Please help me fill in some gaps . . .

[Momto5girls]

while doing a rewiew book to prepare for fifth grade testing, I realized that we never really covered elements of writing. DD knows the difference between fiction and non-fiction, but some of the concepts she's reviewing are over both our heads. For example, the use of figurative language, similes, metaphors, etc. We read so much in our house, but we've never really analyzed writing and different genres. Can anyone suggest a resource that we can use? Maybe a crash course in identifying different genres of writing and techniques?

I really appreciate it,
thanks,
lisa

[LNC]

http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/literary_elements.htm

HTH!

[KarenC]

Have you looked at Figuratively Speaking by Learning Works? I bought it from Rainbow Resource. It covers a lot of literary terms. I haven't used it yet though. I bought it for next year.

Karen

[Momto5girls]

those look like great resources.

Does anyone know of an actual literature program at a fifth grade level that includes analysis? We are taking the year off SL this year, so don't really have a lit program in place. I would like to use the rest of the year to cover literature, but also have a program that analyzes it as well. I think Lightening Lit might be too advanced for her, I'm not sure. Maybe a program that even has you read snippets of different works in different genres. Does this exist?

thanks so much!!
lisa