Literary Devices Year 4 Unit Plan Pack

This complete Year 4 English unit of work helps you teach Literary devices, figurative language, imagery, sound play and word play. It is designed for straightforward classroom use, with the core teaching sequence, printable student pages and editable slides packaged together in one downloadable unit.

What is included:

- Unit plan PDF, 22 pages

- Editable PowerPoint presentation, 16 slides

- Editable 10-question PowerPoint quiz, 22 slides

- Colour classroom display: Literary Devices Snapshot

- Colour activity: Literary Device Reference Cards

- Colour games: Poetic Device Match; Simile or Metaphor? Take Your Turn

- 6 black-and-white student worksheets: Rhyme and Rhythm Detectives, Sound Play Search, Figurative Language in Action, Imagery Using the Five Senses, Word Play Workshop, Poetic Text Review

- Assessment task: Poetry Analysis, 2 pages

- Worksheet answer pages plus assessment answer pages

- A4 landscape 5-level marking rubric: Literary Devices Year 4 Rubric

Teachers can use this pack for whole-class teaching, small-group practice, independent tasks, assessment evidence, revision lessons or relief planning. The editable PowerPoint files make it easy to adjust the presentation and quiz for your class, while the PDF unit plan keeps the printable resources ready to use.

Unit details:

- Year level: Year 4

- Subject: English

- Topic: Literary devices, figurative language, imagery, sound play and word play

Curriculum coverage:

Australian Curriculum v9

AC9E4LE04

Australian Curriculum v8.4

ACELT1606

Victorian Curriculum 2.0

VC2E4LE04

NSW Curriculum

EN2-OLC-01, EN2-VOCAB-01, EN2-RECOM-01, EN2-UARL-01

Western Australian Curriculum

WA4ELIEX2

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.a, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.b, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.3.b, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.10, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.d, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.9.a

UK National Curriculum

UK-UKS2-ENG-R-C, UK-UKS2-ENG-W-C

New Zealand Curriculum

NZ-Y4-ENG-W-WC-LFD-1, NZ-Y5-ENG-W-WC-LFD-1, NZ-Y4-ENG-OL-C-TSSF-1, NZ-Y5-ENG-OL-C-TSSF-1

TEKS

TEKS-ELAR-G4-6H, TEKS-ELAR-G4-9B, TEKS-ELAR-G4-10, TEKS-ELAR-G4-10C, TEKS-ELAR-G4-10D, TEKS-ELAR-G4-10E, TEKS-ELAR-G4-10G, TEKS-ELAR-G4-12A

Ontario Curriculum

CAN-G4-LANG-C1.5, CAN-G4-LANG-C3.1, CAN-G4-LANG-C3.6

Digital delivery:

After purchase, download the ZIP file and unzip it on your computer to access the included PDF and editable PowerPoint files.