonderfulsamplesofeachoftheelements.Inaclasssetting,allowtimeperiodicallyforstudentstosharethestylistictechniquestheyhavefound.FORPARENTS/TEACHERS

ANSWERKEY

ThesepagescontaintheanswerstovariousexercisesintheStudentLessonPages.REVIEWGAME

Thisgamereviewsalmostalloftheelementsofstyle;however,ifyouwouldliketoplayitbeforeyouhavetaughtthemall,pickoutonlythecardsthatcorrespondtothedevicesyouhavecovered.Youshouldincludeatleastthreeelements.SELECTEDBIBLIOGRAPHY

Thisisalistofliteratureusedtocompileexamplesofthevariouselementsofstyle,bothinthelessonpagesandthegames.TWOSIMILEGAMES

Note:Thetwosimilegamefilesshouldbeprintedincolor.

GAME:SIMILECOVER­UP

ThisgameisintendedforLevelAstudentswhowillfindtheSimileShenanigansgametoodifficult.Teacherswillreadthebeginningofasimilefromchildren’sliterature.Studentswillthentrytofindthefinishofitontheirgameboards.Thegameprovidesafun,non‐threateningtimeofhearingandcontemplatingsimilesandmetaphorsfromskilledauthors.GAME:SIMILESHENANIGANS

Thisgamewillprovidehoursofinspirationandfunaskidscreateandsharesimilesandmetaphorswhiletryingtodiscernthewordsactuallyusedbyfamousauthorsofclassicchildren’sliterature.Playafewsessionsinclass;then,encouragefamiliestoprinttheirownandcontinueplayingathome.

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PRACTICE

Practicealliterationbyrewritingeachofthephrasesonthefollowingpages.Replacetheoriginalwordswithwordsthatbeginwiththelettersoundgivenintheparentheses.Useathesaurusforhelp.Remember,thereisalwaysanotherwaytosaythesamething,soplaywithwordstoachievetheeffectyoudesire.Youmayaddinformationtocreatemorealliteration.Example:happyyoungwomen(G) gigglinggirlsgasped

Optional:MakeItaGame

Tomakethisexerciseagame(“TheAlliterationGame,”nextpage),dividetheclassintoteamsorpairs.Useonlyonepageatatime.Givetheplayersaboutfiveminutestowork.Collecteachteam’sphrasesattheendofthetimelimit.Readeachteam’sanswerforthefirstphrase,andasyoudo,writethepointsearnedonthewhiteboard.(Seebelowforhowtoscore.)Repeatwitheachoftheotherphrases.Theteamwiththemostpointsforallfivephraseswins.Scoring

Pointsareearnedforeachwordusedthatbeginswiththegivenlettersound.Toearnmorepoints,playersmayexpandaphrasebyaddingmoreinformation.Belowaresomesamplescorings.Originalphrase:littlerabbitsjump(B)Possibleanswersandpointsearned:

babybunniesbounce(3)

babybunniesbouncebravelyacrosstheboulevard(5)Ialsogiveanextrapointifstudentsuseavocabularyword.CAUTION:Wordsthatbeginwiththesameletterbutdonotmakethesamesoundcannotbeusedforalliteration.Becarefulespeciallywithwordsthatbeginwithvowelsthatmakeslightlydifferentsounds,liketheainAugustversustheainant.

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THEALLITERATIONGAME1.Abigwindwentthroughthecity.(T) _________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.madteenagers(A)

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3.afast,twistingsmallriver(S)

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4.Birdsflyoverthewater.(G)

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5.large,prettyinsects(B)

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SIMILESANDMETAPHORS

Similesandmetaphorsaretwowaysofdescribingonethingby

comparingittoanother.

ASIMILEusesthewordlikeoras.

Thegirlsanglikeanightingale.

Theboywasastoughasnails.

AMETAPHORsimplycallsonethinganotherthingorusesone

thingtomeananother.

Hereisanexampleofametaphorthatcallsonethinganother

thing:

John’sfacewasacoldstone.

Obviously,John’sfaceisnotreallyastone.Bycomparingittoastone,

themetaphorisimplyingthathewasshowingnofeelings,likeastone.

Hereisanexampleofametaphorthatusesonethingtomeananother

(likeasecretcode,sortof).

He’sgotthewholeworldinhishands.

Theworldisnotreallyinhishands.“Hishands”islikeacodewordfor

“hiscare”becausehandsaresymbolsofcaring.

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SIMILECOVER­UPTOPREPARE

Printthegameboardsonthefollowingpagesontocardstock.Cutthemout.(Eachboardhasfourwordsorphrases.)

Note:Extrablankboardsareprovidedtoenableyoutomakeyourownboards.TherearemanysimilesintheSimileShenanigansgamethatyoucoulduse.

Cutouttheindividualgamecards(thesimiles)thatcorrespondtothegameboardsyouwilluse(seenotebelow).Shuffleandstackthem.(Again,thereareextrablankcards.)

Ifyouhavemorethansevenplayers,dividetheminto3–6teams.Teamsdonothavetohaveanequalnumberofplayers.Giveeachteamagameboard.

Giveeachteamsometypeoftokenssuchasbuttons,beans,orcoins.

Importantnote:Ifyoudonotuseallthegameboards,thegamewillflowbetterifyouremovethesimilecardsthatmatchtheanswersontheboardsyouwillnotbeusing.(Checkthenumbersthatfolloweachansweronthecards.Theycorrespondtothenumberoftheboarduponwhichthatanswerisfound.)Thisway,allthesimilesyoureadwillhaveananswerononeoftheboardsinplay.

TOPLAY

Theteacherpicksthetopcardfromthestackandreadsthebeginningofthesimile.

Playerslookatthewordsontheirboardstodetermineiftheyhaveawordthatmightcompletethesimile.Theteacheraskstheplayersiftheythinktheyhaveacorrectanswer.Shethenreadstheauthor’ssimile,andtheplayerwiththatanswercoversitwithatoken.

Playcontinuesinthesamewayuntiloneplayerorteamhascoveredallfourwordsontheirboard.Theyyell,“Coveredup!”andwinthegame.

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amadbull

acoldhand

cigarsmoke

snow

abowlingball

afancycollar

cats

ayoungster

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afrog(2)

“Itwasopenedbyanotherfootmaninthelivery,witharoundface,andlargeeyeslike…”

AliceinWonderland

acoldhand(3)

“Silencegrippedthem,andachillofawetouchedthemlike…”

CallItCourage

ayoungster(4)

“TheMarlfoxgiggledlike…”

Marlfox

snakes(5)

“Jellyfishtentaclesstrikelike…”

Pagoo

thetailofashootingstar(6)

“Dropsofsilverslippingfromthe[water]wheelblurredtogetherlike…”

TheYearling

snow(3)

“Ashesfellintothewaterlike…”

PaddletotheSea

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Teamstrytofinishthesimilebywritingtheirideaonanotecard.Thereader

writestheauthor’sanswer(fromthebluebox)onhisnotecard.

Everyonepassestheircardstothereader,whothenshufflesandreadsallthepossibleanswers.(Inaclass,he/sheshouldwritetheanswersonthewhiteboard.)

Iftwoormoreanswersarethesame,thereaderonlyneedstowritethatanswerontheboardonce,butreadingthemallishelpfulforplayerstoseehowpopularthatansweris.

Besurenoonerevealswhichanswerswereprovidedbywhom.

Noweachplayerorteam(exceptthereader)musttrytoguesswhichofthepossibleanswersistheonetheauthoractuallywrote.Thereadermustkeeptrackofwhoguesseswhich.(Writeinitialsorteamnamesbytheanswersontheboard.)

Aftereveryonehasguessed,pointsareawardedasfollows:

SCORESHEETS

Tomakescorekeepingsimpler,blankscoresheetsthatyoumaycopyforeachteamareonthefollowingpage.Foreachgame,eachteamwillneeditsownscoresheet.Itincludesenoughspaceforninerounds,butinaclasssetting,youwillmostlikelynothaveenoughtimetoplayallnine.

*Players/teamswhoguessedthecorrectanswerfromthechoicesontheboardreceive1point.*Playersreceive2pointsforeachtimesomeoneelseguessedtheanswertheyprovided.*Ifplayers/teamsactuallywrotethecorrectanswerontheircard,theyreceive3pointsinadditiontopointstheymayhavereceivedfromtheabove.

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TheBible

lightning

“TheangeloftheLorddescendedfromheaven,andcameandrolledbackthestonefromthedoor,andsatuponit.Hiscountenancewaslike…”

CricketinTimesSquare

ripplesinapond

“Circlesofsilencemovedthroughthecrowdlike…”

TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

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sleighrunners

“Hisboottoeswereturnedsharplyup,like…”

Marlfox

anadder’sbite

“HervoicewasthatofatrueMarlfox,sweetashoneyanddeadlyas…”

CallItCourage

pluckedwires

“Thecordsthatheldthemasthummedlike…”

JohnnyTremain

thechirpingofacricket

“Themusic,smallas_____________________,filledthatsilence.”

TheBigWave

avelvetcarpet

“Thegroundwascoveredwithdeepgreenmoss…Everydaygardenerssweptthemosswithbamboobroomsuntilitwaslike…”

Rascal

fishhooks

“Porcupinescan’tthrowtheirquills.Thesebarbedharpoons,however,…stayinthefleshofenemieslike…”

CallItCourage

acoldhand

“Silencegrippedthem,andachillofawetouchedthemlike…”

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TEETER­TOTTERS

ADVERBIALTEETER­TOTTERS

Adverbialteeter‐tottersarebuiltaroundaverbbecauseadverbsmostoftenmodify

verbs.Twoadverbs(‐lywords)areplacedbeforetheverb.Anadverbialclause

(www.asia.becauseclause)isplacedaftertheverb.

Directions:Onthefollowingpage,trybuildingsometeeter‐tottersbyfollowingthe

stepsbelow.Inaclass,youmayworkinsmallgroups.Besuretoshareyourteeter‐

totterswiththeclassafteryouaredone.

1. Makethegivennounmorespecific.

2. Placeastrongverbinthefulcrum(triangle).

3. OntheLEFTsideoftheteeter‐totter,addtwo‐lywordstomodifyyourverb.

Ask,“Howorwhendiditverb?”

4. OntheRIGHTside,addawww.asia.b/cclause(when,while,where,as,since,

if,although,orbecause).

Example:

Thevehicle(1)Thestagecoach(3)suddenlyanduncontrollably(4)astheterrifieddriversteeredawayfromthecliff.

(2)tipped

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BUILDYOUROWNADVERBIALTEETER­TOTTERS

Followthefourstepsonthepreviouspage.

Theboat

Thebird

Themoon

Thesoldier

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