Even though this word sounds like algae, and just as exciting to students as seaweed, analogies are vital parts of reading and writing. Today I found a blog that lists some of the funniest analogies created by students. Here are a few examples:
She grew on him like she was a colony of E.Coli, and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
Her vocabulary was as a bad as, like, whatever.
The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM machine.
The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
Check out the rest of the blog for some excellently hilarious examples of analogies. Using interesting examples to scaffold with at the start of a mini-lesson could aid in engagement. Also why not throw in a comic for good measure?
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