{
  "week": 24,
  "day": "Tuesday",
  "topic": "Figurative Language Practice",
  "subtitle": "Working with similes and idioms",
  "icon": "🎨",
  "pages": [
    {
      "sections": [
        {
          "type": "note",
          "title": "Remember This!",
          "content": "A SIMILE compares two things using LIKE or AS. An IDIOM is a saying whose meaning is different from its exact words. Example idiom: 'a piece of cake' means something is very easy!"
        },
        {
          "type": "practice",
          "title": "Word Scramble",
          "note": "Unscramble the letters to spell this week's words. Hint: they are all comparison words!",
          "items": [
            {"text": "p y r p s l i e  →  ______ (hard to hold onto)"},
            {"text": "b s n u r t o b  →  ______ (won't change your mind)"},
            {"text": "r e p a m o c  →  ______ (see how things are alike)"},
            {"text": "e r v c l e  →  ______ (smart at solving problems)"},
            {"text": "t y m g i h  →  ______ (very strong)"},
            {"text": "l i m e s i  →  ______ (a comparison with like or as)"}
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sections": [
        {
          "type": "fill_blank",
          "title": "Fill in the Blank",
          "note": "Choose a word from the word bank. Careful -- three words are extras!",
          "wordbank": ["simile", "saying", "clever", "speedy", "gentle", "hungry", "sneaky", "bright"],
          "items": [
            "'As busy as a bee' is a ____ because it uses the word AS.",
            "The ____ race car zoomed past all the others.",
            "'The early bird gets the worm' is an old ____.",
            "The ____ fox solved the puzzle before anyone else.",
            "Please be ____ when you hold the baby bird."
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "practice",
          "title": "Fix the Spelling",
          "note": "One word in each sentence is spelled wrong. Circle it and write it correctly.",
          "items": [
            {"text": "The hungery bear looked for berries. → ______"},
            {"text": "My genteel dog never jumps on people. → ______"},
            {"text": "The moon was brite last night. → ______"},
            {"text": "That sneeky cat hid under my bed. → ______"},
            {"text": "The mule was too stuborn to walk. → ______"}
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sections": [
        {
          "type": "practice",
          "title": "Grammar Practice: Find the Simile",
          "note": "Underline the simile in each sentence. Circle the word LIKE or AS.",
          "items": [
            {"text": "The baby slept like a log all night long."},
            {"text": "My backpack is as heavy as a pile of bricks."},
            {"text": "Grandpa's beard is as white as fresh snow."},
            {"text": "The leaves danced like tiny ballerinas in the wind."}
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "practice",
          "title": "Odd One Out",
          "note": "Circle the word that does NOT belong in each row. Tell an adult why.",
          "items": [
            {"text": "speedy    quick    fast    slow"},
            {"text": "gentle    rough    soft    kind"},
            {"text": "clever    smart    bright    silly"}
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "word_journal",
          "title": "Word Journal",
          "note": "Write your own simile about someone in your family. Draw a picture to go with it.",
          "lines": 2
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}