Description
John Henry is the perfect tall tale to teach your students about metaphors and similes. A tall tale passage about John Henry is included in this lesson. Students can complete activities to practice identifying metaphors and similes, and even create one of their own. This is a great reading comprehension lesson on metaphors and similes. At the end of the lesson there is an activity that lets students create beautiful foldable pop-up books of John Henry. This activity is perfect for close reading lessons as well.
This activity has been updated and contains both digital and printable versions using Easel.
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