What do you Mean?

Her heart was a stone and nothing could pierce it

What do you mean?

• She was a robot with titanium armor.

• She was cold-hearted and didn’t allow herself to love anyone

• When someone called her names, it hurt her feelings only a little bit

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

My mom was buried under a mountain of papers

What do you mean?

• My mom is very stressed and has a lot of work to do.

• My mom died early because of her work stress.

• My mom is trapped in a cave beneath a mountain

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Some people said that she was a rose amongst women, but I know the truth. She is actually the thorn

What do you mean?

• We thought she likes roses, but she does not.

• She has a tattoo of a rose on her arm, complete with thorns

• Other people think she is nice and sweet, but she’s mean.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

After getting a great new job, she was walking on air the whole way home

What do you mean?

• This story is set in the future, when people rode hoverboards everywhere.

• She was distracted by her new job, so she wasn’t paying attention to where she was going.

• She was excited about her new job

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Derek spent too much time on the shore of laziness, and so he just washed away to nothingness

What do you mean?

• Derek is lost at sea, and is going to drown if someone doesn’t help him.

• Derek didn’t work hard at anything, so he never became successful.

• Derek went to the beach for a long time, and then he washed up when he got home

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In the fabric of our basketball team, he is a giant rip

What do you mean?

• He is not a very good basketball player.

• His basketball jersey is ripped and torn.

• He argues with everyone around him when he is playing basketball.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

She's drowning in a sea of grief

What do you mean?

• She sad and helpless while drowning

• She is consumed with her sadness and hopelessness

• She fell in a pool full of grief and couldn't get out

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

The sun played hide and seek with the clouds

What do you mean?

• the sun and clouds decided to play and game of hide and seek

• the sun is having a hard time being seen

• the clouds covered the sun to get ready for rain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

His face puckered, the tears leapt from his eyes

What do you mean?

• He was so angry and he couldn't stop crying

• Tears jumped out of his eyes

• His tears took over his eyes

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The Sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle.

What do you mean?

• The sea was angry at the ships for sailing

• The sea and the ships went to battle

• The waves of the sea were severely crashing the boat

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4