These activities have been designed to support the teaching of English at key stage 2. The activities will enable the teacher to: explore the term 'simile,' share similes with the class, and provide exercises on new similes using established models. Within each of the activities further information can be accessed in order to develop pupils' knowledge, support the lesson or for research. Objectives: text level - reading comprehension to understand the use of figurative language in poetry and prose locate use of simile