Out of This World Similes

This simile unit is my gift to you and features fun and creative ways to involve and motivate students while teaching similes. The pages included are:

1. Simile Definition Poster
2. I Sense a Simile- student activity and sample
3. It Came From Planet Simile- simile/art activity (includes three different versions to suit grade/ability level)
4. Simile, Sweet Simile- identifying similes
5. Simile Haiku Poetry- writing haiku
6. Strange Similes- correcting mixed-up similes
7. Simile Scrambles- two different versions included

Clip art is courtesy of Scrappin' Doodles under Freebie Scrappin' Doodles license #TPT60736.

If you like this unit, please check out my other figurative language units on onomatopoeia, personification, alliteration, and idioms. You can also purchase all FOUR in my Figurative Language Mega Bundle (Common Core) and SAVE $3.00.

You may also want to check out my "Less Mess" Figurative Language Notebook Activities and "Less Mess" Poetry Interactive Notebook Activities as well.

Here’s a complete list of my POETRY/ FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE RESOURCES that will make your unit COMPLETE and EASY TO TEACH!

Figurative Language Resources:

"Less Mess" Figurative Language and Poetry Interactive Notebook Activities BUNDLE
"Less Mess" Figurative Language Interactive Notebook Activities
The Figurative Language Mega Bundle (Common Core)
The Figurative Language Fun Pack (Activity Bundle)
My Coat of Arms (Writing with Figurative Language)
Creative Fun with Idioms
On Cloud Nine: Idiom Art Activity
Christmas on Cloud Nine: Idiom Art Activity
Idiom Scoot/Task Card Set
Teaching Onomatopoeia: Creative Activities for the Classroom
Teaching Personification: Creative Activities for the Classroom
Crazy About Consonants: Alliteration Activities
Figurative Language Scoot/Task Cards (School Theme)
Figurative Language Word Search Puzzles
Figurative Language Posters (Dog Theme)
Poetry & Figurative Language Poster Bundle ((Dog Theme)
The Simile Sheriff
The Metaphor Magician
The Alliteration Astronaut
The Personification Pirate
Captain Onomatopoeia
Mr. Idiom
The Figurative Language Pharaoh
The Funny Bunny Bundle (Figurative Language Practice)
Simile and Metaphor Funny Faces

Poetry Resources:

"Less Mess" Figurative Language and Poetry Interactive Notebook Activities BUNDLE
"Less Mess" Poetry Interactive Notebook Activities
Poetry Posters and Practice Pages
A Bite of Poetry (A Poetry Booklet Craftivity)
The Poetry Scavenger Hunt
Poetry Task Cards (Writing Quatrains with Figurative Language)
Weather Acrostic Poetry
School Skills Acrostic Poetry
Flower Acrostic Poetry
The Winter House: Point of View Poetry Templates
Four Seasons of Haiku
Poetry Posters (Dog Theme)
Postcards to the North Pole (Writing Quatrain Poetry)
Christmas Poetry (Rhyming Activity & Writing Couplets)
Halloween Poetry (Rhyming Activity & Writing Couplets)