Janine Rinaldi and Andrea Lurski ELE 301 - Dr. Conte Edgewood Elementary School Ms.

Pezza: 3rd Grade Simile Mini-Lesson: Lesson Two

1. Lesson Essential Questions: What is a simile? How can the students incorporate similes into their own writings? 2. Standards: NJ Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. PA Standards: 1.3.3.D: Identify literary devices in selected readings (e.g., personification, simile, alliteration). 3. A. Learning Objectives and Assessments: Learning Objectives The students will be able to identify similes. Assessments The students will listen to the song You Make Me Smile by Uncle Kracker and underline all of the similes they hear in the song. The students will write their own similes for the song You Make Me Smile by Uncle Kracker.

The students will be able to create their own similes.

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Materials: You Make Me Smile by Uncle Kracker Lyrics to the song You Make Me Smile Lyrics to the song You Make Me Smile with the similes removed

5. Pre-lesson assignments and/or prior knowledge: Many of the students will not have any prior knowledge of similes. The students should know what song lyrics are. 6. Lesson Beginning: To begin this lesson, the teacher will tell the students to listen closely to the lyrics of the song, You Make Me Smile by Uncle Kracker. The teacher will play the song and the teacher will encourage the students to dance in their chairs. 7. Instructional Plan: After the motivational beginning, the teacher will explain what a simile is to the students. Once the students have a firm understanding of what a simile is, the teacher will ask the students if they can remember any similes from the song, You Make Me Smile.

The teacher will pass out the lyrics to the students and play the song again. The students will underline every simile they hear/read. The teacher will then tell the students to write their own version of the song. The teacher will give the students a handout of the lyrics with the similes missing. The students will write their own version of the song, using their own similes. If time permits, volunteers will share their new song lyrics. o Differentiation: Playing and interacting with the music will be appealing to the auditory-musical learners. Interacting with the song lyrics will be appealing to the linguistic learners. For early finishers, the students can write alternate lyrics to the song, writing new similes. Questions: What word comes to mind when you think or hear of the word, simile? Do you remember any similes from the song, You Make Me Smile? Create your own similes! Classroom Management: Before I play the song, I will ask the students to listen very carefully to the lyrics. The students will be allowed to wiggle and move in their chairs. However, if the students behavior gets out of hand, I will pause the song and tell the students to settle down. To get the students attention, the teacher will do the clapping technique where the teacher will clap a specific pattern, and the students will mimic that same clap. Transitions: After the students listen to the song for the first time, I will explain what a simile is and ask the students if they remember any similes from the song. Once the students have a firm understanding of what a simile is, I will play the song again. The students will underline every simile they come across when listening to the song. After the song is over, the teacher will review and explain every simile in the song. The teacher will tell the students that Uncle Kracker wants them (the students) to help write a new version of the song. The students will be given the lyrics, however, all of the similes will be missing in the lyrics. The students will write their own similes where there are missing lyrics.

8. Closure: After listening to the song again and underlining all of the similes, the teacher will tell the students to write their own version of the song. The teacher will give the students a handout of the lyrics with the similes missing from the song. The students will write their own version of the song, using their own similes. If time permits, volunteers will share their new song lyrics.

SMILE Uncle Kracker

You're better than the best I'm lucky just to linger in your light Cooler than the flip-side of my pillow (that's right) Completely unaware Nothing can compare to where you send me It lets me know that it's okay (yeah, it's okay) And the moments when my good times start to fade [Chorus:] You make me smile like the sun, Fall outta bed Sing like a bird, Dizzy in my head Spin like a record, Crazy on a Sunday night You make me dance like a fool, Forget how to breathe Shine like gold, Buzz like a bee Just the thought of you can drive me wild Oh, you make me smile Even when you're gone Somehow you come along Just like a flower poking through the sidewalk crack And just like that You steal away the rain And just like that [Chorus] Don't know how I lived without you 'Cause every time that I get around you I see the best of me inside your eyes You make me smile You make me dance like a fool, Forget how to breathe Shine like gold, Buzz like a bee Just the thought of you can drive me wild Oh, you make me smile

[Chorus] (Oh, Oh, (Oh, Oh, you you you you make make make make me me me me smile) smile smile) smile