SIMILES FOR KIDS
Teacher Lesson Plan
A simile compares two
unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as';
e.g. 'My friend is like a diamond'.
A simile differs from a metaphor in that, even though they are both forms of comparison, similes indirectly compare two ideas that are unalike and allow them two remain two distinct entities; whereas a metaphor compares two things directly.
A simile differs from a metaphor in that, even though they are both forms of comparison, similes indirectly compare two ideas that are unalike and allow them two remain two distinct entities; whereas a metaphor compares two things directly.
Example of a Simile Poem
Use your knowledge of similes to write a poem similar to the following
model:
Exercise for Your Students
Here is an exercise to help your students better understand
the purpose of
a simile. Include a similar exercise in your lesson plan.
Read each sentence below and complete to form a simile.
Read each sentence below and complete to form a simile.
For example:
She shines like the sun.
a) He laughs like a .
b) She is as loud as a .
c) The crowd poured into Jade stadium like into a paddock.
d) As big as a .
e) The players lumbered like through mud to get to try the line.
f) He clung like a to his surfboard.