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Personified VocabularyYou are discovering new words and words you like. I want them to stick in your memory, to have fun with them and to use them! For this vocabulary assignment you will be trying out an interesting word using your imagination!
If you've never pondered your own favorite words, spend some time thinking about it. Look for interesting vocabulary words you've learned or that you have spotted in books you are reading. Select a long and unusual notable noun, vibrant verb, or amazing adverb or adjective.
1. Draw a picture of your vocabulary word walking.2. Write out the definition for the word.3. Find the part of speech the word is and write it.4. Find three synonyms and an antonym for your
word.5. When you have found your favorite word, design
a page that personifies the word. Put a Mr., Mrs., or Miss in front of your word, and then creatively think about who that person would be. The person you create must somehow represent the meaning of the word, so if you create Miss Onomatopoeia, somehow the character must have something to do with sound effects. Perhaps Miss Onomatopoeia was the class clown who annoyed the teacher by making sounds, or perhaps she works as the sound effects person on a radio show.
"What about the word plethora? What kind of person would Mr. or Mrs. Plethora be? Would this person be young or old? How would the person behave or what would the person do for a job so that he/she represented the meaning of the word? What clothes might the person wear to further represent the meaning of plethora?" Decide on a personality, profession, and outfit for Mr. or Mrs. Plethora.
6. Put your word in a situation and create a little script or a monologue for your vocabulary word where your word speaks and reveals his/her personality as if in a movie scene or a scene from a play or book.
7. The monologue or script you write about the vocabulary word should do two things: 1) it should show you have knowledge of what your vocabulary word means and 2) it should convince your teacher that you can successfully transform a vocabulary word into a "character” with all the characteristics that come with a vividly alive person.
