Theme: Online teaching and learning aspect of colour simile. Chirchik State Pedagogical Institute of Tashkent Region, 2

Color poem activity.

Understanding and utilizing colour similes is an important concept to any writer. This color poem activity will ask your students to write poems about a specific color. They will then use similes to describe the color. There are two different types of color poems presented ...

Here’s a quickie simile poem idea.

The poem is a description of the person writing it, they should describe each part in the most surprising, and positive way they can. They must be as complimentary as possible about themselves. Each colour should be true, the description of the colour can be as vivid as they like.

Line one describes their hair colour, line two describes that colour further with a simile

Line three describes their eye colour, line four describes that colour with a simile.

Line five describes their skin colour, and line six further describes that colour with a simile.

Line 7 describes the colour of their hearts. This can be ANY colour.  Line eight will be a simile again, and can be of anything, but animals work very well.

Example:

 The colours of me!

My hair is brown

like conkers in the sun

my eyes are brown

as autumn nuts

my skin is paler pink

than summer buds

and my heart

is dappled

like the leopard

that hides in the grasses.

Have fun! This poem can be done with many variations.

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