Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt
Ms. Ewell Grade 7 Grafton Middle School
Before You Begin the Hunt
You and your partner (if you have one) need to have your own foldable. Take a sheet of notebook paper and fold it like a hamburger twice. This way you will have 4 quadrants. See the pictures below!
First - Fold the paper in half!
This is the 1st hamburger fold.
Second - Fold it in half again.
This is the 2nd hamburger fold.
Third - Open it up to reveal 4 quadrants.
In the upper right corner...
- Write Your Name & Your Partner's Name (You each need your own paper.)
- Write your Block & Date, too.
- The front is for Requirement #1
- The Back is for Requirement #2, 3, 4, & 5.
Hunt Requirement #1
1) Click on the picture to reveal the figurative language for this hunt. Search the following websites for poems that contain the literary devices you have learned about. (You should use 4 different sites.) Record the name of the poem, the website at which it was found, and the line or lines from the poem that contain the literary device. Each section on the front represents 1 example. There are 7 terms. You are representing 4 of the 7.
A quadrant should include the following...Literary Term (ex. Alliteration); Poem Title, Author, Example from Poem, Explanation.
http://www.poetry4kids.com/poems
http://www.emule.com/poetry/?page=top_poems
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes.html
http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/stevenson/collections/childs_garden_of_verses.html
http://www.sunniebunniezz.com/poetry/poetpage.htm
Hunt Requirement #2
2) Use the link below to take a Quia Quiz on Figurative Language. Record your results on the back of your paper in the top left quadrant.
Art & Figurative Language (Requirements 3-5)
Hunt Requirement #3 The Mona Lisa
Create a figurative language example about the Portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Use the upper right quadrant on the back of the foldable.
Hunt Requirement #4 The Old Guitarist
Use the following link to learn about the Picasso piece, and then create your own work of art using figurative language to represent your thoughts about the painting.
Use the lower left quadrant on the back of the foldable.
Hunt Requirement #5 Skyscraper (Song)
Identify and Explain two or three examples of figurative language. Use the lower right quadrant on the back of the foldable.
Example for #4 - A poem written by Ms. B. Ewell
The Old Guitarist
Lost
in a blue sea of despair
music is his life preserver.
Through the waves of joy and pain
he strokes the strings
like a swimmer
caught in the currents
pleading
for the safeness of
the shore.