Year 5 Fiction: Descriptions using Simile and Metaphor in the First 15 lines

We have been creating mind maps to gather descriptive ideas so we can help our reader imagine a World War II P.O.W. camp, like we can see in the video above.

Task: Write a ten-twelve line description of a P.O.W camp on the worksheet provided

Year 5 Rewriting: Trench

We have been learning about simile, metaphor and personification. Revise by watching the video above.

Task: I want you to write a second draft of your 'trench' description, adding in:
(i) simile
(ii) metaphor
(iii) personification

Don't forget to write five paragraphs.

Feeling clever? Remember to use the joining comma.

Year 5 Fiction: Using Similes

We have been learning all about similes:


Task
Please complete the 'Tank' simile task.

Due: Thursday
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Year 5 Comprehension - Analysing the Use of Similes

A simile is the comparison of two unlike things using the word 'like' or 'as', e.g. as big as a bus. Click here to play a similes matching game.

Please complete the comprehension. Don't forget to use the following when answering questions 3-5:

The author is comparing...to...
This is an effective comparison because...
The author wants the reader to feel...

Due: Wednesday.