I don't think advertisement creators know what a blessing they are to teachers. I love the La Quinta and GEICO commercials. This commercials are PERFECT for teaching figurative language. I've created a freebie for you to go along with the commercials. The Kicking Butt and Taking Note's commercial is not included in my printable because I teach 4th grade, and the Boss Man would not let me use that one in the classroom. If you teach older students, use it as a model for how to complete the printable. I know the kids would find it hilarious.
This is how I would use these in the classroom.
Day 1: Idioms
1. Discuss what an idiom is.
2. Write an example on the board. (Draw picture of the literal and write the actual meaning like in the printable.)
3. Show the commercials and have students complete the printable.
4. Go over the answers to the printable.
Day 2: Similes
1. Discuss what makes a smile.
2. Show several GEICO Happier Than commercials. (Will need to change it to Happy As)
3. Assign the Happy As Commercial Challenge
4. Let students share their commercials.
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Let me know what your favorite lesson is for teaching figurative language! Good luck creating magic in your classroom!
This is SO much fun. My fifth graders will love looking for the examples of figurative language in these commercials. Thanks for sharing, Stacy @new-in-room-202.blogspot.com
New subby here, I absolutely LOVE your figurative language activities! What a great way to provide my students with additional support. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you! I love to use video clips in my lessons. I've been using Nicole's YouTube trick all day. I used to use Zamzar but they stopped letting you download YouTube, and I've really missed it. I like to organize my videos in folders so I have it year after year.
Hi Selina, Question, what video did you use for On the Bright Side? My students LOVED the activity. I found a La Quinta video called on the bright side, it was completely different than the others.
There are several different On the Bright Side commercials. Any of them will work. I just chose that one because it made me laugh. I'm so happy to hear they liked it!
Yes, I was assuming the teacher would turn it around and say, "As happy as ________. " I don't have to teach what a hyperbole is, so that's how I approached it. Sometimes teachers have to do a little stretching to make it work:)
I just reread it and you are right. I guess I had a brain fart:) I've always taught it as like or as. I made this printable for my blog readers and didn't test in the classroom. Thanks for pointing it out for me. I made the changes!
Wow! I'm making the transition from teaching 3rd grade to 7th grade LA this year and LOVE this :-) I've never seen the "Kicking Butts and Taking Names" commercial . . . hilarious!! Thanks so much for sharing! I'm a new follower for sure!
Great activity!!! I just moved up from 2nd to 8th grade LA and I love using any videos i can get my hands on for my kiddos. If you use MY Big Campus, you can up load YouTube videos on there and the students can log on and watch them again whenever they want. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the great ideas! Most of the video links won't work for me. I'm wondering if it's because the post is older and the videos may have been deleted on Youtube?
I am unable to see the videos. Could you please let me know the names of the commercials so that I can look them up? Thank you! I think this is so great and I know my children are going to love this!
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