Personification Lesson Goals Personification Lesson Goals ::

Define personificationDefine personification See examples of personificationSee examples of personification Listen to a story with personificationListen to a story with personification Read poems with personificationRead poems with personification Write a poem with personificationWrite a poem with personification Share your poemShare your poem

PersonificationPersonification

PersonPersonification is ification is giving human giving human qualities to animals qualities to animals or objects.or objects.

Personification Practice Personification Practice

Thumbs up or down, do you think the Thumbs up or down, do you think the sentence is an example of sentence is an example of personification?personification?

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Read AloudRead Aloud

Listen to the story “Click Listen to the story “Click Clack Moo.”Clack Moo.”

When you hear an example of When you hear an example of personification, stand up and personification, stand up and be ready to share your be ready to share your finding!finding!

Poetry PracticePoetry Practice The Cat & The Fiddle The Cat & The Fiddle Hey diddle, Diddle,Hey diddle, Diddle,

The cat and the fiddle,The cat and the fiddle,The cow jumped over the moon;The cow jumped over the moon;The little dog laughed The little dog laughed To see such sport,To see such sport,And the dish ran away with the spoon.And the dish ran away with the spoon.

By By Mother GooseMother Goose

Complete T-Chart on Object and Complete T-Chart on Object and Personification inPersonification in The Cat & The Fiddle. The Cat & The Fiddle.

Discuss Personification in the Discuss Personification in the Poem Poem

BookBook

I sit here waiting for you,I sit here waiting for you,Collecting dust on this shelf.Collecting dust on this shelf.I’m hugging my pages tight.I’m hugging my pages tight.

I can wait forever for you to open I can wait forever for you to open me.me.

You will not be disappointed.You will not be disappointed.

Let me take you to a land far away!Let me take you to a land far away!

Assignment:Assignment:Pick a topic below and write a personification Pick a topic below and write a personification

poem. poem. Use the object as your title. Use the object as your title.

Don’t use the word in the poem.Don’t use the word in the poem.Include at least two examples of personification.Include at least two examples of personification.

traintrain vacuumvacuum flowerflower dogdog pencilpencil bananabanana

treetree catcat monkeymonkey TVTV leafleaf Or use your Or use your

own idea!own idea!

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Example:Example:

CandleCandle

I scream out in the darkI scream out in the dark

I bring light to youI bring light to you

My flame whispers in the quietMy flame whispers in the quiet

Share Time!Share Time!

Share your poem with your Share your poem with your team. team.

Call on someone to guess Call on someone to guess your topic!your topic!