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Paul Sparks,
Sino-Canadian International College, Guangxi University, Online English Lesson Plans, Lesson Material and Ideas
for Semester 2 Reading Lessons...
Reading: Similes & Metaphors
Source:
http://arb.nzcer.org.nz/nzcer3/english/written/3000-199/wl3120.htm
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In
each of the poems below two different things are being
compared.
- Write
down the two different things being compared in each poem,
and explain all the ways in which the two
things are shown to be alike in the poem.
The
first one has been done as an example.
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Road
Cones
The
orange road cones
are the hats of the witches
who live in the gutters,
the grates, and the ditches.
They
come out in dozens
whenever it rains
to dance orange dances
in water-filled drains.
By
Andrew P. Wood
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i)
ii)
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What
two things are being compared?
Road
cones
and witches' hats
In what ways
are the two things alike?
• Road
cones and witches' hats
are
the same shape.
• Witches'
hats move when they
dance
and road cones move
when
the drains fill with water.
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A
knee is a chair to sit on
A
knee is a chair to sit on
When you are tired,
Sometimes hard and strong
Like chairs in a classroom,
Sometimes soft as a cushion
And soft enough to sleep on
At the fireside.
By
Stanley Cook
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i)
ii)
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What
two things are being compared?
______________
and ______________
In what ways
are the two things alike?
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Poetry
sources:
'Road Cones', Written by Andrew P. Wood, School Journal, Part 2, No.
1, Learning Media, 1999.
'A Knee is a Chair to Sit On', Written by Stanley Cook, Junior
Journal, 5:25, Learning Media, 1990.
'Lifeboat', Written by Diana Noonan, School Journal, Part 2, No. 3,
Learning Media, 2001.
'Grainfield', Written by Pauline Cartwright, School Journal, Part 4,
No. 1, Learning Media, 1997.
'Muster', Written by Alan Bagnall, School Journal, Part 3, No. 1,
Learning Media, 1999.
'Lifeboat', Written by Diana Noonan, School Journal, Part 2, No. 3,
Learning Media, 2001.
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Lifeboat
Pukeko
feather
floating on the water –
bright boat,
light boat,
lifeboat
to a ladybird
that's landed.
By
Diana Noonan
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ii)
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What
two things are being compared?
______________
and ______________
In what ways
are the two things alike?
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Grainfield
I thought I
looked on a field of
yellow grain.
But the wind rose, and I saw
it was a huge gold pool with rippling waters
lapping at a green grass shore.
By
Pauline Cartwright
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ii)
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What
two things are being compared?
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and ______________
In what ways
are the two things alike?
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Muster
Slowly
down the valley
The woolly flock flows.
A rippling mob of sheep,
Joined by more at every creek.
And as the valley widens,
The woolly river grows.
By
Alan Bagnall
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ii)
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What
two things are being compared?
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and ______________
In what ways
are the two things alike?
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