Free Winter
Figurative Language
Created by Gay Miller
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Activity 1 ~ Winter Idiom Illustration
Instructions:
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Print the snowman on the next page.
Students will select idioms which contains
winter related words such as ice, cold, or snow.
On the middle snowball, students write their
selected idioms. Under the idioms, students
write the meanings of the idioms.
On the bottom snowball, students will draw
literal pictures of the idioms. These are meant
to be funny.
break into a cold sweat
to be snowed in
white as the driven snow
to suddenly become very scared about something
trapped somewhere because of too much snow
[of someone] extremely pale, as if frightened
snow bunny
snow job
someone learning to ski
a deceptive story that tries to hide the truth
snowed under
break into a cold sweat
overworked; exceptionally busy
to suddenly become very scared about something
give someone the cold shoulder
to get cold feet
to behave in an unfriendly way to someone
to suddenly become too scared to do something
on thin ice
in the cold light of day
at risk of annoying someone
to think about something clearly and often feel shame
afterwards
put something on ice
to delay something
to pour cold water on something
to break the ice
to try and stop an idea
to make people feel less nervous in a social situation
make your blood run cold
to go cold turkey
to make you very scared about something
to stop a habit all in at once, not slowly bit-by-bit
pure as the driven snow
leave someone out in the cold
to be completely innocent
to not involve someone in something, like a group
to run hot and cold
the snowball effect
out cold
to be unable to make up one’s mind
when something small keeps growing in importance
unconscious or sound asleep
stop cold
break into a cold sweat
to halt someone immediately
to suddenly become very scared about something
to be snowed in
white as the driven snow
trapped somewhere because of too much snow
[of someone] extremely pale, as if frightened
snow job
snowed under
a deceptive story that tries to hide the truth
overworked; exceptionally busy
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Activity 2 ~ Jack Frost
Jack Frost by Helen Leah Reed
Oh! it is little Margery who has a garden-bed,
Wherein grow purple pansies and geraniums white and red,
With feverfew and dahlias, and delicate pink phlox,
And grandmother's fair favorites, old-fashioned hollyhocks.
One night we feared Jack Frost might come to blight the tender flowers We almost felt his cruel breath in the early evening hours;
So Margery took coverings and spread them, thick and warm,
To shield the flowers, as blankets wrap a sleeping baby's form.
Then in the morning, when we looked across the dewy grass,
And saw the traces Jack Frost leaves where he is wont to pass For each spreading tree and slender bush had felt his chill caress,
And some had drooped, and some had blushed in crimson loveliness We hastened to the garden-bed, and there, in bright array,
The little flowers looked blithely up to greet the smiling day.
Safe hid from Jack Frost's piercing breath, he never saw them there,
And the flowers still bloom for Margery, to thank her for her care.
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Write the rhyming pattern for the poem. _________________
Highlight alliterations in yellow.
Highlight similes in green.
Highlight personifications in blue.
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Activity 2 ~ Jack Frost - Answer Key
Jack Frost by Helen Leah Reed
Oh! it is little Margery who has a garden-bed,
Wherein grow purple pansies and geraniums white and red,
With feverfew and dahlias, and delicate pink phlox,
And grandmother's fair favorites, old-fashioned hollyhocks.
One night we feared Jack Frost might come to blight the tender flowers We almost felt his cruel breath in the early evening hours;
So Margery took coverings and spread them, thick and warm,
To shield the flowers, as blankets wrap a sleeping baby's form.
Then in the morning, when we looked across the dewy grass,
And saw the traces Jack Frost leaves where he is wont to pass For each spreading tree and slender bush had felt his chill caress,
And some had drooped, and some had blushed in crimson loveliness We hastened to the garden-bed, and there, in bright array,
The little flowers looked blithely up to greet the smiling day.
Safe hid from Jack Frost's piercing breath, he never saw them there,
And the flowers still bloom for Margery, to thank her for her care.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Write the rhyming pattern for the poem. ____AABB_____
Highlight alliterations in yellow.
Highlight similes in green.
Highlight personifications in blue.
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Activity 3 ~ Jack Frost
Jack Frost by Helen Bayley Davis
Someone painted pictures on my
Windowpane last night —
Willow trees with trailing boughs
And flowers, frosty white,
And lovely crystal butterflies;
But when the morning sun
Touched them with its golden beams,
They vanished one by one!
1. Write the rhyming pattern for the poem. _________________
2. Use the Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two Jack Frost poems.
Jack Frost by
Helen Leah Reed
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Jack Frost by
Both
Helen Bayley Davis
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Activity 3 ~ Jack Frost - Answer Key
Jack Frost by Helen Bayley Davis
Someone painted pictures on my
Windowpane last night —
Willow trees with trailing boughs
And flowers, frosty white,
And lovely crystal butterflies;
But when the morning sun
Touched them with its golden beams,
They vanished one by one!
1. Write the rhyming pattern for the poem. _A B C B_________
2. Use the Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two Jack Frost poems.
Jack Frost by
Jack Frost by
Helen Leah Reed
Jack Frost is portrayed
as someone bad, the
villain, who will cause
harm. Some examples
include cruel breath
and chill caress.
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Both
Jack Frost is
personified as a person.
Helen Bayley Davis
Jack Frost is playful
and leaves behind
beautiful artwork on
Jack Frost leaves
the window. Some
traces behind.
examples of this
The sun comes out and
Jack Frost goes away.
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include trailing boughs,
crystal butterflies, and
frosty flowers.
Activity 4 ~ North Wind Rhyme
The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow,
And what will poor robin do then, poor thing?
He'll sit in a barn and keep himself warm
and hide his head under his wing, poor thing.
Create a second verse for the North Wind rhyme by filling in the blanks.
The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow,
adjective
animal
And what will __________ ____________ do then, poor thing?
What will this animal do to keep warm?
Where will this animal go to keep warm?
He'll ___________________ and _________________________
What will this animal do all winter long?
and ________________________________________, poor thing.
Now write your poem on the next page along with an illustration.
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North Wind
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