Instructor:

Kathleen Belvedere
Location: Loyola High School
Date of Lesson: November 28th 2016

The Power of Metaphors and Similes - All Summer in a Day

TITLE

Lesson
Plan

Guiding Question: How do I properly determine if a statement is a metaphor

or simile, from the short story All Summer in a Day?

DURATION

One Class (50 Mins.)

TEXT(S)

All Summer in Day by Ray Bradbury

MATERIALS

Notebook, Pencil, and Prezi Presentation

SUBJECT AREA
LEVEL

PROGRAM CONTENT

TEACHING COMPETENCIES
PROFESSIONAL
COMPENTECY

English Language Arts

Secondary
Cycle One

Year 1 (Gr. 7)
Year 2 (Gr. 8)

Secondary
Cycle Two

Year 1 (Gr. 9)

Year 3 (Gr. 11)

Year 2 (Gr. 10)

Production Process
Uses strategies to generate, clarify and expand ideas such as brainstorming
Examines the relationship between context, producer of text and familiar

1,2,4,5,6,12

#4: To pilot teaching/learning situations that are appropriate to the students concerned and to the
subject content with a view to developing the competencies targeted in the programs of study.

Students will be able to:

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After the first leaning activity, students will be able to determine the difference
between metaphors and similes.
After the second learning activity students will be able to answer an online quiz,
that test theirs understanding of learning activity one.
After their performance task students will be able to determine the significance of
a specific metaphor or simile.

Secondary
Cycle One

Competency 1. Uses language/talk to communicate and to learn

Competency 2. Represents her/his literacy in different media
Competency 3. Reads and listens to written, spoken and media texts

SUBJECT-SPECIFIC
COMPETENCIES

Competency 4. Writes a variety of genres for personal and social purposes

Secondary
Cycle Two

Competency 1. Uses language/talk to communicate and to learn

Competency 2. Reads and listens to written, spoken and media texts
Competency 3. Produces texts for personal and social purposes

CROSS-CURRICULAR
COMPETENCIES

Competency 1. Uses information

Competency 6. Uses ICT

Competency 2. Solves problems

Competency 7. Achieves his/her potential

Instructor: Kathleen Belvedere

Location: Loyola High School
Date of Lesson: November 28th 2016

Competency 3. Exercises critical judgment
Competency 4. Uses creativity
Competency 5. Adopts effective work methods
Health and Well-Being

BROAD AREA
OF LEARNING

CLASS # 1

Competency 9. Communicates
appropriately

Environmental Awareness /
Consumer Rights and
Responsibilities

Personal and
Career Planning

CLASS
PERIOD &
DURATION

Competency 8. Cooperates with others

Media Literacy
Citizenship and
Community Life

LESSON PLAN
LEARNING ACTIVITY 1: What is a Simile and Metaphor?

We are currently reading the short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury in
class. The story centers around a young girl named Margot, who moved to Venus four years
ago. Margot and her fellow classmates are patiently awaiting the arrival of the sun after
seven years of rain. William and her fellow classmates constantly bully Margot; when the
sun comes out, William locks Margot in the closet and runs outside to play with the other
students. Bradbury uses metaphors and similes to express the effects weather has on the
mood of the story. Through this lesson I want the students to form a link between the
significance of metaphors and similes and how to distinguish them in a text.
**All Learning opportunities are presented through a Prezi Presentation.
Introduction/Warm-Up: YouTube Clip

15 Mins

The first thing that I will do will be to welcome my class with an enthusiastic hello,
followed by a review of the days agenda. I will begin my lesson by taking attendance and
making sure everyone is ready for class. While the students are organizing themselves, I
will load the prezi and turn on the projector so its ready for the lesson. I will begin by
reviewing the lesson from the previous class, on how the setting sets a storys mood. The
first learning activity of the class will be a quick presentation on the difference between
metaphors and similes and their purpose.
I will introduce this concept by presenting the class a short video clip entitled
Similes and Metaphors by The Bazillions.
The purpose of this clip is to engage the students in their learning through a fun
and interactive song.
This will provide my students an opportunity to understand the differences
between both figures of speech and how to properly use them in their writing.
Development:
Once the video clip is over I will ask the students to briefly discuss the following:

Instructor: Kathleen Belvedere

Location: Loyola High School
Date of Lesson: November 28th 2016

What is the difference between a metaphor and simile according to the song?
What does Metaphor Man represent?
What does Simile Girl represent?

This brief discussion will lead into the presentation slides concerning the differences
between a metaphor and simile. This will solidify the students understanding of a metaphor
and a simile and how to distinguish them.
Information on Slide:
Metaphor Vs. Simile -Comparison

Metaphor: Is a figure of speech, where the author uses an object, word or phrase to
refer (represent) something else
Ex: He is the black sheep of the family.
Simile: Is a figure of speech that compares two things that are alike in some way.
Ex: Cute as a Kitten or Like is like a box of chocolates

*To identify a simile versus a metaphor, the words 'like' or 'as' are typically used in a
simile.
Extension/Whats Next?
The following activity is an online game that will get students to test their general
understanding of metaphors and similes before they try to attempt to understand examples
form Bradburys short story, All Summer in a Day.

LEARNING ACTIVITY 2: Fling the Teacher Simile and Metaphor

10 Mins

Introduction/Warm-Up
In this section of the lesson plan/prezi the students will use their prior knowledge on
the concept of metaphors and similes, to answer the following quiz entitled Fling the
Teacher online. The point of the game is to determine whether the statements given are
either a metaphor or simile. For example: She is as pretty as a picture is it a metaphor or
simile? The link to the site is found in the attached appendix.
Development:
The game will be played as a class, and students need to work together to accomplish the
same goal of launching the teacher out of the catapult. The students will receive the
following directions, so that they can properly participate in the classroom activity:

Students will not call out the answers.

As a class we shall design the main character which will become the symbolic
teacher. If the class is to rowdy, and cant decide there is always the randomize
button that does it for them.
I will read the statement (question) out loud, and give the students a bit of time to
think about their answer.

Instructor: Kathleen Belvedere

Location: Loyola High School
Date of Lesson: November 28th 2016

If the student believes that he has the right answer he must raise his hand to answer
the question.
The game will automatically keep score, so no one is responsible for keeping tract
of the classs points.
Once all 15 questions are answered correctly, the game will symbolically launch
the teacher out of the catapult.

Closure/Wrap-Up
I will conclude the activity by revealing the classs score and go over briefly the
differences between a metaphor and simile, to really solidity the differences between both
figures of speech.
Extension/Whats Next?
The Next activity will be similar to the game Launch My Teacher, although it will be
centered on examples of similes and metaphors from the short story All Summer in A
Day and their significance to the characters development.

PERFORMANCE TASK: Is it a Metaphor or Simile? All Summer in a Day

10 Mins

I will finish the presentation by briefly discussion the significance of using metaphors and
similes in different forms of writing. What is the purpose of metaphors and similes? and
how its presented in Ray Bradburys short story, All Summer in a day?
Slide Information:
What is the purpose of metaphors and similes?

They create vivid images

Help's build a stronger connection between character and setting.
For example: The weather affects the children's mood in Bradburys story.
When the sun comes out they want to play and when it rains they are stuck inside
unhappy.
The rain washed out blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth, and the
yellow from her hair
Discussion Questions:
What does this quote tell us about the characters mood?
How does this statement add to the overall tone of the story?
Is it a simile or metaphor?

We will have a brief discussion on the above questions, which will prompt the performance
task, since they will have to do the same thing in groups and present it to class.
Goal of Activity:

Instructor: Kathleen Belvedere

Location: Loyola High School
Date of Lesson: November 28th 2016

20 Mins

Students will be placed into groups according to their rows in class and will be each given a
statement from the short story, All Summer in a Day. They will be given ten minutes to
deliberate in their groups, and will have to answer the following questions on a piece of
loose leaf:
1. Is it a simile or metaphor why?.
2. Determine what the author is comparing.
3. What is meaning of the quote.
After the ten minutes are up, each group will select one student to come to the front of the
class and present their findings. As a class we shall determine if the group is correct on their
assumptions or not. This activity gets students to think about the purpose of the different
figures of speech and how to properly use them in their writing. It provides students with an
opportunity to explore the story further and develop a greater understanding of the overall
message of the story.
** A list of metaphors and similes that will be distributed to each group can be found in the
appendix.
Closure/Wrap-Up
I will end the class by briefly recapping what we have learnt and to remind the students to
bring their copy of Midsummer Nights Dream to class for December 1st 2016. The bell
will go, and I will wish them a good rest of the day.

Instructor: Kathleen Belvedere

Location: Loyola High School
Date of Lesson: November 28th 2016

APPENDIX #

Learning Opportunity#1: Prezi Link and YouTube Clip

Site: https://prezi.com/osxc9xz3c9v1/the-power-of-metaphors-and-similes/

Learning Opportunity#1: Link to Online Game Fling a Teacher

Site: http://kmott.wikispaces.com/Fling+the+Teacher+Simile+and+Metaphor

Performance Task: List of Metaphors from All Summer in a Day.

1. Its like a fire, in the stove.
2. The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed, peering out for a
look at the hidden sun.
3. With the sweet crystal fall of showers...
4. But then they always awoke to the tatting drum, the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces
upon the roof, the walk, the gardens, the forests, and their dreams were gone.
5. They turned on themselves, like a feverish wheel, all tumbling spokes.
6. She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had
washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair.
7. She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice
would be a ghost.

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