1. Learning Intention: Students will learn the significance of metaphors and how they are used to give an effect on a particular piece of writing, i.e. narrative and poetry.
Success Criteria: Students will create their own metaphors and write a short poem or narrative using these metaphors.
Learning Reflection: Metaphors are mostly used to… My favourite metaphor that I wrote today was… I will use metaphors in my writing to….

2. Simile or metaphor?
Love is a rose

3. Simile or metaphor?
Blind as a bat

4. My hands were as cold as ice
Simile or metaphor?
My hands were as cold as ice

5. My car was an old rust bucket
Simile or metaphor?
My car was an old rust bucket

6. The rain was as heavy as a ton of bricks
Simile or metaphor?
The rain was as heavy as a ton of bricks

7. Her hair was like a blanket of gold
Simile or metaphor?
Her hair was like a blanket of gold

8. Simile or metaphor?
His face was a picture

9. The sand was as rough as sandpaper
Simile or metaphor?
The sand was as rough as sandpaper

10. The cloud was a fluffy ball of cotton wool
Simile or metaphor?
The cloud was a fluffy ball of cotton wool

11. This car drives like an elephant
Simile or metaphor?
This car drives like an elephant

12. A simile is where two things are directly compared because they share a common feature. The word “AS” or “LIKE” is used to compare the two words. E.g. As cold AS a dog's nose
A metaphor also compares two things, but it does so more directly WITHOUT using “as” or “like”. E.g. The shop was a little gold-mine.

13. Now you are going to make up similes and metaphors of your own, here is an example of a simile.
As good as gold
Your task is to come up with 5 metaphors and 5 similes of your own!!!

14. Now, we want you to write a poem or short story using similes or metaphors that relate to the environment / sustainability
You may work in groups of no more than 3