Icarus and Daedalus had just got to the roof of the palace and strapped on their wings. Icarus thought carefully about flying and falling.
After reading up to this point in the myth, we watched two video clips- one of Felix Baumgartner free falling from space and one of an eagle flying with a camera on its collar, so we could see his view point.
We then collected lots of similes and metaphors for FALLING and FLYING.
Each team chose their best similes and metaphors and wrote them onto strips of paper.
We used these fantastic metaphors and similes to create this class poem, by playing around with the order, punctuation and verses.
Can you spot a simile? Can you spot a metaphor?
Death Drop
I circle the sky like
a vulture,
As fast as a hawk,
The wind’s fingers
pulling my hair,
I am as happy as a
bird,
I put my arms out to
enjoy the ride,
The wind howls
blood-curlingly in my ear.
Falling like you’re
FROZEN,
As cold as winter
could be,
As scary as a roller
coaster,
My stomach plummets
to its very depths,
Feels like my heart
came out of my mouth,
Falling like space
debris,
Like a bird left its
home.
Rock falling to
Earth,
As terrified as a bee
getting squashed,
I collapse like a roof
caving in.
By St. George’s Class
