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Similes
Objectives
To explore simple figurative language, including similes, to describe.
Resources
Plain paper | Coloured pens
Today's Lesson
Spelling
Review spelling words to prepare for your test at the end of the week. You may wish to use Spelling Tilesand Segment Puzzle on Spelling Frame in order to learn this week's words.
Main Activity
Watch the following video.
Allow some time for reflection before reading the following poem to your student. Discuss their thoughts straight afterwards. When ready, ask your student to read it out loud to you.
SIMILES
Comparing two things
As simple as can be
Just use ‘as’ or ‘like’
And you have a simile
He was as hungry as a bear
She was as busy as a bee
Jam is as sticky as honey
The house is as tall as a tree
Stars twinkle like diamonds
He is sly like a fox
She swims like a fish
The shirt smelt as cheesy as socks
After your student has read to you, discuss similes in general. Ask: what are they? What do they do? What do they sound like? What is the point of them? Explain that they compare two things together to create a little picture in our mind. It helps the listener or reader to imagine something more clearly. Similes contain ‘like’ or ‘as’ (the third line of the poem!) to help compare.
Ask your student to find similes in different texts. Perhaps doing an internet search with you would help here. Make a list of lots of different similes that you find. These could be presented on large sheets of paper, or many small similes on one smaller piece of paper! Encourage your student to have fun with this. As they find more and more similes, discuss the meaning of them – what pictures do they create in our mind? Choose three similes and ask your student to draw a small picture to go with each, of the picture that it creates in our mind.