Secret Sheriff (6-10)

Match the following

• Extreme exaggeration

• Alliteration

• Repeated beginning sound

• Pun

• Comparing with like or as

• Simile

• Saying one this IS another thing

• hyperoble

• Play on words

• Metaphor

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Dad

,

(b) The Bee

,

(c) Maverick

• "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle"

• "Pretty sure isn't sure, sir"

• Try to do something every day to make a difference in the world"

Match the following

• fancy cursive

• binge

• to do a lot of things at once

• calligraphy

• A guess

• monstrosity

• unappealing

• theoretically

• not important

• irrelevant

Match the following

• sudden attack

• improbable

• Serious/sad

• dregs

• last little bits

• solemnly

• not likely to happen

• reluctant

• hesitant

• foray

Match the following

• Manners

• irony

• When the unexpected happens

• irrelevant

• Not likely to happen

• allusion

• A reference to something in real life.

• inevitable

• Not important

• etiquette

Match the following

• Snotty

• Aunt Cat

• Died a hero

• Nathan

• A bully at school

• Mr. Cavallaro

• reliable

• Dad

• Gentle giant, hearing impaired

• Bowen

Imagine Hannah, Henry, and Nora are discussing the themes in a story they just read. Which one of these themes did they find in the story?

• Being the new kid in school can be tough, especially when you are small.

• Being the smallest kid in 6th grade can be embarrassing.

• People with money have good food to eat.

• You have to learn responsibility quickly when your parent isn't making great choices.

• All of these are themes in the story.