Interpret a figure of speech
Identify what is being compared or given an action. Explain the shared quality instead of treating the figurative line as a factual event.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 1Read a Poem, a Script and a Narrator
Apply interpret a figure of speech, recognize poem structure, use a stage direction, tell narration from dialogue using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin
- Identify rhyme, speaker labels and a character’s action.
Choose by skill rather than age alone. Read with an adult when useful, revisit a lesson, or explore another grade.
Follow the lesson sequence
Recognize poem structure
Use the explicitly supplied line and blank-line information to count groups. Do not count sentences instead of lines.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 2Use a stage direction
Read the bracketed phrase as an acting instruction. Distinguish movement, voice, face and timing.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 3Tell narration from dialogue
Inspect the sample marked narration. If it is instead only a speaker-labeled line, recognize that there is no narration sample.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 4Review and transfer
After the lessons, try 4 new review cases and a practical task. Each answer has an explanation and a link back to the related lesson.
Open the unit reviewGuest answers are temporary. Keep your own paper or document; this unit does not certify completion or record a school grade.
Topic references
- Common Core State Standards ELA topic references; not certified alignment: topic reference — Read a Poem, a Script and a Narrator
These references informed the topic selection. They do not certify complete standards alignment.