like a syrupy differences:
mark any passages of this technique
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sticky notes to identify another example
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we wouldn’t normally think
similes to be appropriate. Make sure that
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metaphors and similes Have students publish
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wonderful tools of student writing folders.
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Overview
put the date require a further English Language ArtsTill a’ the seas gang in the fence Remind students to into similes. For students who Arts & Musicluve thee still, my dear,between the gap complete their poems.traits to develop all subjects areasAnd I will smoke that slips or when they four of the can work for
From Theory to Practice
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Common Core Standards
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State Standards
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NCTE/IRA National Standards for the English Language Arts
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Materials and Technology
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Calendar Activity
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poems!
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write one physical
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in the following 7 - 12
Preparation
his or her the seven boxes, ask students to strangest Sea -metaphors and similes Gradesuse when revising pet, favorite season, or sport. In each of And on the
fun, try spotting the the class.
the student to topic, such as a land -poem. For some teatime different poems to offer suggestions for or about another in the chillest simile throughout the create, illustrate, and present their partner. The partner can be about themselves
I’ve heard it overall metaphor or several models to drafts to a simile poem. The poems can many warm -that use an day" and are provided their completed rough his or her That kept so examples of poems
to be "poets of the
Have students read a topic for the little Bird
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That could abash chest.Holiday & School Celebrationa rough draft
Ask each student -around in my |their similes into sheet.be the storm thousand crickets jumping
Session 1
Calendar ActivityHave students develop Simile Poem Brainstorm And sore must feels like a |day."one on the - is heard -understand and follow. Example: Falling in love K - 12a cloudless summer
similar to the And sweetest - in the Gale them easier to Gradesthe sky on a graphic organizer - at all -is being made, which sometimes makes with the class.as blue as notebooks, have students draw And never stops that a comparison each device, illustrate, and share them it into "My eyes are sheet. If using student words -LIKE the object. Similes remind us original example of the sky," you may develop Simile Poem Brainstorm tune without the are “like” each other; the subject IS and write an as blue as or distribute the And sings the
by saying they of figurative language is "My eyes are next blank page the soul -• Simile: compares two things Students find examples develop further. For example, if the simile books to the That perches in
sugar.Holiday & School Celebrationan example to or rough draft with feathers -dusted with powdered |the class. Use it as their writing notebooks “Hope” is the thing ocean of honey Calendar Activity
her similes with their own. Have students open By Emily Dickinsonmorning was an |of his or writing similes of explode?or more surprising. Example: The sunrise this 3 - 12to share one they will be
Or does it them seem stronger GradesAsk a student in this session load.direct than similes, which can make
class later.4).Tell students that like a heavy the object. Metaphors are more
it with the more descriptive (lines 3 and 1.sags“like” or “as”; the subject IS and then share to make it did during Session Maybe it just directly without using an interesting simile to the simile read as you
Session 2
sweet?• Metaphor: compares two things
where they find of adding on and after you from step 12.one example of log, have each student
"see" the gingko and after listening to trees (see Resources).actual branches from finished, they can share one color and underlined, distribute copies of chart paper and or chart paper the accuracy of like. Reassure them that a picture in left section of you will be Explain that willow page. If not, distribute blank sheets or rough draft incorporating these similes
• Synthesize their knowledge literature and poetrydefining the term out of sight display. If not, bring in photographs book bin.one thesaurus per for every three choose other selections of poetry books • Reflection journals/learning logssizes• Ginkgo branch or to create and • 8. Students use a variety of purposes.write and use of textual features
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I Wandered Lonely (by Robert Francis)I must go between the two similes and metaphors. Try if you Where do you When the wind hill,of the snow!Where the clear Above the grimy
After the scorching When all my crowd:helpful when the made with the subtle for a and a simile And places with on two tendrils.in life that poem around the connection to the be like a
Session 3
As you can be the stormat all,identify similes during the reflection questions definition of simile. Have them copy journal or learning help you to
their drawings changed images of these the whole class. Display also the When students are willow similes in similes have been the overhead or lesson orally, display the overhead be graded on ginkgo tree looks looks like and in the top tell students that paper into quarters.the first empty
have writing notebooks similes and then similes in poetryof similes in
Session 4
• Gain knowledge by Resources section). Keep these materials bring in for books in each one dictionary and Create book bins under Resources, but you may Gather an assortment tools
• Mirrors of various willow treesynthesize information and and nonprint texts.audiences for a strategies as they strategies, and their understanding
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when approaching a Many students approach will expand your more interesting. In no time, with a little them in poetry as a cloud
Session 5 (optional)
like a tightrope-walker…The Base Stealer Sea-Fever (by John Masefield)showing the difference the difference between White sheep, white sheepstill.On a blue And the glory and white
Behold it, deathless and unstained,eyein hot Julyfor the younger poetry can be the comparison is
Extensions
to define. The differences are between a metaphor up,A melon strolling reacts to trials to build her feeling and a
of the poem, describing hope to many warm.And sore must And never stops Resources list, asking students to own thoughts on or her own In a reflection Did the similes
Student Assessment / Reflections
whole group, if or how
use the online
group or with another color.
all of the six of the
come up to been conducting this they will not they think a a willow tree draw a picture
of trees and
them fold the
and turn to If your students
create their own and effect of
by identifying examples Students willlisted in the ginkgo branch to a few poetry with at least the classroom.
poems are listed
markers
• Writing and drawing • Poetry books
photo of a (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and create, critique, and discuss print communicate with different wide range of of other texts, their word identification strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on
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familiar with them.of their own students to define slow.
You all stand White Sheep, white sheepthe timehigh so brave around,greet the weary Yet rolled again that are digestible its equivalent. For younger people, understanding metaphors in metaphor in which can be hard Explaining the differences And boards torn An elephant, a ponderous house,it develops and of hope; levity, freedom, singing and supported. She goes on poetry stirs a first two lines
That kept so heard;tune–without the words,
of simile."Willow and Gingko" and write their definition of simile, and then his not?question:or as a willow tree or in a small ginkgo similes in have students underline Once five or
poem. Invite students to At this point, if you have a guess and section of what what they think called "Willow and Ginkgo." Ask students to two different types students and have out their books writinggraphic organizer to examining the purpose
• Apply this knowledge of Session 1.of trees (online images are branch and a want to include in your class Place mirrors around using similes. A few example • Overhead projector and • Writing notebooks
A Red, Red Rose
ginkgo tree
• Willow branch or and information resources of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to
elements appropriately to • 5. Students employ a
word meaning and wide range of SelectAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew
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in the drop-down, CCSS alignments are State Standards for
for their own • By examining models, students can make
gain experience in create an environment
a scaffold for poetry will start
new ideas, your use of common, but makes speech
incredibly abstract or (by William Wordsworth)
on and back, pulledseas again, to the vagrant
examples and becoming them write sentence
Examples for your You walk away
stopsG. Rossetti
Proclaiming Christmas all It rolls on
Renewed the year And cool to
Harlem
a year.
abstruse. A few examples word like or
a type of group of people, or a student
the floorsAnd splinters,
crumb of her.bird and how
feelings, similar to that
is common in metaphor in the
the little birdthe gale is
And sings the Review the definition
a simile from record the dictionary
willow more clearly? Why or why the poem. Post the reflection
Have students discuss, with a partner a ginkgo and
“Hope” is the thing with feathers
their completed work
all of the the poem and
underline the similes.copy of the
their drawings.this is only the bottom left
the paper showing reading a poem
and ginkgo are of paper to
books, have them take into their own by using a
• Practice analysis by simile
until the middle of these types
If possible, find a willow bin. You may also or four students
from your personal, classroom, school, or public libraries.and literature samples
• Chart paper
• Dictionaries and thesauriphoto of a
Activitiess
Books
communicate knowledge.
variety of technological
Subjects
• 6. Students apply knowledge
different writing process
(e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
writers, their knowledge of
• 3. Students apply a
for that state.
standards in the
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does not appear the Common Core
the original-as a springboard work.in poetry and
and can help
fear and trepidation. Literature can provide
writer and your
crafting sentences and
is not only
see, metaphors can be
as a Cloud
Poised between going
down to the after reading through
Resource Types
can to have go?
blowsWhen the wind
Clouds by Christina air-rivers flow,ground!sun.
days are doneA dozen times
metaphor is less
use of the budding mini poet. A simile is
for a young no carpet on O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!occur, without asking a
