hope this helps. the activities are for grade 5.

Personification books: The Nose by Catherine Cowan Call Me Ahnihgito by Pam conrad Night Noises by Mem Fox (also for similes) also comic strips Simile and Metaphor books: Any chapter from Island of the Blue Dolphins and Maniac Magee depending on the grade level. for similes you can have them create riddles comparing two objects. metaphors: create a metaphor poem about their family. For example my family lives in a medicine chest: dad is the super size band aid, strong and powerful but not always effective in a crisis. mom is the middle size tweezer which picks and pokes and pinches. I hope you get the idea of the poem. The unit is the medicine cabinet and the elements are the things found in the cabinet. Abbie Against a Storm, Marcia Vaughan Amos and Boris, William Steig Big Bad Bruce, Bill Peet Caleb and Kate, William Steig Duke Ellington, Andrea D. Pickney Feathers and Fools, Mem Fox Midnight in the Mountains, Julie Lawson My Grandma Lives in Gooligulch, Graeme Base Sheep in a Jeep, Nancy Shaw Some Smug Slug, Pamela D. Edwards The Magic Fan, Keith Baker The Z was Zapped, Chris Van Allsburg Water Dance, Thomas Locker Wilma Unlimited, Kathleen Krull I was looking at paint samples and realized that they all had cute names, like Tangarine orange, burnt sienna, firegold, etc. I borrowed (:D) several of the samples. I pass these out to my students and they use them to write similes. My friend's shirt was as orange as a tangarine. My tea cup was as red as a burning ember. The car glistened like flames from a fire. Extending the activity, they get scenic pictures from magazines and then find the color that matches. The mountains were the color of lilacs in the spring. More Parts by Ted Arnold

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EXAMPLE BOOKS WITH SIMILES Chanticleer and the Fox Geoffrey Chaucer The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Paul Gobel Little Island Golden MacDonald

Suggested Books with Figurative Language

Hide and Seek Frog Alvin Tresselt White Snow, Bright Snow Alvin Tresselt Netties Trip South Ann Turner Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like Jay William Umbrella Taro Yashima Owl Moon Jane Yolen EXAMPLE BOOKS WITH METAPHORS Through the Mickle Woods Valiska Gregory Kinda Blue Ann Grifalconi Little Island Golden MacDonald The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter Tar Beach Faith Ringgold Hide and Seek Frog Alvin Tresselt White Snow, Bright Snow Alvin Tresselt Owl Moon Jane Yolen EXAMPLE BOOKS WITH PERSONIFICATION The Little House Virginia Lee Burton Gilberto and the Wind Marie Hall Ets Flossie and the Fox Patricia McKissack The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig Book titles taken from Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices, Hall, Susan 1994 Westport, CT: Oryx Press.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo.