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The Great Remote Hunt: A Movie Night Play

Read a funny short play about a family movie night at home, then explain the meaning of the similes and metaphors the characters use.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.4.5.a

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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students explain the meaning of similes and metaphors spoken by characters in a play.
  • Students use context clues to explain a simile or metaphor.
  • Students identify metaphors in lines of dialogue.

How to use

Have students read the play aloud in parts, then answer the questions on their own. Remind them that the paragraph numbers help them find each line.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.4.5.a

Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context, such as as pretty as a picture.

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The Great Remote Hunt: A Movie Night Play

Explain what the characters mean when they use similes and metaphors.

Read the Play

Amira's family is getting ready for movie night in their living room. Read the play.

The Great Remote Hunt

1Characters: AMIRA, age 10; ZAIN, her brother, age 6; DAD; GRANDPA
Setting: Friday night in the family's living room. A saggy brown couch sits in front of the TV.

2AMIRA: (dragging in a pile of blankets) Movie night! I'm going to build the coziest nest on this couch.

3ZAIN: (bouncing on the cushions) Boing! Boing! Look how high I can go!

4DAD: Zain, please sit down. That couch is as old as the hills. It was in my room when I was your age.

5GRANDPA: (sinking slowly into the cushions) Ahh. This cushion is a cloud. I may never get up again.

6AMIRA: Don't fall asleep before the movie starts, Grandpa. Last Friday you snored like a tractor, and nobody could hear a word.

7GRANDPA: I was only resting my eyes.

8DAD: (carrying in a huge bowl) The popcorn is ready!

9ZAIN: Whoa! That bowl is a mountain of popcorn! (He grabs two big handfuls and stuffs them into his mouth.)

10DAD: Slow down, Zain. You eat like a hungry bear. Save some for the rest of us.

11AMIRA: Okay, is everybody ready? Wait. Where is the remote?

12(Everyone searches. Pillows fly. Dad looks under the couch. Zain peeks into the popcorn bowl.)

13DAD: That remote is a magician. It does a disappearing act every Friday night.

14GRANDPA: (wiggling, then pulling the remote out from under his leg) Found it! It was hiding under me like a mouse in a hole.

15(Dad turns off the lamp, and the movie begins.)

16ZAIN: (whispering) It's as dark as a cave in here.

17(A huge alien roars on the screen. Zain dives behind a big pillow.)

18ZAIN: I'm not scared. This pillow is my shield. Nothing can get me back here.

19AMIRA: (lifting the edge of her blanket) Come into my nest, Zain. It's the safest spot on the couch.

20(Halfway through the movie, a low rumble fills the room.)

21AMIRA: (whispering and pointing) Listen. There's the tractor again.

22DAD: (laughing quietly) The movie isn't over yet, but Grandpa's movie night is!

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