Teaching+Similes+&+Metaphors

=Let's share our ideas for teaching similes and metaphors here:=
 * ~ ==Lesson Plan Ideas == ||
 * Students read various books that contain similes and metaphors. As they come across example of similes or metaphors, they record them in their writers' journals. Students then illustrate their favorite metaphores/similes. ||
 * Using a book that contains many examples of metaphors (//Quiet as a// Cricket or //I Love You As Big As the// World, for example) as a model, students write & illustrate their own version of the story. ||
 * Figurative Language Awards Ceremony: [[image:http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson115/trophy.gif align="right" caption="trophy"]]

In this lesson students will use their background knowledge of figurative language. They will listen to texts read aloud to them, as well as explore texts to find their favorite examples of similes, metaphors, and personification. The students will nominate their terms, vote on them, and write an acceptance speech incorporating figurative language of their own.

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=115 ||
 * Color Poems—Using the Five Senses to Guide Prewriting

Once students experiment with poetry, they learn that they have another outlet for communicating their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. In this lesson, students are asked to think about colors, while imagining what they taste, feel, smell, sound, and look like. The students use their five senses as a prewriting tool to guide their poetry writing. This lesson is open-ended enough that students can write free-form poetry or follow a provided template to create a color poem.

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=375 ||

Picture books for teaching similes & metaphores:
My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks - Hanoch Piven A Turkey for Thanksgiving - Eve Bunting The Man Who Could Call Down Owls - Eve Bunting Dark and Full of Secrets - Carol Carrick The Willow Maiden - Collins The Scarebird - Sid Fleischman The Miracle Tree - Mattingley The Night Before Christmas - Clement Moore Storm in the Night - Mary Stolz Dakota Dougout - Ann Turner Nettie's Trip South -Ann Turner Owl Moon - Jane Yolen Seven Blind Mice - Ed Young Diary of a Worm - Doreen Cronin Diary of a Spider - Doreen Cronin Annie and the Old One- Miles Bring on that Beat - Rachel Isadora Encounter-Jane Yolen Hailstones and Halibut Bones-O'Neil Knots on a Counting Rope-Bill Martin Little Island-Golden McDonald My Great Aunt Arizona-Gloria Houston The Ocean Is... - Kathleen W. Kranking Owl Moon - Jane Yolen Swimmy-Leo Lionni Tale of Peter Rabbit- Beatrice Potter Tar Beach-Faith Ringold The Toughest Cowboy - John Frank White Snow Bright Snow-Alvin Tresselt Let's Get a Pup! Said Kate - Bob Graham The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses - Paul Goble Chanticleer and the Fox - Geoffrey Chaucer The Rough-Faced Girl - Rafe Martin Come On, Rain - Karen Hesse Knots on a Counting Rope - Bill Martin Amber on the Mountain - Tony Johnston John Henry - Julius Lester Sam and the Tigers - Julius Lester The Faithful Friend - San Souci The Talking Eggs - San Souci Saving Sweetness - Stanley Polar Express - Van Allsburg The Emperor and the Kite - Jane Yolen