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Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School December 10, 2014. Poetry workshop #2: similes. Preliminaries. Complete the Quickwrite activity on p. 430. Objectives:. The students will be able to identify and define similes. Focus Lesson: Similes. Background: similes
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Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School December 10, 2014 Poetry workshop #2: similes
Preliminaries • Complete the Quickwrite activity on p. 430.
Objectives: • The students will be able to identify and define similes.
Focus Lesson: Similes • Background: similes • Pre-reading for the main idea • Whole Class Reading: p. 430
Focus Lesson: Similes • Write a poem about the manufactured item you described in your Quickwrite notes. Use at least one simile that compares your subject to something that is alive. Include or draw images that appeal to at least two senses. Will you title your poem after the subject of your poem (“A Long Red Car”) or after the living thing you compare it to (“Shark”)?