2. Stand if your hair is as brown as hot chocolate on a winter day. Image Source:Image Source: http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2013/05/09/Screen%20Sho t%202013-05-09%20at%2012.47.47%20PM.png http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2013/05/09/Screen%20Sho t%202013-05-09%20at%2012.47.47%20PM.png

3. Stand if you run like a deer crossing the street. Image Source: http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/06/animals-xing/http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/06/animals-xing/

4. Stand if your hands are sandpaper. Image Source: http://www.samuelkirk.co.uk/ekmps/shops/samuelkirk/images/sandpap er-sheet-2.5-grade-50-10064-p.jpg http://www.samuelkirk.co.uk/ekmps/shops/samuelkirk/images/sandpap er-sheet-2.5-grade-50-10064-p.jpg

5. Stand if you are a busy bee. Image Source: http://thelontfamily.blogspot.com/http://thelontfamily.blogspot.com/

6. Stand if you are like a wise owl. Image Source: http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/dazdraperma/dazdraperma1006/dazdraperma1 00600042/7256532-cartoon-wise-owl-sitting-on-pile-book-and-red-apple.jpg http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/dazdraperma/dazdraperma1006/dazdraperma1 00600042/7256532-cartoon-wise-owl-sitting-on-pile-book-and-red-apple.jpg

7. Stand if you are a dramatic actor. Image Source: http://bolstablog.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/actress- on-stage.jpg?w=300&h=257http://bolstablog.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/actress- on-stage.jpg?w=300&h=257

8. Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors

9. Simile Definition: Comparing one thing with another thing using the words like or as. Example: – as brave as a lion – as proud as a peacock – like a shooting star Definition: Comparing two things NOT using the words like or as. Example: – He has a heart of stone. – A blanket of snow covered the streets. – My memory is a little cloudy. Metaphor

10. Similes and Metaphors in Music

11. Simile or Metaphor? Stand if your hair is as brown as hot chocolate on a winters day. Stand if you run like a deer crossing the street. Stand if your hands are sandpaper. Stand if you are a busy bee. Stand if you are like a wise owl. Stand if you are a dramatic actor.

12. How we can make ORDINARY words POETIC Ordinary Poetic

13. Owl Moon Image and words from: Jane Yolen. (1987). Owl Moon. Philmel Books: New York, NY. It was late one winter night, long past my bedtime when Pa and I went owling There was no wind. The trees stood still as giant statues. And the moon was so bright the sky seemed to shine. Somewhere behind us a train whistle blew, long and low, like a sad, sad song.

14. Let’s Start With The American Flag Image Source: http://www.flagsinternational.com/left-hand-american-flag-sticker.html

15. My Item is: The American Flag Do you want to draw it? OrdinaryPoetic Fifty white stars on a blue backgroundThe fifty stars are like fifty states shining one night sky Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xlimitededitionx/2908054495/http://www.flickr.com/photos/xlimitededitionx/2908054495/