Perfect For:

-State test preparation

*Vocabulary review

-Figurative language mini-units

*Test prep bootcamp

-Spiral review

*Early finishers

-Sub plans

*Literacy centers

-Bell ringers

*Small group intervention

This ready-to-use Doodle Detectives pack includes:

* 5 Fiction Activities
– 5 Nonfiction Activities
* Two Interactive Activity Formats
– Built-in Text Evidence Practice
* Word Scramble Mystery Element

✔️ Skill Review Sheet & Practice
✔️ Answer Keys Included

Perfect for middle school ELA (6th–8th grade) and aligned to Common Core and state standards for figurative language, vocabulary acquisition, and close reading.

Activity Type 1: Traditional Doodle Detectives

Students will:

• Read a high-interest fiction or nonfiction passage
• Identify figurative language or determine word meaning in context
• Highlight text evidence directly in the passage
• Define vocabulary using context clues
• Color the coordinating doodle based on their answers

This format reinforces:

• Close reading
• Context clues strategies
• Evidence-based answers
• Academic vocabulary development

Activity Type 2: Word Scramble Mystery Doodle Detectives

This elevated format adds a critical-thinking twist!

Students will:

• Identify and highlight figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, etc.)
• Color the coordinating doodle
• Grab a letter from the answer key column
• Unscramble the letters to reveal a mystery word clue

This format increases:

• Engagement
• Accountability
• Attention to detail
• Higher-level thinking

Students LOVE the mystery element, and they stay focused because every answer matters.

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In this product, your students are asked to read figurative language situations and agree or disagree with the student’s answer.  They have to prove their thinking with evidence from the question and/or passage. In addition, you can extend the activities with conversational pieces and debates.

In this product, you are receiving-

1.  15 Figurative Language Task Cards with real-life situations

2.  15 Figurative Language Worksheets (Mirrors Task Cards)

3.   Conversation Stems for Your Students

4.   Agree/Disagree Props for Whole Class Discussion

5.   Answer Sheets & Key

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