1. Part 1

2. Learning Objectives Poetry 13 Date: Metaphor poem
To learn what metaphors are.
To create our own metaphors.
To create metaphor poetry.

3. In exercise copy, answer the following questions in full sentences:
If you were an animal, what animal would you be?
What is the most useful object in the world?
What is the toughest thing in the world?

4. Notes
Metaphors: When someone compares one thing to another (without the words ‘like’ or ‘as’).
Simile: When someone compares one thing to another using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.
Meter: The measure of rhythm in poetry, set by the use of syllables in a line.
Examples:
You’re a star.
You’re like a star.
You’re bright as a star.
Many people find counting syllables in poems reveal patterns.

5. Exercise One – Buble, ‘Everything’
Underline or highlight everything she is compared to.
You're a carousel, you're a wishing well,
And you light me up, when you ring my bell.
You're a mystery, you're from outer space,
You're every minute of my everyday.
And I can't believe, uh that I'm your man,
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we'll see it through,
And you know that's what our love can do.
You're a falling star, you're the get away car. You're the line in the sand when I go too far. You're the swimming pool, on an August day. And you're the perfect thing to say. And you play it coy but it's kinda cute. Ah, when you smile at me you know exactly what you do. Baby don't pretend that you don't know it's true. 'cause you can see it when I look at you. [Chorus:] And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times It's you, it's you, you make me sing. You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.

6. Exercise One – Buble, ‘Everything’
What do you think they mean now? Let’s list what we know about this person on the board.
You're a carousel, you're a wishing well,
And you light me up, when you ring my bell.
You're a mystery, you're from outer space,
You're every minute of my everyday.
And I can't believe, uh that I'm your man,
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we'll see it through,
And you know that's what our love can do.
You're a falling star, you're the get away car. You're the line in the sand when I go too far. You're the swimming pool, on an August day. And you're the perfect thing to say. And you play it coy but it's kinda cute. Ah, when you smile at me you know exactly what you do. Baby don't pretend that you don't know it's true. 'cause you can see it when I look at you. [Chorus:] And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times It's you, it's you, you make me sing. You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.

7. Good Metaphors. What objects do we like?
What objects keep us safe or happy?
What objects are cool?
What objects resemble people you like?
What objects would compliment people?

8. Exercise Two: Good Metaphors that describe you.
Think-pair-share – come up with metaphors that describe yourselves (nice ones ).
In your copy, write you’re ....
Your partner will then read this aloud to you.

9. Exercise Three: Make a poem.
Four lines per stanza.
Each line must have ‘You’re .....’
You can decide on the rhyming structure.
_____A _____A _____A
_____A _____B _____B
_____B _____A _____C
_____B _____B _____B
Three stanzas minimum.

10. Some help “You’re ........ “You’re ......... in .....”
“You’re when .....”
“You’re beside/before/during/after/any word which might continue this line.
Start with line one and move from there.

11. Homework Finish that metaphor poem.
Edit the poem so that it becomes a simile poem. (‘like’ and ‘as’)
The same poem twice with one labelled ‘Metaphor poem’ and the other ‘Simile poem’.

12. Part 2

13. Poetry 14 Date: Learning Objectives Personification poem
To learn what personification is and use it to create cool awesome poetry.
Last class, you compared yourselves to objects. This class you’re comparing objects to you.

14. In exercise copy, answer the following question:
If you could be, possess or take over one
non-living object,
what would you choose, do, and why?

15. Notes
Personification: A type of metaphor where human characteristics are given to non-human things, animals or ideas.
Characteristic: A feature, quality or part of something.
(In a metaphor, you’re a star. In personification, the star does a dance number and begs Simon Cowell for another chance.)

16. Examples
Hey diddle, Diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.

17. Examples My food loves to prance, to jump, to dance;
I wait for the time, I wait for the chance!
As mommy goes in and out of the room;
tables and chairs become their ballroom!
I flick my fingers; swing my wrist.
Beans and turkey are doing the twist!
Peas, plumbs, apples or mangos;
on to the walls, they're doing the tango!

18. Exercise One: Think-pair-share.
It’s time to thank the tools that aid you.
Bring items you have on you now to life through poetry. In two stanzas, have them do epic things.
When reading it out then, you can show the item.
You can decide on the rhyming structure.
_____A _____A _____A
_____A _____B _____B
_____B _____A _____C
_____B _____B _____B

19. Homework
Create another poem celebrating items around your house, in which they act alive.