If you could be just like anything in the world, what would it be? Elaborate on

why you would be this object, person, or idea.

Setting the Tone: Journal WritingSetting the Tone: Journal Writing

Purpose

What are you learning? – Identify similes

Why are you learning this? – To understand how to group the parts of a

poem, so it will be easier to read and comprehend.

Grammar: Combining Sentences

Which sentences are correct?

1. Johnny went to the store and came home with a pack of chips.

2. I can run 2 miles, and my friend can only run 1 mile.

3. One late afternoon, Anne walked gracefully through the forest with the tall pines.

4. You can run, but you can not hide.

5. You can spend the night with me, but you can go home.

Combine the sentences.

1. ELA is a hard subject. It can be a fun.

2. Mrs. Beard is the principal of Loris Middle School. She wants us to do well on PACT.

3. The store is down the road. It is a grocery store.

4. The daisies swayed. They were beautiful. They swayed in the breeze. The breeze was tender.

Crafting the Lesson (Me)

A simile is a comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as”.

EXAMPLE: Her face was asas round asas a pumpkin.

Some Examples of Similes

Smells like flowers As slow as a snail White like snow As light as a feather Sings like an angel As sweet as candy As cold as ice

Imagine a squishy snail As big as a wobbly whale,Imagine a large larkAs big as a stout shark,Imagine a bumble bee Just like a snapping tree,Imagine a talking toadJust like a cracking road,Imagine a handsome hare As big as a colossal chair,Imagine a grinning goatAs long as a zooming boatAnd a swishing flea

the same size as mini me

Crafting the Lesson (We)

• Does the poem have rhyme? If so, where?

• Are there any alliteration or onomatopoeia?

• Is there a refrain in the poem?

• How many stanzas are in the poem?

• Pick out the similes in the poem?

Composing Meaning (Two)

With a partner, read the poem, “A Birthday.”

Write down the Write down the number of stanzasnumber of stanzas

Use the letters of the Use the letters of the alphabet to write alphabet to write down the different down the different sounds.sounds.

On the left of the On the left of the paper, write down the paper, write down the similes and the two similes and the two dissimilar objects that dissimilar objects that are being compared.are being compared.

Write down any Write down any refrains.refrains.

A BirthdayMy heart is like a singing bird

     Whose nest is in a watered shoot;My heart is like an apple tree

     Whose boughs are bent with thickest fruit;

My heart is like a rainbow shell      That paddles in a halcyon sea;My heart is gladder than all these     Because my love is come to me.

Raise me a dais of silk and down;     Hang it with vair and purple dyes;Carve it in doves and pomegranates

     And peacocks with a hundred eyes; Work it in gold and silver grapes,

     In leaves and silver fleur-de-lys;Because the birthday of my life

     Is come, my love is come to me.

- Christina G. Rossetti 1830-1894

Composing Meaning (Two)

SimilesSimiles1.1. Heart – Bird Heart – Bird

(playful, happy)(playful, happy)2.2. Heart – Apple Heart – Apple

Tree (full of love)Tree (full of love)3.3. Heart – Rainbow Heart – Rainbow

Shell (calm, Shell (calm, peaceful)peaceful)

Refrain:Refrain:My Heart is like ..My Heart is like ..My Heart …My Heart …My love is come to meMy love is come to me

A BirthdayMy heart is like a singing bird aWhose nest is in a watered shoot; bMy heart is like an apple tree cWhose boughs are bent with thickest fruit; bMy heart is like a rainbow shell dThat paddles in a halcyon sea; cMy heart is gladder than all these eBecause my love is come to me. c

Raise me a dais of silk and down; fHang it with vair and purple dyes; gCarve it in doves and pomegranates hAnd peacocks with a hundred eyes; gWork it in gold and silver grapes, hIn leaves and silver fleur-de-lys; gBecause the birthday of my life iIs come, my love is come to me. c

- Christina G. Rossetti 1830-1894

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Composing Meaning (You)

Read the poem, “The Willow and Ginkgo.” On the left side of the paper, put a number

beside each stanza, beginning with 1. Use the letters of the alphabet to represent

different sounds. Underline the similes. Write down the two dissimilar objects that

are being compared. Circle the refrains.

Reflecting:

What is a simile? Give an example.