As slippery as an eel: An ocean unit exploring simile and metaphor
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A lesson plan for grades K–2 English Language Arts
In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore simile and metaphor in fiction and nonfiction ocean books. Using the figurative language they have identified in their readings as a model, students revise their own work to add simile and metaphor. Students then write new pieces that include figurative language as part of a class book. This lesson uses the Multigenre Mapper interactive activity.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 1
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.05: Write and/or participate in writing by using an author's model of language and extending the model (e.g., writing different ending for a story, composing an innovation of a poem).
Grade 2
- Goal 2: The learner will develop and apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
- Objective 2.01: Read and comprehend both narrative and expository text appropriate for grade two by:
- determining purpose (reader's and author's).
- making predictions.
- asking questions.
- locating information for specific reasons/purposes.
- recognizing and applying text structure.
- comprehending and evaluating author's decisions and word choice.
- determining fact and opinion.
- recognizing and comprehending figurative language.
- making inferences and drawing conclusions.
- Objective 2.01: Read and comprehend both narrative and expository text appropriate for grade two by:
Kindergarten
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.06: Write and/or participate in writing behaviors by using authors' models of language.
