Name: Danielle Joanna C.

Asuncion Title: Figures of Speech

Grade Level: Grade 5 Time: 50 mins

Lesson: Figures of Speech: Simile, Metaphor, and Personification

Unit Overview

Main Idea (Claim) Summative Assessment

Figures of speech is a word or a phrase that -

doesn’t use it’s literal meaning. It is made
to illustrate an idea or thought
interestingly.

Guiding Questions Objectives (know/understand/do/value)

1. What is “Figures of Speech?” The student will . .

2. What is a Simile?
3. What is a Metaphor?
4. How do we differentiate between a
Simile and a Metaphor?
5. What is personification?
- Be introduced to the 3 most common
figures of speech
- Make sense of the overview of figures of
speech
- Be able to differentiate the 3 figures of
speech: Simile, Metaphor and
Personification

Time Instructional Procedures and Strategies

Beginning the Lesson

3
Overview:
mins
The Plan:
1. Watch Videos
2. Introduction to Figures of Speech
3. Discussion
4. Q&A
5. Worksheets
Name: Danielle Joanna C. Asuncion Title: Figures of Speech

Grade Level: Grade 5 Time: 50 mins

15 Watch Videos
mins
Teacher will start the class by asking the students to sit in their respective places and
watch the videos that will be played.

Video 1: Introduction to Figures of Speech: Overview

Video 2: Simile and Metaphor

Questions to ask after video:

What is a Simile?
What is a Metaphor?
Are they the same?

Video 3: Personification

Questions to ask after video:

What is Personification?

Teacher will fill in the powerpoint slide with points from the students.

2 min Brief Introduction:

Figures of speech is a word or a phrase that doesn’t use it’s literal meaning. It is made
to illustrate an idea or thought interestingly.

Developing the Lesson

15 Discussion
mins 1. Simile- compares words in a sentence by using “like” and “as”
2. Metaphor-compares words in a sentence without using like and as; makes one
thing become something else; sometimes uses “is, are, was” to indicate that a
metaphor is present
3. Personification- from the root word=person; gives human qualities to non-
Name: Danielle Joanna C. Asuncion Title: Figures of Speech

Grade Level: Grade 5 Time: 50 mins

living things

Q&A-fast activity

Examples found in the bible:

1. Isaiah 64:8 “We are the clay and you our potter”
2. John 6:35 “I am the bread of life”
3. 1 Thessalonians 5:2 “For you yourselves know full well that the day of the
Lord will come just like a thief in the night”
4. Revelations 1:14”the hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow,
and his eyes were like blazing fire”
5. Genesis 4:7 “If you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door, it
desires to have you, but you must master it.”
6. Romans 6:12 “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you
obey its evil desires.”
7. Psalms 98:8 “Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy
8. Psalm 77:16 “When the waters saw you, they were afraid; the very deep
trembled”

Closing the Lesson

15 Worksheets
mins

Formative Assessment Differentiation

1. Teacher will ask selected students 1. Video

to answer Q&A questions on ppt 2. Fill in PPT slide
slide 3. Q&A
2. Teacher will fill in the ppt slide 4. Worksheets
with the student’s points

Resources
Name: Danielle Joanna C. Asuncion Title: Figures of Speech

Grade Level: Grade 5 Time: 50 mins

1. Figures of Speech overview- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P_XeyPh2XY&t=2s

2. Simile and Metaphor Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoSBVNUO2LU
3. Personification Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mb6NxixRk8
4. Simile, Metaphor, Personification meaning-
http://www.growingwithgrammar.com/files/www5smplelessfinal.pdf
5. NIV Bible