Jabin

WALT understand metaphors and their effect

1.  Read this poem carefully.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
2.  Write down all of the metaphors you found below:
He’s an amusing monkey, swinging from vine to vine.

Jabin is bright and bubbly.

A bright warm sun, breaking through the clouds on a misty morning.

An up-beat hip-hop song.

3.  What kind of person do you think about when you read the metaphor “A bright warm sun breaking through the clouds on a misty morning?”
Jabin is one person that wakes up early in the morning and he likes to sit down quietly and watch T.V.

4.  What kind of person do you think about when you read the metaphor “An up-beat hip-hop song?”
I think he is a bouncy energetic person.

5.  Using your knowledge from this poem, what kind of brother do you think Jabin is?  Use evidence from the text to back up your opinions.

• I think he is energetic because it said in the poem “he is an upbeat hip-hop song”.
• I think he is annoying because it said in the poem “at times he can get a bit annoying”.
• I think he is full of beans because it said in the poem“funny character that is full of beans”.
• I think he is light and light and bubbly because at the start of the poem it said “Jabin is light and bubbly”.
• I think Jabin is an amusing monkey because it said in the poem Jabin Is an amusing monkey, that swings from vine to vine.
• I think he’s a Monday because it said in the middle of the poem “He’s a Monday, a new week, ready to go”.
• I think he is a detectable sticky sweet mud cake because it said in the poem “detectable sticky sweet mud cake”

6.  Think of someone in your family - it could be a sibling, cousin, aunt, uncle or parent.  Write a poem that uses metaphors to describe them.

7. Publish your poem using an online programme of your choice (e.g. picmonkey, google presentation).

All my brothers are cheeky monkeys because they tease my mum.
My family are hungus pigs because we eat a lot of food.
My dad is a travel freak because he travels a lot.
My mum has elephant ears because she listens to everything anybody says for her to do.
My little nephews are like sneaky rats because they sneak into the fridge and eat the all the food.
My sisters are donkeys because they laugh like one.
I am a elephant because I am loud when it comes to video games.