Similes Our academic goal We are learning what

Similes Our academic goal: We are learning what a simile is. Success criteria: I can make up my own similes.

Similes • A simile compares two things, using as or like. • The teacher was as wise as an owl

Similes • The boy was as fierce as a lion

Similes • The old man was as slow as a tortoise

Similes • The girl was as quiet as a mouse

Similes • The thief was as cunning as a fox

Similes • The boy was as cheeky as a monkey

Similes • I walk to school as slow as a snail.

Similes The old cat was still as playful as a kitten

Similes • The man was as strong as an ox

Those similes were describing things (as big as a house) describes the thing Sometimes we describe a doing word (he swims like a fish) doing word describes how he is swimming

Similes • He looks like an ogre

Similes • She runs like the wind

Similes • The boy jumped like a kangaroo

Can you answer some of these?

She was as good as. . gold water beans grass

Jack was as quick as. . a snail a turtle lightning a flash

He was as quiet as a. . lion monkey cheetah mouse

The snow was as cold as. . ice sand dirt coffee

He was as tall as. . a flower a giant a cat a beanstalk

She was as light as. . a brick a feather an aeroplane an elephant

Now think up some of your own!