Back to School Figurative Language | Simile, Metaphor, Idiom
by Teaching ESL 101 © 2026
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Price: $7 USD
Subjects: ela,englishSecondLanguage,holiday,vocabAcquisitionAndUse,elaLanguage,backToSchool,poetryMonth
Grades: 3,4,5
Description
🎒 **Back to School Figurative Language Boom Deck | Grade 4** Start the school year with targeted figurative language practice using short, back-to-school-themed sentences & poems. This fully accessible self-checking deck helps students identify & understand common types of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, adages, proverbs, hyperbole, personification, imagery, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. Designed as practice or review after students have been introduced to figurative language. A definition/reference card is included to support students before they begin. Each question encourages students to use context clues, focus on the key phrase, & choose the meaning or device that best fits the sentence. 🎧 Audio is included for each sentence. This supports developing readers, ESL/ELL students, & students who benefit from hearing the sentence read aloud. 💬 Best for: ✅ Grade 4 ✅ Grade 5 review ✅ Advanced Grade 3 with support ✅ ESL/ELL learners at CEFR B1 level; strong A2 learners with support; suitable for B2 review 📦 What’s Included: ✅ definition/reference cards ✅ 17 practice cards ✅ Back-to-school sentences and short poems ✅ Four multiple-choice answers per card ✅ Self-checking format ✅ Sentence audio included ✅ A clue card for each question 📘 Skills Covered: Students practice interpreting figurative language in context, including common idioms, adages, proverbs, imagery, sound words, and speaker identification in short poems.
Acknowledgements
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