{"product_id":"9781593630430-advancing-through-analogies","title":"Advancing Through Analogies","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrades 5-8\u003cbr\u003ePacked with advanced analogies for older students, this book of challenging analogy activities will expand your students' vocabulary and develop both flexible and analytical thinking skills. With an emphasis on verbal analogies, the activities in this book will challege your students to think more critically and apply advanced knowledge.Gr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can easily build your students' critical thinking and vocabulary skills with these fun analogy activities. Teaching students to solve analogies not only develops analogical thinking, but it also helps students learn and apply vocabulary skills. An analogy is a comparison between two things. It points out the similarities or likenesses between things that might be different in all other respects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe exercises included in this resource not only build thinking skills and make students more flexible and analytical, but they also enhance vocabulary and writing skills. Each illustrated page presents several analogy types along with examples of each type. Review pages give students an opportunity to identify and then solve a variety of analogies. The activities in this book will challenge students to think more critically and apply advanced vocabulary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book introduces 16 different types of analogies, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003esynonyms\u003c\/b\u003e (calm : serene),\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003epart to whole\u003c\/b\u003e (ring : jewelry),\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003eplace or location\u003c\/b\u003e (Peru : South America),\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003ecause and effect\u003c\/b\u003e (fire : smoke),\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003eaction to object\u003c\/b\u003e (cut : scissors), and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cb\u003echaracteristics\u003c\/b\u003e (ruby : red).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e These challenging activities are perfect for teaching analytical thinking, enhancing vocabulary, and improving writing skills. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdvancing Through Analogies\u003c\/i\u003e is the most advanced book in a series from Prufrock that introduces analogies to young thinkers. While the activity books in the series for younger students emphasize visual and symbolic analogies, this book for older students emphasizes verbal analogies. For easier analogies, see \u003ci\u003eThinking Through Analogies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnalogies for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Analogies for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFirst Time Analogies\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrades 5-8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56434734891382,"sku":"9781593630430","price":16.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36642816.jpg?v=1760578704","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781593630430-advancing-through-analogies","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}