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All About Me! - Simile Poem Template

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A template for students to use when learning how to write a simile poem.

Use this teaching resource when studying poetry or figurative language in your classroom.

This template has been designed to introduce students to the structure of simile poems, and to provide them with a scaffold when writing one of their own.

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Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.3.A
Choose words and phrases for effect.*
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Language Knowledge of Language CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.3
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.A
Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.A
Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.A
Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.6
Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
In Grade 2 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Informational Text Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.5
Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Informational Text Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
In Grade 1 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.5
Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.
In Grade 1 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4
Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
In Grade 2 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.5
Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking a...
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.5
Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems).
In Kindergarten English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.3
Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
In Grade 1 English Language Arts Standards Writing Text Types and Purposes
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.3
Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
In Grade 2 English Language Arts Standards Writing Text Types and Purposes
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Writing Text Types and Purposes
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Writing Text Types and Purposes
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Writing Text Types and Purposes
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.3
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
In Kindergarten English Language Arts Standards Writing Text Types and Purposes

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