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    Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)

    Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins

    Topic: Similes

    Grade Level: 4, 5

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Students will demonstrate their understanding of similes by creating a comic.

    Know Before You Start: Students will need a basic understanding of similes prior to the lesson.

    Hook:

    • Read and discuss the sample comics.

      • How do the comparisons “as different as night and day” and “like an angry monster” help us get a better understanding of the characters?

      • Which simile is more effective? Why?

    • Explain to students that similes are figures of speech that compare two different things in an interesting way using the word "like" or "as."

    Activity:

    • Provide students with similes from a current text being read in class or from the similes provided. 

    • Ask students to select one of the similes and create a comic that demonstrates its meaning.

    Closure:

    • Project the completed comics and ask students what each simile means. Is the simile effective?

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.

    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

    • Provide sentence frames for students. 

    • Have students come up with their own similes to illustrate.

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