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A POETRY LESSON FOR TEACHING SIMILE AND METAPHOR

I. Objectives:

To appreciate the language and content of poetry by:

Identifying similes and metaphors;Interpreting similes and metaphors; andUsed similes and metaphors to describe people and environment.

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic : Developing Figures of Speech (Simile and Metaphor)

B. References : http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/simileterm.htmC. Materials : copy of the poem

III. Procedures

TEACHER’A ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES

Greetings- Good morning class!

Prayer- Let us pray first…

Checking of attendance

- Is there absent today?

- Very good.

B. LESSON PROPER

1. Motivation- What are some ways authors write

to make their details more vivid?

- What are some good words we can use to describe (the ocean, the bird)?

- Good morning ma’am.

- (student will lead the prayer)

- None ma’am

- They make comparisons.

- The ocean is like the clouds in the sky, calm and peaceful

- The bird sing as lovely as the flower.

- Skin as white as snow.

- How about when we want to compare two things?

- Very good.

2. Discussion- Let us take a look at how

Eve Merriam describes two different trees in her poem entitled “Willow and Ginkgo”.

The willow is like an etching, Fine-lined against the sky. 

Then ginkgo is like a crude sketch, Hardly worthy to be signed. 

The willow’s music is like a soprano, Delicate and thin. 

The ginkgo’s tune is like a chorus With everyone joining in.

The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf, 

The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull. The willow’s branches are like silken

thread; The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool.

The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair; 

Wherever it grows, there is green and gold and fair. 

The willow dips to the water, Protected and precious, like the king’s

favorite daughter.The ginkgo forces its way through gray

concrete; Like a city child, it grows up in the

street. Thrust against the metal sky, 

Somehow it survives and even thrives. My eyes feast upon the willow, 

But my heart goes to the ginkgo.

- What is the poem about?

- How did Eve Merriam describe the trees?

- Why do you think the author uses these comparisons to describe trees?

- Her hips are a desk.

- The poem describes two trees.

- The author uses figures of speech to help the reader gain a better picture of what is being described. These figures of speech are similes and metaphors.

- A simile is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two dissimilar objects.For example: Bert is as tall as a mountain. We are comparing the height of Bert to a mountain.

- A metaphor is a figure of speech

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3. ApplicationThe students will group

themselves into three. They will work as a group to come up with a poem about any aspect of the environment. The poem should contain comparisons with at least 5 similes and 5 metaphors.

that suggests likeness by speaking of one thing as if it were another. For example: Her head is an encyclopedia. The sentence is comparing or stating that the person is very intelligent by saying that her head is an encyclopedia.

IV. EVALUATION

A simile is a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using the words like

or as. Complete each of the similes below.

1. The little girl is as light as a . 2. Jenny was so pretty, she was like a . 3. The house was so small it looked like a . 4. If my rabbit keeps eating so much he is going to be as big as a . 5. When my mom saw how messy my room was, she turned as white as a . 6. That pool is as small as a . 7. That teacher is as nice as an . 8.The barn is as red as an . 9. She’s as smart as a . 10.This room is as cold as a .

V. ASSIGNMENT1.   My mother does not like me to go out with him because he is as wily as a

______. 

           

   (A) wolf

(B) wizard

   (C) fox

   (D) lily

          

2.   The child was as hungry as a ______. He ate up a full bowl of rice in minutes. 

           

   (A) dog

(B) wolf

   (C) fox

   (D) pig

            

3.   This bus is as slow as a ______. We may not be able to reach there on time. 

           

   (A) bear

(B) clock

   (C) tortoise

   (D) snake

            

4.   She likes spoiling people's fun. She is really a ______. 

           

   (A) couch potato

(B) wet blanket

   (C) hard nut

   (D) hard bargain

            

5.   She exercises regularly and keeps herself as fit as a ______. 

           

   (A) flower

(B) fiddle

   (C) fish

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   (D) falcon

            

6.   I find him extremely annoying; he is getting under my ______. 

           

   (A) brain

   (B) arms

   (C) back

   (D) skin

            

7.   Her heart ______ when she learnt that she had not been given the job. 

           

   (A) jerked

   (B) sank

   (C) jumped

   (D) shattered

      

8.   The boxer was fighting like a ______ and overpowered his opponent. 

     

   (A) tiger

   (B) gorilla

   (C) snake

   (D) wolf

      

9.   His punches were as ______ as lightning and caught his opponent by surprise. 

     

   (A) sharp

   (B) dazzling

   (C) brilliant

   (D) quick

      

10.   This is a ______ scheme. No way am I going to be part of it. 

     

   (A) lily-livered

   (B) blood red

   (C) hare-brained

   (D) greenhorn

Prepared by:

Constantino, Rina C.BSED-E2