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Act like a 4th-grade teacher who is deploying 45-minute learning stations to cover the learning objective, L.4.5, which covers understanding figurative language, including similes, metaphors, and idioms, and their meaning within a text.  Design a small group activity at four different learning levels: an independent practice activity, a hands-on activity, and a digital content activity that the students must complete in ten minutes or less.  Add an exit ticket question that should take about five minutes to complete. Place the content into a table.

Level	Small Group	Independent	Digital	Future Ready
Below Grade Level	Teacher-led group discussing simple similes, metaphors, and idioms from a short, familiar text (e.g., “The sun is like a golden coin”). Students identify and discuss meanings with teacher support.	Students match simple figurative language examples to their meanings using sentence strips and a matching board.	Students complete a drag-and-drop digital activity identifying whether phrases are similes, metaphors, or idioms.	Use laminated cards with simple similes and metaphors for students to sort into “simile” or “metaphor” categories.
Approaching Grade Level	Teacher-led group exploring slightly more complex figurative language in a short story or passage. Students highlight examples and discuss their meanings.	Students complete a worksheet with sentences containing figurative language, identifying whether each is a simile, metaphor, or idiom.	Students watch a short video explaining idioms and complete a multiple-choice quiz on their meanings.	Create figurative language puzzles by matching phrases to their meanings, with some sentences requiring inference.
At Grade Level	Teacher-led group analyzing figurative language in a grade-level passage. Students explain how the figurative language contributes to the text’s meaning.	Students complete a worksheet where they identify and interpret the meaning of figurative language in a grade-level passage.	Students complete an interactive digital game that requires identifying and interpreting figurative language within context.	Students create a “Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt” by finding similes, metaphors, and idioms in provided text excerpts.
Above Grade Level	Teacher-led group discussing the author’s purpose for using figurative language in a complex text. Students analyze how it enhances the story’s theme.	Students write their own short paragraph using similes, metaphors, and idioms, then explain the intended meanings.	Students use an online platform to annotate a complex passage, highlighting and analyzing figurative language’s effect on tone and theme.	Students work with a partner to create figurative language posters, illustrating the meaning of an idiom or metaphor they create themselves.

Exit Ticket: ​Choose a simile, metaphor, or idiom from today’s lesson. Explain how it enhances the text’s meaning or tone.

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