I tried the lesson on similes and metaphors using the book Peepers by Eve Bunting. Was I happily surprised with the children’s connections to this book!! My ELLs know what it feels like to go to a new place and be amazed by all the differences! They also loved the illustrations. I will post some of their similes — very creative. I also found a great Eve Bunting website that has a video interview of her speaking about what it was like to come to this country from Ireland! It is really neat for kids to hear a grown up speak about the difficulties in coming to a new place. Here’s the website:
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/bunting
Here are some examples of some second grade similes:
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A flag is as colorful and striped like a t-shirt.
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A monkey is like a furry bear!
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My dog is like a furry beat that runs me over.
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My roboraptor is like a vicious dragon!!
Here are some examples of some fourth and fifth grade similes:
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The dog looks like wolf because 2 animals have milk.
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People are just like monkeys jumping branch to branch.
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E.C. swims like a happy fish.
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E.C. is like a fish because his tail wiggles a lot.
(E.C. is our classroom tadpole!)
I would love to see examples from your kids too! Let’s share them!
