At a Glance:
| Grades: | 4, 5 |
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| Subject: | ELA (English Language Arts) |
| Topic: | Similes |
| Lesson Length: | 30 - 45 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will demonstrate their understanding of similes by creating a comic.
What should students know before this activity?
Students will need a basic understanding of similes prior to the lesson.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
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Read and discuss the sample comics.
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How do the comparisons “as different as night and day” and “like an angry monster” help us get a better understanding of the characters?
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Which simile is more effective? Why?
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Explain to students that similes are figures of speech that compare two different things in an interesting way using the word "like" or "as."
What will students do?
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Provide students with similes from a current text being read in class or from the similes provided.
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Ask students to select one of the similes and create a comic that demonstrates its meaning.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Project the completed comics and ask students what each simile means. Is the simile effective?
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
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Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
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Provide sentence frames for students.
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Have students come up with their own similes to illustrate.
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