On the outside the strawberry is rough, like the life of the farm worker who toils all day, bent in the fields. The strawberry is an oval, like a prickly red planet, or a giant tear drop. After brainstorming similes and metaphors for the outside of the fruit, the teacher asks for sensory images concerning the inside. The teacher then asks for students to use a simile to describe the scent. On the inside the strawberry smells like honeysuckle nights, like the forest after a gentle rain.
Students can fill in the sentence with their own imagery.
They can use the sentence starters on the transparency but should come up with their own imagery.