1. Simile poems for kids by Lawraine Guichard
Teacher Introduction, Learners, Standard-English Language Arts, Standard-Technology, Objectives, Resources, Student Introduction, Task, Process (part1) ,Evaluation, Conclusion, Credit

2. Teacher introduction (Part1)
Simile poems offer wonderful opportunities
to learn about the English language while
exercising imagination. Simile is a poetic
device that develops a person's ability to
make comparisons, creating opportunity for
analogous thought. The poetic device is an
approach that can help communicate
experiences and emotions that are beyond
words.

3. Teacher Introduction (Part 2)
Discover the Super Similes by clicking below:
here

4. Learners This Web Quest is intended for fourth
grade English language learners who
are learning about similes in literature
and poetry.

5. Standards-English Language Arts
Standard 1 - Students will listen, speak, read, and write in
English for information and understanding.
-Students learning English as a second language will use English
to acquire interpret, apply, and transmit information for
content area learning and personal use. They will develop and
use skills and strategies appropriate to their level of English
proficiency to collect data, facts, and ideas; discover
relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and use knowledge
generated from oral, written, and electronically produced
texts.
Performance Indicators:
-Identify and use reading and listening strategies to make text
comprehensible and meaningful.
-Read, gather, view, listen to, organize, discuss, interpret, and
analyze information related to academic content areas from
various sources.
-Formulate, ask, and respond to various question forms to obtain,
clarify, and extend information and meaning. -Make and support
inferences about information and ideas with reference to
features in oral and written text.

6. Standards-Technology
2.Communication and Collaboration Students use digital media and
environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a
distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning
of others. Students: 
a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others
employing a variety of digital environments and media.
b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple
audiences using a variety of media and formats.
3.Research and Information Fluency Students apply digital tools to
gather, evaluate, and use information. Students: 
a. plan strategies to guide inquiry.
b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use
information from a variety of sources and media.
c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on
the appropriateness to specific tasks.

7. Objectives Content objectives:
- Students will gain knowledge by defining the term “simile”.
- Students will apply this knowledge by identifying examples of similes in literature and poetry.
- Students will synthesize their knowledge by using a graphic organizer to create their own similes and then incorporate these similes into their own writing.
Language objectives:
- Students will listen to different simile poems
- Students will identify orally and in writing similes in each poem.
- Students will compose their own simile poems
- Students will share and discuss their simile poems with their classmates.
- Students will respond verbally and in writing to reflection questions.

8. Resources . http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/similiframe.htm. . .

9. Student introduction A simile uses the words "like" or "as" when
making a comparison between two things
that are not alike.
Since most of the students are having
problems understanding similes when they
encounter them in literature, the purpose
of this Web Quest is to have you students
use poetry to understand similes.

10. Task By the end of this Web Quest, you will:
. Research about similes by exploring different
websites.
. Research how to use your senses to communicate through similes while exploring a specific website.
. Synthesize (put together) your research to write a creative simile poem.

11. Process (part1) You are now going to create your simile poems.
1)Your teacher will ask you to go on the computer
lab where he/she will gather you in groups of four.
Each group will think of a theme/topic for a simile
poem that they have to write about. The poem can be
about topics such as a person, a thing, a pet, a season,
or a sport.
2) Once you are gathered in groups, each member of
a group will be numbered from one to four. After,
each student in a group is numbered, each will be
assigned a role.

12. Process (part2) For instance, every student numbered one will be
assigned the role of visual. Every student numbered
two will be assigned the role of tactile, every
student numbered three will be assigned the role of
auditory and every students numbered four will be
assigned the role of taste and smell.
3) Based on your assigned role, you will have to come
up with a simile that relates or corresponds to your
role. For instance, if you are playing the visual role,
you will come up with a simile that creates a vivid

13. Process (part3) picture in the readers mind as in “her eyes are like
diamonds gleaming in rays of light”. You may go on
this website below to find out more about your
roles, conduct some research and get better ideas
on how to come up with similes that relates or
correspond to your roles. .
4)After each students in each group has come up
with a similes corresponding to his/her role, the
group will put their research together. In addition,
each group will discuss about the four similes that
each person in the group will come up with and put
These similes together to create a complete simile
poem.

14. Process (part4) 5)Each group will write their poem on Microsoft
Word. In order to look for other simile poems as
well as examples of similes you may go to the
websites below.

15. Process (Part5) 6)You may decorate your poems with illustration or
photographs that relate to your topic/them. You
may look for illustrations on Clip Art.
7))Once each group has finished to write their
poem, each will present it, share and discuss it with
the whole class.

16. Process (Part6) 9)In a reflection sheet, each group will write their
own definition of simile. Furthermore, each group
Will copy one example of simile from the other
groups poems and write their thoughts on this
reflection question: Did the simile help you see or
understand their topic more clearly? Why or why
not?

17. Process (part7) 10) The groups who finish earlier may visit these
websites below while waiting for the other groups to
finish. .

18. Evaluation Theme Figurative Language Mechanics CATEGORY 4 Outstanding
3 Good
2 Satisfactory
1 Needs Improve-ment
Theme
The poem has a clear controlling idea. It has at least three key words that identify the poem‘s s subject.
The poem has a clear controlling idea. It has at least two key words that identify the poem's subject
The poem has a controlling idea.
The poem has no controlling idea.
Figurative Language
The poem contains four similes that add greatly to the reader's understanding of the poem.
The poem contains less than four similes that add greatly to the reader's understanding of the poem.
The poem contains at least one to two similes.
The poem has no similes.
Mechanics
There are no errors in spelling or
punctuation. The
title is capitalized correctly.
There are one to two errors in spelling or punctuation. The title is capitalized correctly.
There are three or four errors in spelling or punctuation. The title is
capitalized incorrectly.
There are more than
four errors in spelling or punctuation. There is no title, or it is capitalized incorrectly.

19. Conclusion Congratulations to all for completing
these creative simile poems.
Now that you have learned about
similes, you are ready to use similes
anytime in poetry and literature.

20. Credits
Thank you to:
. All the authors of the resources that I used to complete this Web Quest. Please see the resources section to see their works.
. My professor and classmates for their support and suggestions throughout the completion of this Web Quest.