Subject: EnglishClass-V Topic: Similes and Metaphors Unit 4: Fox With Moonlight Eyes Date: December 2013

Objectives / Plan(Methodology) / Time / Resources / Assessment
Students would have :
Recognized new words in context, including theme and subject related words.
(D2)
Used evocative language e.g. similes and metaphors. (B22) / Oracy and Routine Lesson Integrated: Lang. Act. F (doc.pg. 383-384)
  • Students will talk about ideas to compare Similes and Metaphors
  • They will be encouraged to recall that ‘like’ and ‘as ______as’ are examples of similes and the third sentence is an example of metaphor.
Students will be facilitated in the Resource Room by showing them a video of a song about the topic by “Lenka” “Everything at Once” and a print copy of the lyrics to study.
  • Students will be given tasks as per the following grouping:
Group A & B
  • In their groups, they will choose a characteristicand brainstorm ideas on how to use similes and metaphors to be evocative in their expression and language usage.
  • Students will use any 2 similesand 1 metaphor insentences of their own and prepare to enact the action while giving feedback.
Group C will be facilitated by giving them a resource sheet to cut out and match the characteristics with the pictures of animals, objects etc.
  • Feedback will be taken from each group to present their sentences in the form of role pla, illustrating or elocution of the sentences by stressing on the similes and metaphors used with intonation, expression and .
Plenary: The students will find out at least 3 similes from any poem of the anthology “Fox with Moonlight Eyes” and enact the same in whatever way they like. / 80 mins
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Video Clip of the song “Everything at once”
Resources sheet with animal and object pictures with characteristics for matching
/ Students should be assessed on their ability to:-
  • recognize new words in context, including theme and subject related words
by listening to them.
  • use evocative language e.g. similes and metaphors,
by checking their work
Evaluation of Students Learning
  • What did the children learn in this lesson?
  • What did they actually do?
  • What were they not able to do/ understand?
/ Evaluation of Teaching
  • If you were to teach this lesson again, what would you do differently?
(Comment on any ONE aspect of your teaching or planning)

Teachers Notes:

Differentiation by Process (Learning styles)

Group Description:

Group A & B: Auditory & Visual Learners (Mixed styles)

Group C: Kinesthetic Learners

Differentiation by Product (Freedom of Choice)

  1. Role play the similes or metaphor
  2. Illustrate the similes or metaphor
  3. Elocution of the sentences

Resources:

1 . Instruction Card showing animals and objects with their characteristics in the form of SIMILES and METAPHORS for matching. (Attached) (doc.pg. 383-384)- Class V – Term I

2. Song Clip of “Everything at Once” by Lenka (attached lyrics)

Instructions: Cut out and match the picture with the given characteristic described by the word. Discuss the similes ormetaphors to make your sentences. Be ready to share it any form you like.

Grand / Stealth / Royal / Hot
/ s / /
Hard / Warm / Cold / Strong
Quiet / Grand / Strong / Pretty
Buzzed / Fast / Big / Sly

Everything at Once – Lenka

Background info about the singer: (taken from

Lenka (born Lenka Kripac on 19 March 1978)[1] is an Australian singer–songwriter, known for her song "The Show," (produced by Stuart Brawley), from her self-titled album Lenka.

Complete Lyrics

Everything at Once – Lenka

As sly as a fox, as strong as an ox
As fast as a hare, as brave as a bear
As free as a bird, as neat as a word
As quiet as a mouse, as big as a house
All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything
As mean as a wolf, as sharp as a tooth
As deep as a bite, as dark as the night
As sweet as a song, as right as a wrong
As long as a road, as ugly as a toad
As pretty as a picture hanging from a fixture
Strong like a family, strong as I wanna be
Bright as day, as light as play
As hard as nails, as grand as a whale
All I wanna be oh, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything
Everything at once
Everything at once, oh
Everything at once
As warm as the sun, as silly as fun
As cool as a tree, as scary as the sea
As hot as fire, cold as ice
Sweet as sugar and everything nice
As old as time, as straight as a line
As royal as a queen, as buzzed as a bee
Stealth as a tiger, smooth as a glider
Pure as a melody, pure as I wanna be
All I wanna be oh, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything
Everything at once