1 Personification

1 Personification

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  S Things amap won’t show you Out of the yellow by James Roy
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  Personification in atext Learning Intention S To be able to define personification S To be able to recognise personification in the short story ‘Out of the yellow’ Success Criteria S I can define personification S I can recognise examples of personification in the text
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  Key Vocabulary Spersonification S human qualities S human traits S inanimate objects
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  What is personification? mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com
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  Hook
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  GKR Activity Whatdoes the title tell me? What do I predict the text will be about? What can the pictures tell me? What do I already know about this topic? What words do I expect to see? What images come to mind? What will I do as I read? S In table groups, discuss what personification is S Create your own definition of personification – record it in your book
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  Read Aloud SUsing the HRLTP Read Aloud strategy, we will read ‘Out of the yellow’ together S Remember the rules of reading aloud – both as the reader and the listener? S Let’s take a few moments to familiarise ourselves with the story …
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  Activity S Whilereading the story, use post it notes to mark the examples of personification S Once reading is finished, share the examples of personification you located with your table group S Record these examples in your book and choose one example to illustrate S Work on the illustration on your own or with a partner
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  Review S Mydefinition of personification is … S One example of personification from the story is … S The learning actions I used today were …