Designed for a GCSE class, this fully scaffolded lesson supports students in developing effective, original simile phrases and applying them within engaging descriptive writing.

Includes:

• Full PowerPoint lesson (clearly structured, ready to teach)
• Student worksheet with scaffolded tasks, tables, and writing frames
• Starter activity identifying and improving clichéd similes
• Explicit teaching of simile phrases (moving beyond basic comparisons)
• Guided analysis tasks exploring tenor, vehicle and ground
• Modelled examples and worked explanations to support understanding
• Progressive writing tasks building towards a description
• Image-based descriptive writing task
• Structured peer assessment task with examiner-style success criteria
• Challenge and extension activities to deepen analysis and originality