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    This document provides instructions for an English language learning activity where students write short poems using similes to describe language learning. The activity involves students suggesting "-ing" verbs to complete the phrase "Learning a language is like..." and then working in small groups to write short four line poems using different similes. Examples are provided of completed similes and poems. The goal is to give students practice using phrases like "like" and "as" to make comparisons in their descriptions and to have fun being creative in small groups.

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    This document provides instructions for an English language learning activity where students write short poems using similes to describe language learning. The activity involves students suggesting "-ing" verbs to complete the phrase "Learning a language is like..." and then working in small groups to write short four line poems using different similes. Examples are provided of completed similes and poems. The goal is to give students practice using phrases like "like" and "as" to make comparisons in their descriptions and to have fun being creative in small groups.

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    This document provides instructions for an English language learning activity where students write short poems using similes to describe language learning. The activity involves students suggesting "-ing" verbs to complete the phrase "Learning a language is like..." and then working in small groups to write short four line poems using different similes. Examples are provided of completed similes and poems. The goal is to give students practice using phrases like "like" and "as" to make comparisons in their descriptions and to have fun being creative in small groups.

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    This document provides instructions for an English language learning activity where students write short poems using similes to describe language learning. The activity involves students suggesting "-ing" verbs to complete the phrase "Learning a language is like..." and then working in small groups to write short four line poems using different similes. Examples are provided of completed similes and poems. The goal is to give students practice using phrases like "like" and "as" to make comparisons in their descriptions and to have fun being creative in small groups.

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    3.

    1 Similes about language learning:


    Words like sea shells
    Level Lower-intermediate to advanced
    Time 25 minutes
    Aims To give students an opportunity to describe language learning. To
    use the phrases like and as . . . as to make comparisons.
    Preparation
    Check simile in the glossary.
    Procedure
    1 Ask your class to tell you what they would like to do now instead of
    being in class. List their ideas on the blackboard as -ing structures:
    dancing
    playing the guitar
    sleeping
    lying on the beach
    2 Now write the following phrase at the top of the blackboard:
    Learning a language is like ...
    Below is an example of what the blackboard might look like at this
    stage of the lesson:

    Learning a language is like . . .


    climbing a mountain
    swimming an ocean
    collecting sea shells
    polishing stones
    wind-surfing
    climbing a mountain
    playing the guitar
    listening to music
    sleeping
    surfing the internet

    2 Invite the students to try out the different -ing phrases to nish the
    sentence and suggest to you the combinations they like best.
    3 Now invite students to work in groups of two and three and nish the
    phrase in four different ways. Each sentence is a line of their poem.
    With more advanced students you could also add other phrases, such
    as those suggested below.
    Learning new words is like ...
    Learning grammar is like ...

    Wordmixing poems 49
    Resource Books for Teachers: Creative Poetry Writing
    Oxford University Press www.oup.com/elt

    3.1

    3.2

    4 After ten minutes invite the students to share their completed


    sentences with a neighbour. You may also like to share with them
    the example below.
    Learning new words
    is like climbing a mountain
    collecting stones on the way
    polishing them
    putting them in your pocket
    so your journey is slow
    the stones are heavy
    but when you reach home
    some of the mountain is still with you
    I collect words like sea shells.
    Each one is different.
    They are
    white, pink, grey,
    many colours.
    I remember places I have visited.
    Class poem: Chinese students in Oxford

    3.2 Similes about people: Sister like a flower


    Level Intermediate to advanced
    Time 25 minutes
    Aims To practise ways of describing people in unusual and memorable
    ways. To practise the use of like and as to make comparisons and to
    revise the use of countable and uncountable nouns.

    50 Wordmixing poems
    Resource Books for Teachers: Creative Poetry Writing
    Oxford University Press www.oup.com/elt

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