Identify and Use Figurative Language - Reading and Writing Lesson Complete with Activities

This is a full lesson teaching students how to identify different examples of figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia) in various texts and then create their own in their writing.

This lesson teaches children how to identify examples of similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia in texts. It teaches them how to explain what each of these features are and also to consider the impact of such figurative language on the reader. It encourages learners to examine the writer’s intent when using such techniques.

As the lesson develops, children start creating their own examples of each figurative language feature and then start using them in their own writing to create various effects.

This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes all the information and activities you need to teach children how to identify the following figurative language features: similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, personification and alliteration. It also teaches children how to incorporate figurative language into their own writing.

PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTIONS - The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.

The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity - to engage and get children thinking creatively
√ AFL Question
√ Teaching input - what is each example of figurative language
√ Examples of each figurative language feature in reading texts
√ Guided/ whole class consolidation activities
√ Differentiated review activities
√ Differentiated independent consolidation activities (3 levels)
√ Application tasks - writing activities involving using figurative language in own writing
√ All answer slides
√ Plenary - AOL

PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.

This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.