This interactive lesson allows students the opportunity to fill in the blanks of a story with words created through a virtual flip of a chip. Students will use chips as tools for showing different affixes and roots that can be joined together to create words. The created words are inserted in a paragraph according to context clues. Students can work in pairs to create their own set of chips and corresponding paragraph. Students then exchange their packets to see whether the context clues are stong enough to enable classmates to fill in the blanks correctly.

This lesson capitalizes on a student's love of jokes to understand how word context and inference are used in everyday language to create humor.

In this lesson, students can explore for themselves the problem Tom Sawyer faced, how he “solved” his conundrum, and what he learned about human nature in the process. When combined with writing about the passage, students will learn to appreciate how Twain’s humor contains a deeper message and to derive satisfaction from struggling to master complex text.

In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.

In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.

The highwayman is an eighteenth century thief, who promises to return to his love Bess, the landlord’s daughter. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.

In this video resource from PBS Learning Media, students will explore the types of humor that exist, such as Irony, Satire, Farce, and Parody. They will research and find examples of humor that appeal to them. Next, they will choose a passage written by Mark Twain and analyze it to determine what type of humor is used.

This worksheet uses 26 quotes from Lord of the Flies by William Golding to teach students to identify simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole.

This worksheet contains 23 examples of figurative language from O. Henry's short stories for students to identify and explain.

Worksheets and activities with answer keys to help students of differing levels identify and/or determine the types of irony used in selected passages.

This resource contains idiom worksheets with text-based questions and answer keys for each.

In this lesson, students study the use of symbolism in poetry and examine how symbolism can be used to explain their own lives and emotions.

Teachers and students can click through each stanza to learn about alliteration, assonance, and internal rhyme, as well as certain vocabulary words.

In this lesson students will analyze idioms in order to comprehend their literal meanings through illustrations and paraphrasing.

Students will read sentences and use context clues to figure out the meaning of antonyms. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read sentences, identify the use of onomatopoeia, complete sentences using onomatopoeia, and write sentences that include onomatopoeia. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

In this lesson, students will begin the process of choosing an independent reading book and creating a plan for success.

In this lesson, students will learn the process for reading poetry. Students will work with the "How to Read a Poem" anchor chart, which will give them specific steps on reading and rereading poetry to find different layers of meaning.