Similes 2

This involves students writing their own similes.

Provide small groups with a tray of items or a worksheet of pictures.  The actual items are better because they should be using all their senses rather than just sight.

Ask students within each group to work on their own creating similes comparing two of the objects on the tray.  They should work with one another helping to edit and polish their simile.

Part two of the activity is where students present their similes to the rest of the group.  In order to make it more interesting they must only share the part of the simile after 'like' or 'as' - the class must then guess what the other object is.  Depending on the size of the group it may be better to do this by bringing two of the smaller groups together rather than individual students sharing with the whole class.