Found Figurative Language by Terri Sabbag - The Education Fund

4. Have students work in small groups to create metaphors using their weather
similes from the home learning activity from the previous lesson.
5. Groups will share their metaphors with the class.
Evaluation: Check students’ metaphors.
Home Learning:
1. Students will look at the clouds and create 2 metaphors describing the cloud’s
shape, appearance, obstacles, etc.
2. Instruct students to search for metaphors in their independent reading. They
should mark the page with a Post-it note, without interrupting the flow of their
reading. They can later go back and write the metaphor sentence on the Post-it
note and leave it on the page where it was found. They should be prepared to
share examples with the class.
Other Figurative Language
Discuss and give examples of other forms of figurative language:
• Hyperbole: an overstatement or exaggeration used to express an idea (e.g., I
was hungry enough to eat a herd of elephants! – or - I have told you a thousand
times not to play with matches.)
• Onomatopoeia: using words such as buzz or thud that sound like the sound
they refer to.
Queen FL and King Scribe Lesson Plan:
Now that students are familiar with the different forms of figurative language, they
should continue using Post-it notes to mark pages in their independent reading where
they find examples.
Materials:
• index cards
• shoebox decorated to look like a treasure chest
• bulletin board with figurative language headings: personifications – similes –
metaphors – hyperbole – onomatopoeia
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