Similes and Metaphors

I taught this lesson in a two day lesson. I taught Similes first because that is an easier lesson and then did Metaphors the next day and built on our anchor chart. 

All of the examples of similes is in orange and all the metaphors are in red. This way students would not be confused with the examples being used. 

The day we did similes i explained the definition and then had students turn and talk and come up with different examples of similes. Then after my students gave examples and I corrected any misconceptions then I had students return to their seats and create a flip chart of similes about themselves. 

Here is an example of a students work of making a flip chart. 

"Haley is as s fun as....." (then on the inside she said the word she compared herself to)

"Haley is as smart as a...."

Then the next day we did metaphors! This was a much concept for students to understand and determine. We met on the back carpet again and reviewed similes and then talked about metaphors. Students once again turned and talked about examples of metaphors. 

After talking about with one another about examples of metaphors and adding to our anchor chart I had students return to their seats to do a metaphors activity. I asked students to make a metaphor family.

Make an image of your family and write about each person using a metaphor  (This was a harder idea and activity for my 4th graders to do. But I still like challenging them and getting them to think)