Kids' Wings Activities for My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks by Hanoch Piven

My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks:
And Other Funny Family Portraits
by Hanokh Piven

If your teacher asked you to draw picture of your family, it might look like this:

But if you wanted to be REALLY creative, what could you do to make your picture even better? Before you draw your next family picture, read My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks by Hanokh Piven to give you some really creative ideas. This book will show you a way to draw a picture using similes (comparison-pictures with real objects) to fill in the details.

My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks is a great way to learn how similes can build descriptions into your stories, too.

Internet Extensions for
My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks

Author Hanokh Piven
The Author's Biography
Kids' Art: Abstract to Concrete
Concrete Poetry
Similes

Poetry Extensions for My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks
Dirty Laundry Pile by Paul B. Janeczko
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A Lucky Thing by Alice Schertle
Who Swallowed Harold? And Other Poems about Pets by Susan Pearson
Toasting Marshmallows, Camping Poems by Kristine O'Connell George
Pieces: A Year of Poems and Quilts by Anna Grossnickle Hines
Good Dog by Maya Gottfried
Mammoths on the Move by Lisa Wheeler
Count Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen

An 8-page unit for My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks by Hanokh Piven is a part of a collection of 52 units in Flying Higher.

The Unit Contains:
Discussion Cards
Body Parts Similes: Readers' Theater (sample below)

Crossword Puzzle
Object Art
Multiple Choice Comprehension
My Family in Similes
Know That Simile
As Fun as a Circus
Answer Key

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