Year 6 · English · Writing
Imagery and idioms
Use imagery, personification and idioms, and explain the effect of figurative language.
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- 3D lesson: Imagery and idioms — Sort sensory details by sense and choose details for a mood, work out what idioms really mean and when to use them, and explain the effect of similes, metaphors and personification.
- Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
- Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
- Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.
Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 2 (Years 4–6), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.
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