Figurative Language Comprehension

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Delicious Pumpkin Soup Story illustration

📚 Part 1: Understanding Special Language

WALT: We are learning to understand figurative language and identify problems and solutions in the story.

1. The author writes that the soup "bubbled and gurgled like a happy song." What does this mean?

The soup was making musical sounds

The soup was cooking and sounded cheerful

Someone was singing whilst cooking

2. When the story says "the kitchen was filled with golden sunshine," what picture does this create in your mind?

The kitchen was painted yellow

The kitchen felt warm and bright

There was gold in the kitchen

3. Find the problem in pages 26-30. What goes wrong for the characters?

4. Circle all the words that help us imagine sounds in the story:

bubbled

whispered

house

splashed

green

✏️ Part 2: Problems and Solutions

5. How do the characters solve their problem? Write one sentence.

6. The author uses special describing words. Complete these sentences from the story:

The soup smelled _____________ and delicious.

The friends felt _____________ and happy.

7. Why does the author compare things in the story (like saying the soup sounds like a song)?

To help us imagine and feel what's happening

To make the story longer

To confuse the reader

8. Think about the ending of pages 26-30. Do you think the characters' solution works well? Explain why.

🌟 Challenge Activities

9. Support Task: Draw a picture showing the problem from the story, then draw the solution next to it.

10. Challenge Task: Create your own describing sentence about soup using special language (like comparing it to something else).

The soup _________________________________________________

Figurative Language Comprehension

Figurative Language Comprehension

📚 Part 1: Understanding Special Language

✏️ Part 2: Problems and Solutions

🌟 Challenge Activities

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