Friday 11th June 2021

LC: To generate similes to capture the reader's imagination.

Yesterday, we collected and investigated similes that captured the reader's imagination in Clive King's novel: Stig of the Dump. 

Here are the similes we have seen so far in his novel.

What is a simile?

Could we innovate our own similes?

Example:

The frozen leaves crunched like cornflakes. 

The frozen leaves crunched ____________.

What things crunch?

crackers, snow under my feet, crisps

The frozen leaves crunched like snow under my feet.

Your Challenge

Innovate your own similes based on Clive King's similes. 

These can be recorded in your book.

You can start in any order. 

The flints were poking out __________________________.

The flint was glinting in the sunlight _________________________.

The tree curved out over the pit ____________________________.

Stig followed the swinging carrots ___________________________.

The great piece of flint was _______________________________.

They needed to loosen the flint ___________________________.

The tins fitted together _________________________________.

The flint was perfectly shaped _____________________________.

The birds hung about fluffed up ___________________________.

The flint was _____________________.

The frozen leaves crunched _________________________________.

It was a sneeze  _____________________________________.

He swung the axe ________________________________________.

Stig was blowing _____________________________.

Stig stretched out in the warmth __________________________.