Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context.
Let's take a starting phrase about St. Patrick's Day and get specific. No, even more specific!
Let's write a holiday song about order and chaos!
Let's write the cleverest Mother's Day cards you've ever seen!
Let's make this simile about a strong uncle even more specific.
Students will make this slimy broccoli simile seriously specific.
Let's make this simile about a quick baby even more specific.
Let's make this simile about a loud class super specific!
Students will make this simile about stinky seaweed super specific.
Let's start with "As cold as fire."
What if we started a sentence with the simile?
What if an inanimate object could express thanks for a special person in your life? What would it write?
Let's take a classic Christmas poem and remix it to work with another holiday!
We'll start with the cliché "as cold as ice" and go somewhere much more interesting.