{"product_id":"year-6-bundle-similes-metaphors-and-personification-lesson-plan-slides-activities-and-hands-on","title":"Year 6 Bundle: Similes, Metaphors and Personification - Lesson Plan, Slides, Activities and Hands-On","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGifted and Talented Teacher creates high-quality teaching resources and printable teacher resources designed to support calm, organised, and engaging learning environments. From curriculum-aligned teaching tools to functional classroom decor, our resources are classroom-ready and designed to save teachers time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTeach students to identify similes, metaphors and personification and explain how they create vivid, nuanced meaning with this complete teaching bundle. Students compare the three devices, annotate real texts to find them, and then write their own figurative language about a theme.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining a lesson plan, a 45-slide editable teacher presentation, three differentiated student activities with a bonus task, an exit ticket with interpretation guide and a hands-on card sort, this curriculum-aligned bundle provides everything you need to teach the lesson from start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt around the \u003cstrong\u003eI Do, We Do, You Do\u003c\/strong\u003e model, students move from explicit teacher modelling to guided practice and independent application. 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