Figurative Language Short Stories for years 5 & 6 by the Sydney Teacher featuring a worksheet with title 'Exploring Engaging Language' and activities.
Exploring engaging language worksheet with text 'includes 16 engaging short stories rich with figurative language' and checkboxes on a blue background with text 'covering simile, metaphor, hyperbole, idiom, alliteration, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, and personification' at the bottom.
Two A5 task cards with text and color-coded figurative language examples on a white background with text 'Option to Print as A5 Task Cards'.

Figurative Language Short Stories

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Figurative language, like many writing concepts, is best taught in context. That’s why this pack includes 16 short stories that are PACKED with figurative language.

Figurative Language Covered: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, idiom, oxymoron, alliteration, personification, and onomatopoeia

Outcome Codes: AC9E5LE04, AC9E6LA08

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Figurative Language Mega Bundle for Years 5&6 by The Sydney Teacher featuring Figurative Language Task Card showing Simile, Task Two puzzle and 'Metaphor' activity. A light green banner on the right side shows text that reads '100+ pages'. Figurative Language Escape Room activity by The Sydney Teacher for Years 5 and 6 with Task Two Puzzle and Task One Answers on a yellow background.
Figurative Language in Literature MEGA Bundle
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Why Choose The Figurative Language Short Stories?

  • This resource includes 16 engaging stories on topics your students will love, such as a food fight in the teacher’s staffroom, an explorer discovering a lost world, and a museum coming to life after dark!
  • Students can learn figurative language most effectively - by seeing it used in context!
  • Excerpts can be used as story starters for new narratives!
  • Flexible printing options in A4 or A5 make differentiation and classroom use easy.

What's Included?

  • 16 short stories FULL of figurative language
  • Option to print as an A4 version with extra activities
  • Option to print as an A5 version where students highlight / colour code the figurative language

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Nicola B.
Very comprehensive

This resource closely followed the activites and learning my student was doing in class.

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Bridget M.
Great Figurative Language Tie-In

My students really enjoyed this, they were really about to see the connections between how to understand it and how to use it.

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Penny M.
Figurative Language

I used this resource to explicitly teach students about figurative langauge using engaging short stories for them to analyse and demonstrate their understanding.

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Ellen F.

A good portion of our reading standards reference figurative language. I love that this resource did not deal with just definitions. In our standards, its more important to understand meaning. This was perfect for fifth grade because the stories were a great length and many examples of fig lang. No prep so I loved it!

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Dawn L.

My students really enjoyed using this resource to help practice needed reading skills!

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Nicole M.

students loved this resource. It was easy to use.

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Kellie B.

Love these to provide my students with strong examples of figurative language when exploring the different types and the impact on the reader.

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Powerful Little Learners

Super easy grab and go activities to consolidate understanding of my high bands learners.

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