Grammar Warm Up

LC: to create sentences to indicate degrees of possibility

Complete these sentences using your own ideas.

a) She certainly is the .....

b) We will definitely .....

c) He is undoubtedly ......

d)I'm not sure of my plans for the weekend yet, but I probably will ....

LC: to explore and use metaphors and similes

'Poetry is the best words in the best order.'

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1827

Similes and Metaphors 

 

 Let's look again at this poem.

Can you spot the metaphors used?

What impression (idea) does the poet want to give us about the moon?

Now, create your own metaphors about the Sun.

 

Picture 1

 

Picture 2

 

Picture 3

 

 

Use the categories to compare the sun to.

Write two  or three in your book.

For example:

A person

The sun is a angry toddler on a summer's day, with a red screaming face, over-heated and over-emotional and ready for a nap. (Picture 2)

(The sun and an angry toddler are both red and hot.)

The sun is a warm, welcoming grandma with soft open arms, ready to hug and calm you down after a stressful day. (Picture 1)

(The sun and the grandma are both soft and warming.)

 

Categories

person

object

mood

colour

fruit 

vehicle 

vegetable

insect 

 

What are similes?

Let's discuss these ideas and generate some similes.

As tall as ... 

As cold as ...

As white as ...

 

Can you think of a simile to describe the

moon/stars/clouds/night sky?

The moon was like a silver coin hanging in the velvet sky.