Lesson Overview

This lesson is to expose students to personification and metaphors. This is lesson 3 of 9 lessons in which 8 are VTEL.

Standards Based Goal

Students will be introduced to several different poetry formats and will apply what they learn to create their own poetry portfolio.

Student Objectives

1. The students will illustrate at least six different personification phrases.

2. The students will identify at least eight of ten personification and metaphor phrases.

Prerequisite Skills

Each student needs to bring two or three different poems from different authors located around the world. The best examples would be of objects having human characteristics. An example is a tree waving in the wind. Example poems are "Mrs. Moon", "The Rainbow Fairies", "Insecurity", and "The Voice". There will need to be an adult room supervisor for students and someone who knows how to run the VTEL equipment. All involved need to understand VTEL classroom protocol.

Time Sequence

Sequence of Activities

Indicators of Engaged Learning

Notes

Technical Considerations

Resources

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Introduction and explain picture book on personification. Practice a couple examples together.

In pairs have students create a personification picture book. Need to include at least six phrases and illustrations.

Share some of the examples at each site

Share time of the poems they brought to class. Would it work as a personification example or not?

Break into four groups at your individual site and discuss what you do or do not like (or what makes it tricky for you) about personification or metaphors. 3 minutes for groups and as a site have a collaborated list.

Share with each site

Rap up today's lesson and highlight the extension activity to do. Review some of the things they have been and are learning about.
Extension Activity: Identifying personification and metaphors. Click on purple paw.

close-up and flip chart

wide shot

document camera

monitor station for sharing

wide shot

monitor station for sharing

Special Considerations

Handouts
Computer for writing
Large text available
Session on tape

Assessment

Students will turn in completed personification picture book and complete extension activity in an on-line form to send via e-mail. The personification picture book will contain at least six phrases and illustrations and the extension activity will be completed with at least eight of ten being correct.